By BRENT MARTIN St. Joseph Post Veteran St. Joseph broadcaster Bob Heater has died at the age of 63. Heater, senior anchor for the News-Press NOW television stations, began his career as an overnight DJ for KKJO in 1974, where he worked his way up in broadcasting, sales, and as program director. Heater became part of the first television crew for News-Press NOW, the television extension of the St. Joseph News-Press. Though born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Heater was a graduate of Benton High School in St. Joseph and became one of the most familiar voices, then faces in St. Joseph.Heater is survived by his wife of 26 years, Jackie Heater, two sons and four grandchildren. Farewell services will be held Thursday afternoon at one o’clock at Grace Evangelical Church in St. Joseph with interment at Memorial Park Cemetery. Friends may call between 1 and 3:30pm Wednesday at Meierhoffer Funeral Home. Family will gather with friends between 5pm and 80m at Grace Evangelical Church. David Bradley,&nbsp;St. Joseph News-Press&nbsp;president and publisher, expressed the company’s deep sadness at the death. “He felt and knew the heartbeat of the community, which was seen through his reporting. His informal, often cheerful style made viewers believe in the news he announced. His credibility was beyond reproach,” Bradley said in a News-Press article on Heater’s death.

Veteran broadcaster, Bob Heater, dead at 63