User:Bobcbold/Bob Seybold

Bob Seybold was born in Toledo, Ohio on July 27, 1958 to parents Robert (1927-1978) and Virginia (1925-present), who were married in 1952 and whose other children were Ron (b. 1957), Tina (b. 1961) and Virginia's son John Gabenski (b. 1944). The family lived in the Point Place neighborhood of Toledo until 1986.

Bob attended kindergarten at Ottawa River Elementary School and 1st thru 7th grade at St. John The Baptist Elementary School. In 1971-72, Bob attended 8th Grade at the former Point Place Jr. High School. He attended Central Catholic High School in Toledo and graduated in 1976. During his high school career, Bob worked as a staff photographer for the Centric newspaper and the 1976 CCHS Yearbook. He was also a two-year member of the school's Quiz Bowl team and appeared on one episode of the "Quiz Bowl" program that aired on WSPD-TV (now WTVG-TV) in Toledo, where Bob's father was employed as a production engineer from 1948 to 1977.

In July 1976, Bob joined the U.S. Army and completed his basic training at Fort Knox, Kentucky. In September 1976, he was assigned to the 125th Signal Battalion of the 25th Infantry Division, based at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii. He completed on-the-job training as a Photo Lab Technician at Fort Shafter, Hawaii. During his three-year tour of duty, Bob worked in the photo lab at the 125th's base at Helemano, Hawaii and at the photo lab at Fort Shafter. In 1978, Bob attended the Columbia School of Broadcasting in Honolulu for training in Radio Production. Bob was honorably discharged from active duty in July 1979 and returned to Toledo.

Bob enrolled at the University of Toledo in September 1979 with a major in Communications. He graduated from UT with a Bachelor of Arts in Communications in 1987. His first radio job was at the campus station WERC-AM. He hosted a weekly music program for WERC and worked as a news reporter from November 1979 to March 1980, when he joined the staff of WMHE-FM (now WVKS-FM) as a part-time program operator. In February 1981, Bob was promoted to the News Department as a full time news reporter/anchor.

Bob left WMHE in October 1982 and joined the staff of WSPD-AM in Toledo as a news reporter/anchor. In his 15 years at WSPD, Bob anchored newscasts in all dayparts for WSPD and sister station WLQR-FM and reported on general assignment stories and worked a beat at the Lucas County Courthouse, covering many major trials.

In July 1997, Bob left WSPD for a position as assignment editor at WNWO-TV in Toledo. In August 1998, he began work as an Associate Editor for Access Toledo, an online news magazine produced by the local Internet service provider of the same name. In this position, Bob wrote, took photographs and edited stories for the news web site.

In September 1999, Bob joined the staff of BusinessVoice in Toledo as a voice talent and copywriter responsible for creating scripts for On Hold Messaging productions for more than 200 clients. He has been honored as a member of the BusinessVoice President's Club for achieving at least a 90% completion rate for scripts every year since he joined the company.