HOUSTON – A member of the Channel 2 family died last week.
One of the greatest of a generation, and a television pioneer, Charles J. Hunt worked for KPRC for over four decades, from the time it went on the air until his retirement.
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Charlie passed away last week at the age of 93. He was buried Monday.
Hunt began working at Channel 2 in 1948, shortly before the station signed on as KLEE TV. Television was still considered a novelty then. The call letters were changed to KPRC a year later, when the station changed ownership.
Charlie had been wounded during World War II and returned home to study broadcast engineering on the G.I. bill.
He was a mainstay of the Channel 2 engineering department for 44 years as the station and the industry came of age.
KPRC sends its sympathies to Evelyn, his wife of 72 years, their three children, 14 grand-children and 11 great-grand children.