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{{Infobox person
{{Infobox officeholder
|name=Donald Lynn "Don" Owen
|name=Donald Lynn "Don" Owen
|birth_date=February 18, 1930
|birth_date=February 18, 1930
|spouse=Dagmar Oksenholt (died four months prior to his passing)
|spouse=Dagmar Oksenholt (died four months prior to his passing)
|party=[[Democratic Party|Democrat]]
|party=[[Democratic Party|Democrat]]
|office=Louisiana Public Service Commissioner
|term_start=January 1, 1985
|term_end=December 31, 2002
|preceded=Edward Francis Kennon
|succeeded=Foster Lonnie Campbell, Jr.
}}
}}
==Broadcaster==
==Broadcaster==
Owen began his career in broadcasting at a radio station in Ada in Pontotoc County in southern Oklahoma. In 1953, he joined KFDX-TV, the [[NBC]] station in [[Wichita Falls]], [[Texas]]. By January 1954, when he was twenty-three, Owen had accepted a position as an announcer for KSLA, the first station in Shreveport but on the air for only fifteen days.<ref name=ksla>{{cite web|url=
Owen began his career in broadcasting at a [[radio]] station in Ada in Pontotoc County in southern Oklahoma. In 1953, he joined KFDX-TV, the [[NBC]] station in [[Wichita Falls]], [[Texas]]. By January 1954, when he was twenty-three, Owen had accepted a position as an announcer for KSLA, the first station in Shreveport but on the air for only fifteen days.<ref name=ksla>{{cite web|url=
http://www.ksla.com/story/18808888/longtime-ksla-anchor-and-psc-commissioner-don-owen-passes-away?clienttype=printable
http://www.ksla.com/story/18808888/longtime-ksla-anchor-and-psc-commissioner-don-owen-passes-away?clienttype=printable
|title=Carolyn Roy, "Longtime KSLA anchor and news director Don Owen passes away"|publisher=KSLA-TV|accessdate=July 2, 2012}}</ref>
|title=Carolyn Roy, "Longtime KSLA anchor and news director Don Owen passes away"|publisher=KSLA-TV|accessdate=July 2, 2012}}</ref>