In this episode of This Just In, Rich and Bryan sit down with a man whose journey to the top of the television news business was anything but predictable.

Kingsley Smith grew up in a prominent East Texas family and fully expected his future would be in the oil business. But a series of unexpected turns — and a few bold leaps — took his life in a completely different direction. First to Australia, and eventually to Dallas–Fort Worth, where he would become a key force behind the rise of Fox4 News into a dominant number-one station.

In Part One of our conversation, Kingsley shares the story of those early years, the decisions that changed his path, and how a young man who thought he’d spend his life in the energy industry found himself helping shape one of the most successful news operations in Texas.