Bob Shotwell - Bio
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Bob Shotwell has been a professional broadcaster since 1971. Holding
positions ranging from announcer, chief engineer, corporate director
of engineering, consultant, corporate officer and station owner, there is
not an aspect of station operation that he is not intimately familiar with.
Bob is now president, managing partner and an inspector with
Spectrum Investigative Services, which conducts Alternative Broadcast Inspections
in New England and Florida through the various State Broadcast Associations
under the FCC ABIP program.
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An F.C.C. First Class Licensee, since 1976 and presently
possessing a General RadioTelephone License both with Ship Radar
Endorsements, Bob has been FCC licensed for over 40 years. He also is a senior member of
The Society of Broadcast Engineers and a charter member of
The National Association of Radio and Telecommunications Engineers,
holding a Professional Broadcast Engineer
and Master Engineer Certification
from these industry certification organizations.
In his 4-plus decades of broadcast engineering and management, Bob has overseen the construction of
multipatterned 50 kilowatt AM and 100 kilowatt FM transmitting facilities, constructed
elaborate analog and digital studio facilities, successfully assisted in the prosecution of
a comparative hearing before an FCC Administrative Law Judge, owned and operated a stand-alone
FM radio station and has met a payroll without missing a week!
In addition to commercial radio interests, Bob has been a licensed Ham Radio Operator since 1968
and holds an Advanced Class Amateur license , call letters WA1KUZ. He
is also a licensed pilot holding a Commercial F.A.A. Pilot's
Certificate with Instrument and MultiEngine Ratings
and is certified by the F.A.A. as a
Flight Instructor, Instrument Instructor, and an Advanced Ground Instructor.
Bob lives in New Port Richey Florida and Enfield Connecticut with his wife
Laurie who also shares his passion for all things aviation.
They also share their home with their cat Cheeto
and dog Snickers .