Oveta Culp was born in Killeen, Texas, on January 19, 1905. The daughter of a lawyer and state legislator, she took an early interest in government, serving as legislative parliamentarian for the Texas House of Representatives and assistant to the Houston city attorney. On February 23, 1931, Culp married former Texas governor William P. Hobby—27 years her senior. The couple had two children: William P. Hobby Jr. and Jessica Hobby Catto.    Following her marriage, Culp—now Hobby—joined her husband on the editorial staff of The Houston Post. The family owned the newspaper from 1924 to 1983, with Hobby serving first as assistant editor and executive vice president, then as president, and ultimately publisher and co-owner.    During World War II, Hobby directly assisted the War Department in organizing ways for women to serve. After briefly leading the Women's Interest Section, War Department Bureau of Public Relations, she commanded the newly formed Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (later the Women's Army Corps). As director, Hobby became the first woman to ever wear a colonel's uniform in the US Army. She received the Distinguished Service Medal in January 1945.    Upon her return to Houston, Hobby resumed her duties at the Houston Post organization, which then also included radio station KPRC. The Hobbys soon expanded their broadcast holdings to television, purchasing KPRC-TV in 1950.    During the 1952 election, Hobby became a key figure in the Democrats for Eisenhower movement. Upon his inauguration, President Dwight Eisenhower named her head of the Federal Security Agency. Months later, he appointed Hobby as US Secretary of the newly created Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. (The agency is now known as the Department of Health and Human Services.) Upon her resignation in 1955, she once again resumed her role at the Post.    Hobby took over leadership of the organization upon the death of her husband in 1964. In 1968, she was named to the board of the Corporation of Public Broadcasting. Following the sale of the Houston Post in 1983, the family reorganized their broadcast holdings as H&C Communications. The paper was ultimately absorbed into The Houston Chronicle, printing its last publication on April 18, 1995. KPRC was sold to the Washington Post Company in 1994. The AM radio station is now owned by iHeartMedia. The television station is owned by the Graham Media Group.    Throughout her lifetime, Hobby served on countless local boards and national committees, including the Advisory Committee for Economic Development, the President's Commission on Employment of the Physically Handicapped, the Committee for the White House Conference on Education, the Board of Directors of the Houston Symphony Society, and the Carnegie Commission on Educational Television. She received numerous honorary degrees and was named to the Texas Women's Hall of Fame. The library at Central Texas College in her hometown of Killeen is named in her honor.    Hobby died in Houston on August 16, 1995. 

Newsman Ray Miller (1919 - 2008) began his broadcasting career in 1938 in his home town of Fort Worth. He relocated to Houston soon thereafter, where he joined KPRC Radio. When KPRC purchased Houston's first television station in 1951, Miller adopted the burgeoning medium, eventually winning a Peabody Award. In 1969, Miller created The Eyes of Texas, a regional television series examining all things Texas. On the air for 30 years, the series became Houston's longest-running local television program. Miller retired in 1979, serving as news director at both KPRC Radio and KPRC-TV for over 40 years. During his decades-long tenure at KPRC, Miller mentored a number of journalists, including Dan Rather and former US Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison.

After retiring from television production, Miller became a local historian, writing several books and travel guides about historic attractions in Houston and Galveston. He also worked with the Harris County Historical Commission to secure markers for numerous sites.