BALTIMORE (AP) - Longtime Baltimore news broadcaster Bob Shilling has died.
One of his sons, Rob Shilling, says his father died Sunday of lung cancer at the Gilchrest Center hospice. He was 75.
Shilling was a former managing editor of WBFF-TV, where he worked from 1990 to 2008. He also worked from 1966 to 1985 at WCBM-AM as a reporter and news director. More recently, he was a media specialist with the National Fallen Firefighters Association in Emmitsburg, Maryland, for six years.
Shilling was a past president of the Chesapeake Associated Press Broadcasters Association and an at-large member of its board. During his 42-year membership, Shilling advocated in particular for a scholarship for journalism students and delighted in evaluating the entries of future reporters and presenting the prize at an annual convention.
