Louise Alley
| Louise Alley | |
|---|---|
| Born | Louise Frances Koury March 2, 1927 Rochester, New York, USA |
| Died | October 9, 2015 (aged 88) Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, USA |
| Alma mater | St. Vincent's Academy (Shreveport) |
| Occupation | Radio broadcaster: KWKH Owner of an advertising agency |
| Political party | Democrat |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
| Spouse(s) | Bennie Ray Alley (m. 1955–2015) |
| Children | Two |
Louise Frances Koury Alley (March 2, 1927 – October 9, 2015) was a radio personality with station KWKH in Shreveport, Louisiana, who also operated her own advertising agency.
Biography[edit]
A native of Rochester, New York, Alley was one of two children of George A. Koury, Sr., and the former Isabelle Margaret Joseph. She came to Shreveport with her family at the age of three, where she resided thereafter except for certain military assignments of her husband, Bennie Ray Alley (also born September 1927), a retired major in the United States Air Force, whom she married in 1955 in Brownsville, Texas. They were assigned to Harlingen Air Force Base in Harlingen, Texas, and Walker Air Force Base in Roswell, New Mexico,[1] both since closed.
In 1944, Alley graduated from the Roman Catholic St. Vincent's Academy, a former institution for girls in Shreveport. She then worked in various capacities for Delta Airlines at the former downtown airport before the establishment in 1952 of Shreveport Regional Airport. She once even participated in the investigation of a crash which occurred in East Texas.[1]
In 1965, Alley returned to Shreveport and took a position as a KWKH copy writer. After first filling in on a half-hour program without notes or preparation, she soon became the host of a four-hour weekday program "Open House", usually from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. She frequently interviewed politicians, visiting celebrities, politicians, and average citizens in the news. She also worked at times for KOKA, KBCL, and KEEL, now a news and talk show channel. At KWKH, one of her colleagues was the veteran broadcaster Frank Page. She also worked with Nat Stuckey before his country music career. In 1978, she established Louise Alley Advertising. She left both radio and advertising in 2012, when her health began to deteriorate. Alley concluded each broadcast with the refrain: "Gooday, John ... wherever you are," a reference to an Irish priest and long-term family friend.[1]
Widely known in the community because of the nature of her work, Alley was a frequent judge of beauty pageants. In addition to her husband, she is survived by two children.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d "Louise Frances Koury Alley". The Shreveport Times. Retrieved October 11, 2015.
- 1927 births
- 2015 deaths
- American radio personalities
- Radio personalities from Louisiana
- Women radio journalists
- American advertising executives
- Businesspeople from Louisiana
- People from Rochester, New York
- People from Harlingen, Texas
- People from Roswell, New Mexico
- People from Shreveport, Louisiana
- American Roman Catholics
- Louisiana Democrats