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Author Topic: Broadcasting Pioneer Paul Harvey has dead at 90 Bill Gabel Film God Posts: 3873 From: Technicolor / Postworks NY, USA Registered: Jan 2002 posted 03-01-2009 08:59 AM                     Paul Harvey the news commentator and talk radio pioneer dead Saturday in Arizona. He was 90 years old. "And That's the Rest of the Story" RIP  |  IP: Logged Mark Lensenmayer Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1605 From: Upper Arlington, OH Registered: Sep 1999 posted 03-01-2009 09:22 AM                     Paul could stretch out the name "Citracal" longer than anyone. Paul's version of the news was like no other...it was more about people than events. When a major event would happen, every newscast would cover it first, except Paul would lead with a story about small-town Kansas. Time to rest now, Paul. No more getting to work so early. Time for someone else to give us "The Rest of the Story".  |  IP: Logged Mark J. Marshall Film God Posts: 3188 From: New Castle, DE, USA Registered: Aug 2002 posted 03-01-2009 10:17 AM                    Wow, how sad to lose another pioneering voice. I loved listening to his stories and his take on the news, and I will miss the way he always signed off: "Paul Harvey... Good Day!" RIP, Paul.  |  IP: Logged Bobby Henderson "Ask me about Trajan." Posts: 10973 From: Lawton, OK, USA Registered: Apr 2001 posted 03-01-2009 12:46 PM                     Paul Harvey was one of the biggest icons of radio, and probably had about as long a career in radio as anyone. I'm pretty sure he was one of the most famous people from Oklahoma. I was in elementary school when I first heard his broadcasts. My father worked as a disc jockey and news anchor at Far East Network when we were stationed at the Marine Corps air station in Iwakuni, Japan. Paul Harvey's features were a staple of the radio broadcasts. Up until just recently anyone could hear Paul Harvey when channel surfing radio stations. I would almost always run across one of his radio broadcasts while making road trips to Colorado. What makes Paul Harvey's passing sad is that he was such a consistent, common fixture in the lives of so many people for such a very long time.  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 03-01-2009 01:39 PM                        quote: Bobby Henderson he was such a consistent, common fixture in the lives of so many people for such a very long time. That's for sure. I can't remember a time when I didn't hear Paul Harvey occasionally. I have a friend who is a big Paul Harvey fan - he and I have always said "Good day!" when beginning or ending a conversation, I guess it's been sort of a small tribute to the broadcaster we are both fans of. Radio Spirits should start working on a "Very Best of Paul Harvey" CD collection - I'll bet it'd be a big seller.  |  IP: Logged Louis Bornwasser Film God Posts: 4441 From: prospect ky usa Registered: Mar 2005 posted 03-01-2009 02:53 PM                        Our last connection to Olde Tyme Broadcast Radio: They were giants! Louis  |  IP: Logged Paul Mayer Oh get out of it Melvin, before it pulls you under! Posts: 3836 From: Albuquerque, NM Registered: Feb 2000 posted 03-01-2009 10:02 PM                        Always enjoyed his delivery technique, which was just as classic and iconic as Walter Winchell's. Also enjoyed his various vocal signatures, but especially his verbal cue for going to commercials - "Page 2" (or 3, or 4, depending on the break), his intro, "Stand by for News!", and of course the above mentioned, "Paul Harvey... Good Day!" RIP Mr. Harvey.  |  IP: Logged Joshua Waaland Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 800 From: Cleveland, Ohio Registered: Dec 1999 posted 03-02-2009 03:44 PM                     I always heard Paul Harvey because my dad liked to listen to him. In years since then I would run across him on the radio every now and then and listen for a while. It reminded me of my childhood. He was a great broadcaster and I always loved when the last story he would read was a funny one and you could hear his smile when he said his signature sign off. He will be missed.  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 03-02-2009 03:48 PM                        quote: Our last connection to Olde Tyme Broadcast Radio: They were giants! There's still Bruce Williams. He's financial advice and commentary though, not news, but still a very entertaining listen at times.  |  IP: Logged Mark Lensenmayer Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1605 From: Upper Arlington, OH Registered: Sep 1999 posted 03-02-2009 06:09 PM                     One day, Paul finished up a bit early. He did his usual signoff.."Paul Harvey"..wait..wait..wait The silence lasted only for a few seconds, but I was about ready to smash the radio when he finally said "Good Day" No one used pauses as well as Paul. My children and I had a running gag with THE REST OF THE STORY. We would try to guess who it was about and my guess was always "Abraham Lincoln". I made my guess one day, and, sure enough, it turned out to be Lincoln. Dad felt pretty smart that day.  |  IP: Logged Greg Anderson Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 766 From: Ogden Valley, Utah Registered: Nov 1999 posted 03-02-2009 06:35 PM                        Once, about 12 or 13 years ago, Paul Harvey told a story of two fighter pilots who survived a mid-air collision of their airplanes during training. He said their names and, alas, one of them was "Greg Anderson." At the time, I was working at a radio station which carried Paul Harvey's daily broadcasts, so we recorded all of them from a satellite feed and replayed them at noon local time. So, of course, I had the recording of him saying my name. And, because he always seemed to pause between phrases, it was easy to edit his words into new sentences. In the end, I still have a crystal-clear recording of Paul Harvey saying, "And now, Lt. Commander Greg Anderson." I used that as my own introduction on the air a few times. A co-worker and I liked to archive random phrases from Paul Harvey and re-edit them into new phrases all of the time. We never dared to put them on the air because some of them became quite crude.  |  IP: Logged

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