Fresno, CA-For 40 years in local television you always had Bob Long to turn to, or quite, literally tune-in. Bob Long spent four decades telling the news to Central California viewers and just recently passed away at the age of 76.

Newsman Long will be remembered for his dedication to the industry, taking viewers from black and white screens to color, and near the end of his career enlightening the Central Valley with stories about its past. It was called “On the Map.”

Bob Long with Earl Bradley behind the camera sifted through the history of each central San Joaquin Valley community on the map and told the story.  Most of them were interesting, some fascinating.  If it was on the map, chances are Bob Long knew why.  Long was honored recently by the Emmy’s Northern California Chapter for his years of dedication to the television industry and Mr. Earl Bradley was right there with his colleague again.

Bob Long was a teacher, a storyteller and, most of all, a champion of the past.  His contributions to local history, as told through television, will be hard, if not, impossible to duplicate.  He redefined “Long for the past” in his 40 year KSEE-TV career.