Robert Myers, Chief of KFMB Radio, TV, Dies

Robert L. Myers, president and general manager of KFMB radio and television of San Diego, died Thursday of cancer at Green Hospital of Scripps Clinic. He was 68.

Myers was a well-known broadcaster in the community because of positions he took on local issues through editorials on KFMB radio and on television’s Channel 8.

Myers was an original member of the board of directors of the Holiday Bowl and served on the boards of the California Broadcasters Assn., the CBS Television Affiliates Board, the Greater San Diego Chamber of Commerce and the Boy Scouts.

Myers, who was born in Chicago, came to San Diego in the fall of 1969 as vice president and general manager of the KFMB stations, which are owned and operated by Midwest Television Inc., a Champaign and Peoria, Ill.-based corporation.

Before coming to San Diego, Myers was assistant to the president of the corporation. He was named president of Midwest Television’s Western division in 1975. Myers was a graduate of the University of Illinois.

Survivors include his wife, Bettye, and three children: Susan Myers of San Diego; Sally Harvey of Saginaw, Mich., and Randy Myers of Burbank. Myers also had one granddaughter, Lauren.

Funeral arrangements were pending.