Shelton, Ray

Date:
2014-03-23
Length:
61 minutes
Interviewer:
Fox, Jack
Transcription available:
no
Series:
WHAS Radio
Series ID:
2014_163
Interview Number(s):
2014_163_22
Summary:
Ray Shelton starts the interview explaining how he got interested in radio, and how he had originally become a lawyer, before transitioning to HAS television broadcasting in 1950. Shelton goes into detail about the hiring process for the WHAS television, and why Paul Clark picked him to be the first announcer for the WHAS. Shelton goes into detail about what it took to pioneer television broadcasting, explaining how one of his shows, According to the Law, went on to win a silver gavel in New York.
Topic(s):
WHAS-Radio (Louisville, Ky.), Radio industry and trade, WAVE-TV (Louisville, Ky.), Radio journalists, Television broadcasting