He would grow up to be awarded a National Sigma Delta Chi for Journalism at the National Press Club in Washington DC, two National Edward R Murrow awards and 31 Regional Emmy’s but while that may be how his career ended, it certainly did not start that way.  One miracle after another led him out of poverty, out of neglect and into the unlikely world of broadcasting.  And yet in spite of everything it was those early years that prepared him for what was to come.  In episode one “The Beginning” you will hear why things started so badly and how far he would have to go.