I still remember the first time I heard Paul Harvey. I was working as a board operator at a local AM radio station in Provo, Utah.
There was something about his voice and the way he delivered the afternoon news and commentary. And I couldn’t resist the radio mystery of The Rest of the Story. The morning program was like an Agatha Christie murder mystery novel, but on the radio–always intriguing and exciting…a real who done it!
When the local ABC affiliate in Phoenix dropped Paul Harvey from their program schedule, I felt a sense of loss for that of an old friend. I missed hearing his voice on the radio, that folksy charm and his professions of undying love for his wife, Lynne, who he lovingly called “Angel”; the seamless transition from content to commercial–the man could pitch most any product convincingly.
Today, I again feel a sense of loss as I say again say goodbye to Paul Harvey, who died February 28, 2009 at the age of 90.
Paul Harvey lived a rich and colorful life, which I will not recount here. (Click here for more on Paul Harvey’s life and bio.) Sufficient to say, he was the oldest syndicated radio personality in America and I was one of his biggest fans.
I will miss the days when I sat in the control room at KSRR radio in Provo and played Paul Harvey’s radio shows over the air.
And, for one final time, hear his gentle voice exclaim, “Paul Harvey…good day!”