Bob Lape

Lape worked as a reporter and news director at WCUE in Akron, Ohio, WICE in Providence, Rhode Island and WBZ in Boston, Massachusetts, before joining WABC-TV in New York City as a charter member of the Eyewitness News[1] team in 1968.

Originally hired as a political and crime reporter (beats he would continue throughout his run with the station), as well as being an occasional anchor, Lape started a segment called "The Eyewitness Gourmet" in 1970.

It became a highly popular feature on the program, running 1,200 times in 12 years and was called "the harbinger of the Television Food Network"[2] by restaurateur Drew Nieporent.

Lape is co-author with Joanna Pruess of the book Seduced by Bacon : Recipes & Lore About America's Favorite Indulgence ISBN 1-59228-851-0 Bob Lape's awards include Kent State University 2022 Alumni Award for Professional Achievement, Chevalier d'honneur Swiss Ordre du Channe, conferred in 2004, and an Emmy Award for TV News Coverage in 1980; a series of UPI Tom Phillips Awards for radio news in the 1960s; and a Congressional Citation for WBZ's coverage of the Great NE Blackout.

He led the combined WBZ radio and TV news team, the sole broadcaster on the air for the region.