He was proud of the music. But it was his fledgling news show that really excited him. He later would tell interviewers he started the first daily news broadcast in the country - on WAMD radio at six o'clock every night.

From the very beginning in radio, Stanley Hubbard was a pioneer: an innovative programmer, a news enthusiast, a technical innovator and a 14-carat maverick. No surprise then that Hubbard Broadcasting was experimenting with a television camera as early as 1938, almost 10 years before KSTP-TV went on the air.

Along with his son, Stanley S., Hubbard always stayed a step ahead of the competition. KSTP was the first station to broadcast exclusively in color and developed a weather center that was the envy of the U.S. Weather Service. Prior to his death in 1992, Hubbard was involved with his son in the company's most ambitious venture, the Direct Broadcast Satellite operation, which set up a network to feed programs by satellite directly to homes and independent stations.

Hubbard also brought his can-do spirit and enthusiasm to civic ventures. He helped revive St. Paul's Winter Carnival, save the Como Park Zoo and create the Metropolitan Airport Commission to oversee the development of an international airport for the Twin Cities.

At the age of 84, Hubbard was asked by a magazine reporter the secret of his broadcasting success. The answer came quickly: "Showmanship, good news, good management, and integrity."