 For a time, Hines worked for WWL-TV in New Orleans, and served as the television play-by-play announcer for the New Orleans Saints.He spent a short stint in Charlotte, North Carolina, where he worked for Ted Turner at WRET (now WCNC-TV).Next he moved on to a job in Baltimore, where he was the television play-by-play announcer for the Baltimore Colts, and anchorman for WMAR-TV.