Indiana Broadcast History Archive

Bob Ross' Hall of Fame Video Bio

Aired

2020

Main Contributors

Video bio of Bob Ross, inducted to Indiana Broadcast Pioneers Hall of Fame in 2020;

Although a native of Florida, Bob Ross lived and worked in Muncie, Indiana. His “Joy of Painting” program is still nationally and internationally syndicated and was produced at WIPB-TV, a community PBS station affiliated with Ball State University. Ross’s programs have been carried by nearly 300 television stations, covering an estimated 80 million households. Ross died in 1995 at the age of 52.
--Words from the Indiana Broadcast Pioneers