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==Career==
==Career==
Alley graduated ifrom the [[Roman Catholic]] St. Vincent's Academy, a former institution for girls in Shreveport. She then worked in various capacities, including air traffic controller 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.<ref name=obit/>
Alley graduated ifrom the [[Roman Catholic]] St. Vincent's Academy, a former institution for girls in Shreveport. She then worked in various capacities, including air traffic controller 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.<ref name=obit/>
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 "Louise Alley's Open House," usually from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/us/louisiana/monroe/monroe-news-star/1975/06-16/page-21?tag=louise+alley+louisiana&rtserp=tags/?pep=louise-alley&plo=louisiana|title = Radio|date=June 16, 1975|publisher]''The Monroe News-Star''|access-date=December 25, 2015}}</ref> She frequently interviewed politicians, visiting celebrities, and citizens. Later she hosted "My Home Town" that began on KWKH and was subsequently carried on KBCL, the former KFLO, KEEL, KOKA, and KYLA in Homer in Claiborne Parish.<ref name=tpace/>
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 "Louise Alley's Open House," usually from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/us/louisiana/monroe/monroe-news-star/1975/06-16/page-21?tag=louise+alley+louisiana&rtserp=tags/?pep=louise-alley&plo=louisiana|title = Radio|date=June 16, 1975|publisher]''The Monroe News-Star''|access-date=December 25, 2015}}</ref> She frequently interviewed politicians, visiting celebrities, and citizens. Later she hosted "My Home Town" that began on KWKH and was subsequently carried on KBCL, the former KFLO, KEEL, KOKA, and KYLA in Homer in Claiborne Parish.<ref name=tpace/>