On any given day in 1953, Ron Hull could be found in the gym at Oklahoma’s Fort Sill handing out athletic equipment to his fellow service members.
Everyone knew where to find Hull, including an officer who had a proposal for him.
The general at Fort Still had sent the officer to look for someone to produce a 30-minute TV show on the men and women at the base. The only issue was that nobody there knew much about television at the time. Oklahoma’s first TV station didn’t flash on until 1949.
But Hull had some prior experience in theater and drama, which officers believed made him a decent candidate for the job.
He didn’t even own a TV at the time, but Hull was interested, and he was up for the challenge.
He might not have known it then, but that moment was the beginning of a career in broadcasting that now approaches 70 years and has included stops in Vietnam, Washington,…
