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Paul Harvey has said that he was raised in radio newsrooms. During his time in those newsrooms, he has broadcast the news to millions, built an active professional life and established himself as one of the foremost newsmen in the business.

Born and raised in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Paul Harvey began his radio career in 1933 at KVOO-AM, Tulsa, while he was still in high school. Later, while attending the University of Tulsa, he continued working at KVOO as an announcer, then as a program director.

After graduation, Harvey spent three years as a station manager for a local station in Salina, Kansas. From there, he took a newscasting job at KOMA-AM in Oklahoma City, then moved on to KXOK-AM, St. Louis, where he was Director of Special Events as well as working as a roving reporter.

Paul Harvey moved to Hawaii in 1940 to cover the U.S. Navy as it began to concentrate its fleet in the Pacific. He was returning to the United States from that assignment when the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor. Paul Harvey enlisted into the Army Air Corps, where he served until 1944.

After leaving the corps, Mr. Harvey moved to Chicago, where in June 1944, he began broadcasting from the ABC affiliate WENR-AM. He quickly became the most listened-to newscaster in Chicago.

Paul Harvey reached audiences way beyond the windy city in 1951, when he began his coast-to-coast "News and Comment" on the ABC Radio Networks. On May 10, 1976, Mr. Harvey began another series of programs on the ABC Radio Networks entitled "The Rest of the Story", which delve into the forgotten or little known facts behind stories of famous people and events.

For years, Paul Harvey, who paints pictures with is voice, has been the most listened-to man in the radio business. Today, Paul Harvey "News and Comment" and "The Rest of the Story" can be heard every Monday through Saturday on more than 1,200 radio stations in the USA, 400 Armed Forces Network stations that broadcast around the world, and 300 newspapers. Paul Harvey News is the largest one-man network in the world.

Harvey is married to the former Lynne (Angel) Cooper of St. Louis. They have one son, Paul Harvey, Jr.

You can enjoy Paul Harvey News at 8:30am Monday through Friday and at noon Monday through Saturday on 96.9 WXBQ. Paul Harvey's "The Rest of the Story" airs each weekday at 6pm on the Rabbit Station.