Good happy birthday to Paul Harvey, who turns 90 Thursday

Chicago Tribune ^ | 09/04/08 | Phil Rosenthal

[Borges]

Paul Harvey Aurandt--known to his legions of devoted "News and Comment" and "The Rest of the Story" listeners on more than 600 U.S. radio stations as simply Paul Harvey--had his first "good day" on Sept. 4, 1918, two years before this nation's first licensed commercial radio station hit the air.

The newly minted nonagenarian has been delivering his own unique take on news in his own unique style based out of Chicago for 57 years now. Although his workload has beed reduced of late because of health issues and the death earlier this year of longtime wife/partner Lynne "Angel" Harvey, he remains a considerable national presence.

Locally, he can be heard on Chicago Tribune parent Tribune Co.-owned WGN-AM 720.

Born in Tulsa, Okla., Harvey worked his way through Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri and Michigan before arriving here in Chicago in the mid-1940s. He has been headquartered here ever since, arguing it gives him a better sense of the nation's heartland and its heart than he could possibly enjoy on either coast, East or West.

[Borges]

[JennysCool]

Thanks for posting...The Rest...of the Story...

Happy Birthday!...Good Day!

[AppyPappy]

It’s over, Paul. Don’t pull an Ali on us.

[television is just wrong]

we should all be so lucky to have him around a lot longer. GOD BLESS HIM.

[MarineBrat]

I enjoy listening to Paul, except for when his left wing pops out, which is does pretty bad sometimes. He has enthralled me and enraged me. I wish he were a little more patriotic.

[weegee]

His snide comments on the war have turned me off to his “feel good” broadcasts.

I caught one for the first time in years last month. And it was quite ironic to hear a commerical break in his broadcast for the “comedy” roast of Bob Saget. Half of the delivery was beeped and all of it was “not ready for noontime broadcast”.

Don’t recall Paul Harvey mentioning that this sort of thing was not mainstreamed “back in the day”. Let alone broadcast on radio. “I wouldn’t f*** her with your d***” type jokes.

[The South Texan]

Have a GOOD DAY, Mr Harvey.

[Artemis Webb]

During my first two years of high school my father would drop me off at school. I would always leave the house in time to be able to hear Paul Harvey's 5 minute show each morning. A portion of my conservatism is owed to those days.

Unfortunately I now hear only a very old man with a very fragile voice. It is of course his business to choose to continue his broadcast but I truly wish he would stop trying to be the Willie Mays of radio.

[Names Ash Housewares]

“I enjoy listening to Paul, except for when his left wing pops out, which is does pretty bad sometimes. He has enthralled me and enraged me. I wish he were a little more patriotic.”

He has let loose completely false info at times, plus his left wingery caused me to tune our permanently long ago.

[Poetgal26]

Happy b day Paul, thanks for wonderful reporting and stories!

[Red Badger]

Happy Birth..................................day!.............

[Jersey Republican Biker Chick]

Happy Birthday, Mr. Harvey!!!

[50sDad]

Does anyone know if all the “Rest of the Story” bits now being broadcast are now old ones? I don’t think his son is doing them currently, and he sounds so young in the ones we get locally. And does he have a website yet?

[Red Badger]

I don’t know. Our local station took off Paul Harvey for Rush in 1988..................

[weegee]

I don’t know what the current syndication rights are for Paul Harvey Goodday’s show but for awhile a station HAD to have ABC News broadcasts to carry Paul Harvey Goodday.

I know that isn’t the case now because the Rush affiliate in Houston has FoxNews at the top of the hour.

I’m also hearing AP radio news, CNS News, CNN, and CBS.

CNS is the only one that doesn’t lean left.

[fieldmarshaldj]

Happy birthday to Mr. Harvey.