Indiana Broadcast History Archive

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.

Ross was inducted to Indiana Broadcast Pioneers Hall of Fame in 2020.

-Indiana Broadcast Pioneers

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Title Station Date Aired Description
Bob Ross' Hall of Fame Video Bio
Indiana Broadcast Pioneers Collection
2020

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”...

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Title
Bob Ross' Hall of Fame Video Bio
Collection
Indiana Broadcast Pioneers Collection
Stations
Date Aired
2020
Description

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”...

(Read More)