- In 1987, when Verschueren was forced to lay down his conductor's baton due to health problems, Porter was chosen as his successor. He led the Jazz Orchestra until it was disbanded by the broadcaster in 1991 (along with Freddy Sunder's BRT Big Band).
- In 1996, the BRT commissioned Bob Porter to form an orchestra with which the finalists of De Gouden Zeemeermin, the Belgian pre-selection for the Eurovision Song Contest, could be accompanied. Porter conducted all songs in this final.
- In the recent years, he continued to be very active as a composer and arranger, writing extensively for pop singers, theater shows, big bands, orchestras, strings (a.o. for Philip Catherine).
- For many years, Bob Porter was a member of Etienne Verschueren's BRT Jazz Orchestra, the radio orchestra of the Flemish public broadcaster. A genuine multi-instrumentalist, he alternatively played the flute, piano, Rhodes piano, synthesizer, and vibraphone in this orchestra, as well as penning many arrangements.
- He was a member of the Belgian team which participated in the 1981 Nordring Festival.
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