Her broadcasting career included four talk shows, trips to the Eastern and Western coasts of the United States, and dozens of conversations with TV and motion picture stars.
One indication was her attempt at imitating movies such as those featuring Joan Crawford, which Dot viewed on days when she voluntarily skipped school.
[citation needed] She next worked in the registrar's office at the University of Alabama Expansion Center, sharpening her future interview skills.
Five years after Bob Miller's death, Dot met her second husband, Lon Stephens Moore of Missouri, when a friend invited him to her Dauphin Street home.
In this busy period of trying to stay in Gulf Coast media and keeping things well at home, Dot was contacted by a WALA-TV announcer who wanted her to co-host the station's new program Poolside from the Admiral Semmes Hotel in downtown Mobile.
After a successful run of Poolside, Dot returned to free-lancing, including some work for Gayfer's department store and their commercials for Pensacola station WEAR-TV.
Viewers from south Mississippi to the Florida panhandle also got to see Dot help WALA cover Mobile's Mardi Gras Day celebration for 33 years.
During the 1990s, Moore's Sunday community service program and fourth incarnation had a greater focus on public affairs figures than interviews with the stars.
Despite her lessening presence over WALA-TV, which swapped its 43-year affiliation with NBC for Fox in 1996, Dot continued to tell people about her days of traveling outside Mobile, Alabama.
According to many Mobile residents, including friend and fellow local media personality Uncle Henry, this accident was the reason for Dot's retirement and move to Montgomery, Alabama.