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Bob Shreve (July 16, 1912 – February 20, 1990) was a first-generation television broadcasting personality based in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Described by Cincinnati television producer Len Goorian as "the closest thing I've ever seen to a living leprechaun," the Plymouth, Indiana-born Robert Gerald Shreve broke into radio following a stint in the U.S. Navy as a singer on Hoosier Hop and Calling All Poets for WOWO in Fort Wayne. He subsequently appeared on "National Barn Dance" for WLS in Chicago, and Club Matinee for ABC in New York, before accepting an offer from WLW in Cincinnati. As a staff tenor for WLW, he sang the favorite hits of the day, sometimes duetting with other local talent such as Betty Clooney, the sister of Rosemary Clooney.
All Nite Theatre WCPO featuring Bob Shreve and Seymour Duncan
BOB SHREVE GETS SURPRISE ON TV SHOW 1979
Bob Shreve
Northern Ky Magazine Bob Shreve Tribute Show.avi
Bob Shreve's Classic Hobo Clown Performance
Bob Shreve's Past Prime Playhouse Hollywood Into
BOB SHREVE-GOOD OLE BOB DOES HIS THING
Bob Shreve commercial
Bob Shreve's Past Prime Playhouse Love Story Into
Bob Shreve - Steinberg's commercial - "The Clown" (1980)