Longtime radio broadcaster Bob Fidler died Monday at his Topeka home.
Fidler, 74, worked in various capacities for AM-580 WIBW, including his annual play-by-play role for the Class 2A tournament as part of the network’s coverage of state high school basketball.
In addition, Fidler previously worked as a professor in the journalism and mass communications department at Kansas State University. He served as the public address announcer for K-State men’s basketball games when Bramlage Coliseum opened.
After retiring, Fidler was the catalyst behind the formation of the Shawnee County Baseball Hall of Fame. Recently, he agreed to direct the steering committee for that hall, a position he also held at the inception of SCBHOF.