| − | A native of [[Monroe, Louisiana|Monroe]], he was one of two children of William T. and Hazel Booth, the other being his sister, the late Barbara Booth Netherland. He grew up in the [[cotton]] fields and [[cattle]] pastures of Rayville in nearby Richland Parish. He had intended to remain in radio until former Louisiana [[Governor]] James Albert Noe, Sr. (1990-1976), then the owner of KNOE-TV, the [[CBS]] affiliate in Monroe and the first television in North Louisiana. Noe hired him as news director, a post which he filled for twenty-five years. He toured the studio with then general manager [[Paul Goldman]] while Noe was in the hospital.<ref name=knoe>{{cite web|url=https://www.knoe.com/content/news/KNOE-investigative-reporter-Ken-Booth-565704911.html|title=Longtime KNOE investigative reporter Ken Booth passes away|publisher=KNOE-TV|date=December 6, 2019|author=Tammi Arender|accessdate=December 11, 2019}}</ref> | + | A native of [[Monroe, Louisiana|Monroe]], he was one of two children of William T. and Hazel Booth, the other being his sister, the late Barbara Booth Netherland. He grew up in the [[cotton]] fields and [[cattle]] pastures of Rayville in nearby Richland Parish. He had intended to remain in radio until former Louisiana [[Governor]] James Albert Noe, Sr. (1990-1976), then the owner of KNOE-TV, the [[CBS]] affiliate in Monroe and the first television station established in North Louisiana in 1953, hired Booth as news director, a post which he filled for twenty-five years. He toured the studio with then general manager [[Paul Goldman]] while Noe was in the hospital.<ref name=knoe>{{cite web|url=https://www.knoe.com/content/news/KNOE-investigative-reporter-Ken-Booth-565704911.html|title=Longtime KNOE investigative reporter Ken Booth passes away|publisher=KNOE-TV|date=December 6, 2019|author=Tammi Arender|accessdate=December 11, 2019}}</ref> |