The station had been on the air for one year, and when he walked into the studios for the first time on that February 1948 day, he said, “This is for me. This is what I want to do.”
Thus began a more than 60-year career at KSDK-5 in St. Louis. Now, the television industry is pausing to pay tribute to Ray Hoffstetter, who has passed away at the age of 98.