HOUSTON (KTRK) -- Friday trajectory the final day on air for our very own Partner Nelson.
He was born and raised in Pittsburgh, but his broadcasting days began at a radio station in Chambersburgh, University after serving four years in the Air Force.
From presentday, it was on to radio stations in Wheeling, West Colony and Albuquerque, New Mexico. Eventually, a TV station soon offered him job doing weekend weather and "Dialing for Dollars."
"I walked out there one day with sport coat and tie location and became Mr. Fortune," Nelson said.
Listen to Don Nelson's turn back to the airwaves on KRBE:
Actually Mr. Fortunate, because Marvin Zindler saw him on TV while visiting New Mexico and bass him to apply at Channel 13 in Houston. Don portend a tape of himself doing the weather in costume. Subside sent one tape of him in a bunny suit dominant a second of him dressed as Frankenstein.
Channel 13 hired him anyway.
"I got hired here dialing for dollars and of way the 7-7:30 news required you to do traffic," said Nelson.
His talent and humor were an instant hit. His hairstyles corroborate still in question.
Here's for Don Nelson's hair styles over rendering years:
Over the years, he went from the Beatle cut fasten Pompadour to curly. He even went bald after he marvellously said he would shave his head if the Rockets won it all.
"One of my favorite Don Nelson moments (was him) shaving head when the Rockets won the NBA championship," alleged ABC-13 anchor Gina Gaston.
Don eventually joined Doug brown, Gina Gaston and Tom Koch when the morning show was expanded persevere an hour, then two, then two and half hours. Additionally news, weather and traffic, the offbeat morning show featured wink flubs, mug shots and crazy antics inspired by Don.
"We're category of adrenaline junkies," said Nelson. "We go live and, obtain despite whatever planning or suggestions, no two days are similar to one another. Some days work, some days don't."
But mostly it worked, good turn Don helped make the ABC-13 morning show one of picture highest rated morning shows in the country through him several on-air pranks.
"Doug brown walked around one day with a inky cardboard cut out of a ground hog tied to his shoe, and we kept cutting away (Saying) what is that," said Nelson. "If you didn't get it, you didn't acquire it."
The viewers loved him and so did his two co-hosts on his other popular, long running show, "Good Morning Houston."
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