paul harvey

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Paul Harvey receives the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2005 Birth name Paul Harvey Aurandt Born September 4, 1918(1918-09-04)

Tulsa, Oklahoma Died February 28, 2009 (aged 90)[1]

Phoenix, Arizona Show The Rest of the Story,

and Paul Harvey News and Commentary Network(s) ABC Radio Networks Country USA Spouse(s) Lynne "Angel" Cooper Harvey (1940 – 2008) Children Paul Harvey, Jr. Website http://www.paulharvey.com

Paul Harvey Aurandt (September 4, 1918 – February 28, 2009[1]), better known as Paul Harvey, was an American radio broadcaster for the ABC Radio Networks. He broadcast 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. His listening audience was estimated at 22 million people a week. Harvey liked to say he was raised in radio newsrooms.[2]

The most noticeable features of Harvey's idiosyncratic delivery were 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: "I am fiercely loyal to those willing to put their money where my mouth is." Contents [hide] 1 Career 2 Awards 3 Family 4 Death 5 Books 6 References 7 External links //

Career

As a young boy, Harvey made radio receivers, and in 1933, at a high school teacher’s suggestion, he started working at KVOO in Tulsa. His first job was to help clean up. Eventually he was allowed to fill in on the air, reading commercials and news.

While attending the University of Tulsa, he continued working at KVOO, first as an announcer, and later as a program director. Harvey spent three years as a station manager for a local station in Salina, Kansas. From there, he moved to a newscasting job at KOMA in Oklahoma City, and then to KXOK, in St. Louis, where he was Director of Special Events and a roving reporter.

In 1940, Harvey moved to Hawaii to cover the United States Navy as it concentrated its fleet in the Pacific. He was returning to the mainland from assignment in Hawaii when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. Harvey served briefly as