She started her career as a vocalist and self-taught drummer for the all-girl Billye Gale Band, and was with them for 5+1⁄2 years.
[5] She went to work at KXOL-AM in Fort Worth, where she filed albums and pulled wire reports for sports broadcasts.
She chose to broadcast continually for 26 hours so listeners could be reassured by her calmly delivered news reports.
Circa 1975, KEND was sold and the station's new owners switched to NBC's News and Information Service.
In 1998, Misty came out of retirement and, at age 75, went to work as a deejay on radio station KDAV-AM, located in Lubbock's Depot District.
KDAV installed an old analog studio just for her, including turntables, tape deck, and a big chrome microphone on a stand.
[7] "This little old lady..." (still wearing her trademark dark glasses) "...would shuffle in before 9pm, a tight double armed grasp on her albums held against her breast",[7] and make the magic happen.
... As a role model for professionalism, nobody topped Misty, who arrived at the station every evening, always on time and always prepared for her show.