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'''Bob Solarski''' is a news anchor for [[WEAR-TV 3]] located in Pensacola, FL and hosts the station's 4pm, 5pm, 6pm and 10pm evening news broadcasts.
Channel 3 , which first aired in 1954, is an ABC Network regional broadcasting system owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc. Sinclair is one of the largest TV broadcasting companies in the United States and owns 65 stations in 39 markets. Channel 3's 1000 kW transmitter power allows for a massive viewing area which includes sister -cities Ft. Walton Beach, FL and Mobile, AL and covers a ()- mile radius . Coverage reaches into the southern parts of Alabama and Mississippi as well as the Florida Panhandle. Pensacola TV station WFGX-35 is a sister station.
A native of Long Island, Solarski was raised in upstate New York, near Montreal, Lake Placid and Burlington, Vermont. He received a degree in Mass Comminications from the State University of New York and in 1987 began reporting for [[Wikipedia:WPTZ|WPTZ]], the NBC affiliate for Plattsburgh and the surrounding area. He became a news anchor and managing editor in 1989 and received a number of Associated Press Awards.
