Jim Henderson initially thought New Orleans would be a pit stop in his journey to the summit of sports broadcasting.
When Henderson joined WWL-TV as sports director in 1978, the plan was to spend a year or two in the Crescent City then move on to bigger and better things career-wise. He had never been to New Orleans and had no connection the place they call the Big Easy.
"I was coming here for one year and then moving on," Henderson said.
At the time, the local CBS affiliate was in the middle of an unprecedented run of dominance.