After majoring in journalism at the University of Missouri in Columbia, he entered the US Army where he wrote for The Stars and Stripes.

He subsequently began broadcasting for a AAA baseball farm team called the Newark Bears.

From there, he was hired in 1949 by New Orleans businessman Edgar Stern to work for WDSU-TV, which had recently started broadcast operations.

[5] His production The Huey Long Story earned a first prize from the American Association for State and Local History.

[7] He co-hosted a series of historical features at WLAE-TV focused on the history of the New Orleans area.