 It was during his stint in uniform he got a phone call as a result of all the door-knocking he had done at various radio stations as a teenager.Ray took the job offered to him at 2LF Young, New South Wales as a sales representative, trotting commentator and rugby league commentator - a move which started his career in broadcasting.He began commentating on television through the Amco Cup on Channel Ten with Keith Barnes in 1974.