| | 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=''[[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=''[[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/> |
| − | At KWKH, one of her colleagues was veteran broadcaster Raymond Franklin "Frank" Page (1925-2013). She also worked with Nat Stuckey before he plowed into the field of [[Country music]]. In 1978, she established Louise Alley Advertising. She left both radio and advertising in 2012, when her health began to decline. She concluded each broadcast with the refrain: "Gooday, John ... wherever you are," a reference to an [[Ireland|Irish]] priest and long-term family friend.<ref name=obit/> | + | At KWKH, one of her colleagues was veteran broadcaster [[Frank Page (broadcaster)|Raymond Franklin "Frank" Page]]. She also worked with Nat Stuckey before he plowed into the field of [[Country music]]. In 1978, she established Louise Alley Advertising. She left both radio and advertising in 2012, when her health began to decline. She concluded each broadcast with the refrain: "Gooday, John ... wherever you are," a reference to an [[Ireland|Irish]] priest and long-term family friend.<ref name=obit/> |
| | Widely known in the community because of the nature of her work, Alley was a frequent judge of beauty pageants.<ref name=obit/> Her smile was said to be so sincere that she could sell nearly anything, from lingerie to Jersey Gold Milk. She was particularly loyal to and enthusiastic about her advertisers, one of whom, Bobby L. Greene (1926-2015), the owner of a plumbing and heating company and the brother of Shreveport Fire Chief [[Dallas Greene]], Jr.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/shreveporttimes/obituary.aspx?n=dallas-greene&pid=177265020&fhid=6175|title=Dallas Greene|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|accessdate=January 14, 2016}}</ref> credited her for much of his business success.<ref name=tpace/> Greene and Alley were born in the same year; he died a month before her death.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Greene&GSfn=Bobby&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=20&GScnty=1117&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=151843250&df=all&|title= | | Widely known in the community because of the nature of her work, Alley was a frequent judge of beauty pageants.<ref name=obit/> Her smile was said to be so sincere that she could sell nearly anything, from lingerie to Jersey Gold Milk. She was particularly loyal to and enthusiastic about her advertisers, one of whom, Bobby L. Greene (1926-2015), the owner of a plumbing and heating company and the brother of Shreveport Fire Chief [[Dallas Greene]], Jr.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/shreveporttimes/obituary.aspx?n=dallas-greene&pid=177265020&fhid=6175|title=Dallas Greene|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|accessdate=January 14, 2016}}</ref> credited her for much of his business success.<ref name=tpace/> Greene and Alley were born in the same year; he died a month before her death.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Greene&GSfn=Bobby&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=20&GScnty=1117&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=151843250&df=all&|title= |