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==Broadcasting career==

==Broadcasting career==

Reese's broadcasting career began at KCBD-TV] Channel 11, the [[NBC]] affiliate in Lubbock. He then moved go KFDA-TV, the [[CBS]] affiliate in Amarillo, followed by KMID-TV, at the time a combined NBC/[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] outlet in Midland with studios at the former Air Force building at Midland Airfield. Reese then relocated to Odessa, where he was an anchorman from 1956 to 1964 at KOSA-TV, Channel 7, the CBS station which after a change in ownership relocated its facilities in 2000 to Music City Mall.<ref>Reese, p. 128.</ref> KOSA formerly used the mantra "Your Eye on West Texas."<ref>"KOSA-TV: Your Eye on West Texas" and today uses "The Breaking News and Weather Authority", Website: Cbs7kosa.com, accessed November 10, 2010.</ref>

Reese's broadcasting career began at KCBD-TV Channel 11, the [[NBC]] affiliate in Lubbock. He then moved go KFDA-TV, the [[CBS]] affiliate in Amarillo, followed by KMID-TV, at the time a combined NBC/[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] outlet in Midland with studios at the former Air Force building at Midland Airfield. Reese then relocated to Odessa, where he was an anchorman from 1956 to 1964 at KOSA-TV, Channel 7, the CBS station which after a change in ownership relocated its facilities in 2000 to Music City Mall.<ref>Reese, p. 128.</ref> KOSA formerly used the mantra "Your Eye on West Texas."<ref>"KOSA-TV: Your Eye on West Texas" and today uses "The Breaking News and Weather Authority", Website: Cbs7kosa.com, accessed November 10, 2010.</ref>

At Reese Air Force Base, Reese had edited the military newspaper and handled the Saturday evening and Sunday morning shifts at KCBD-TV, the latter at a gross salary of $1.15 per hour. In Lubbock, Reese attempted to develop from his residence a weekly detailed television schedule for the South Plains based on Walter Annenberg's ''TV Guide'' [[magazine]] that had been launched successfully on the East Coast  at that time.<ref>Reese, p. 128.</ref> However, station manager Joseph H. Bryant<ref>Joseph Bryant (1916-1996), formerly of Oklahoma, was still residing in Odessa at the time of his death. Social Security Death Index. Website: ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com [Accessed November 12, 2010]</ref> forbade moonlighting. Faced with the lack of choice, Reese resigned and moved to KFDA in Amarllo . After some two months, he recalls having been dropped from the station in a budget crunch. He turned down an offer to be a television director in [[Fort Worth]] to come to KMID, which offered him $10 more per week than what the Fort Worth station had tendered. At KMID, he was not only the sports anchor but did commercials.<ref>Reese, pp. 128-129.</ref>  KMID, now exclusively an ABC affiliate, Channel 2, was the first television station in Midland-Odessa.<ref>"ABC 2 – KMID Channel 2," Website: stationindex.com, accessed November 10, 2010.</ref>

At Reese Air Force Base, Reese had edited the military newspaper and handled the Saturday evening and Sunday morning shifts at KCBD-TV, the latter at a gross salary of $1.15 per hour. In Lubbock, Reese attempted to develop from his residence a weekly detailed television schedule for the South Plains based on Walter Annenberg's ''TV Guide'' [[magazine]] that had been launched successfully on the East Coast  at that time.<ref>Reese, p. 128.</ref> However, station manager Joseph H. Bryant<ref>Joseph Bryant (1916-1996), formerly of Oklahoma, was still residing in Odessa at the time of his death. Social Security Death Index. Website: ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com [Accessed November 12, 2010]</ref> forbade moonlighting. Faced with the lack of choice, Reese resigned and moved to KFDA in Amarllo . After some two months, he recalls having been dropped from the station in a budget crunch. He turned down an offer to be a television director in [[Fort Worth]] to come to KMID, which offered him $10 more per week than what the Fort Worth station had tendered. At KMID, he was not only the sports anchor but did commercials.<ref>Reese, pp. 128-129.</ref>  KMID, now exclusively an ABC affiliate, Channel 2, was the first television station in Midland-Odessa.<ref>"ABC 2 – KMID Channel 2," Website: stationindex.com, accessed November 10, 2010.</ref>