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Bob Hansen
Bob Hansen, Consumer Bob, is a television journalist and consumer reporter for KNSD-TV in San Diego. He has worked in San Diego since 1990, starting at KFMB-TV and moving to NBC 7 in 2001. Prior to San Diego, Hansen worked at WAVE-TV in Louisville, Kentucky (1984-1989), WBBH-TV in Fort Myers, Florida (1982-1984) and KOMU-TV in Columbia, Missouri.

Hansen also worked as a freelance reporter for National Pubic Radio (NPR) and as a copyboy for The Houston Chronicle (1974).

Hansen and his Responds Team at NBC 7 have helped save San Diego viewers recover more than $1.2 million dollars. He has been honored to receive the San Diego County Taxpayer Association Media Watchdog Award for his coverage of the San Diego Water Department. Hansen has also won regional Emmy awards, along with recognition from the San Diego Press Club and San Diego Society of Professional Journalists.

Hansen grew up in Los Angeles County. He received a BA at the University of California San Diego and a Masters Degree from the University of Missouri.

He is married to Lorraine Brent and has four children.

TAXPAYER ASSOCIATION AWARD

KNSD-TV BIOGRAPHY:  Bob Hansen

RESPONDS TEAM:  NBC 7 Responds – NBC 7 San Diego

CONSUMER BOB FACEBOOK:

WATER DEPARTMENT SERIES:  Flood of Distrust: A Deep Dive Into San Diego's Water Department