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Paul Harvey Aurandt (September 4, 1918-February 28, 2009), better known as Paul Harvey, was an American radio broadcaster for the ABC Radio Networks. He broadcasted News and Comment on weekday mornings and mid-days, and at noon on Saturdays, as well as his famous The Rest of the Story segments.
Paul Harvey receives the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2005
His listening audience was estimated at 22 million people a week. Harvey liked to say he was raised in radio newsrooms.
The most noticeable features of Harvey's idiosyncratic delivery was his dramatic pauses, quirky intonations and his folksiness. A large part of his success stemmed from the seamlessness with which he segued from his monologue into reading commercial messages. He explained his enthusiastic support of his sponsors as such: "I am fiercely loyal to those willing to put their money where my mouth is."
Born Sept. 12, 2008, after the death of George Putnam, Harvey became the oldest syndicated radio personality in America.
On Feb. 28, 2009, Paul Harvey, America's oldest radio personality died at the age of 90.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Harvey
I remember listening to Paul Harvey on my car radio back in the day. He used to come on around 11:30AM weekdays in Las Vegas.
RIP Paul Harvey...
Paul Harvey Aurandt (September 4, 1918-February 28, 2009), better known as Paul Harvey, was an American radio broadcaster for the ABC Radio Networks. He broadcasted News and Comment on weekday mornings and mid-days, and at noon on Saturdays, as well as his famous The Rest of the Story segments.
Paul Harvey receives the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2005
His listening audience was estimated at 22 million people a week. Harvey liked to say he was raised in radio newsrooms.
The most noticeable features of Harvey's idiosyncratic delivery was his dramatic pauses, quirky intonations and his folksiness. A large part of his success stemmed from the seamlessness with which he segued from his monologue into reading commercial messages. He explained his enthusiastic support of his sponsors as such: "I am fiercely loyal to those willing to put their money where my mouth is."
Born Sept. 12, 2008, after the death of George Putnam, Harvey became the oldest syndicated radio personality in America.
On Feb. 28, 2009, Paul Harvey, America's oldest radio personality died at the age of 90.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Harvey
I remember listening to Paul Harvey on my car radio back in the day. He used to come on around 11:30AM weekdays in Las Vegas.
RIP Paul Harvey...
Not to sound like a wise ass, but I honestly thought Paul Harvey had been dead for quite a few years ^<<^
Anybody else ever purchase one of those overpriced piece of crap Boze Wave Radio's because Harvey recommended them ??
I f'n did !~~~!
Woulda smashed it to pieces with a hammer if it didn't cost as much as a solid, dependable used automobile :>(
Well anyway, RIP Paul Harvey
Anybody else ever purchase one of those overpriced piece of crap Boze Wave Radio's because Harvey recommended them ??
I f'n did !~~~!
Woulda smashed it to pieces with a hammer if it didn't cost as much as a solid, dependable used automobile :>(
Well anyway, RIP Paul Harvey
