Bob Lonsberry is the father of six children.

A newsman for 20 years, he has won in excess of 80 journalism and broadcasting awards, including top Associated Press commentary awards in newspaper, radio and television -- the only person ever to do so.

He has been a newspaper reporter, columnist, photojournalist and editor, as well as a magazine writer and commentator on radio and television and a television reporter and manager. He is the author of "The Early Years," a collection of newspaper columns as well as "A Various Language" a collection of essays and "Baghdad Christmas" a short novel.

He hosts a midday talk show in Rochester, New York, on 50,000-watt 1180 WHAM -- one of the highest-rated news/talk stations in America. He is also host of the morning show on KNRS am 570, the second-highest rated AM radio station in Utah.

He is also a commentator at NRAnews.com, a program of news and commentary on the Internet.

A veteran of the Army as a military journalist, Lonsberry is a former "Journalist of the Year" and is a recipient of the Meritorious Service Medal, the Thomas Jefferson Award and the Keith L. Ware Award.

He was asked to write the first draft of the keynote address for the 1996 Republican National Convention.

Lonsberry is a Republican and life member of the National Rifle Association. He is an emergency medical technician, the holder of a pistol permit and a marathon runner.

He grew up in Canisteo, New York, is a college dropout and was once a missionary on the Navajo and Hopi reservations in the American Southwest. His oldest son recently returned from two years of similar missionary service in central Mexico.

He can be contacted by mail in Mount Morris, N.Y. 14510, or online at Bob@Lonsberry.com.