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It's the voice you recognize at once, and instantly trust. The voice honored with the 1997 Marconi Award, the industry's highest honor, as "Network Personality of the Year." Mr. Harvey's "Rest of the Story" features are legendary. Paul Harvey paints pictures with his voice. And 19,000,000 Americans give Paul Harvey their undivided attention, week after week. He tells it the way he sees it.

Today, America will listen to his unique point of view, and see what's important, what's touching, what's real. Paul Harvey is the most listened-to man in radio and can be heard on over 1,200 radio stations all over the country.

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 created an awesome reputation! Born and raised in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Mr. Harvey began his radio career in 1933 at KVOO-AM, Tulsa, while still in high school. When he attended the University of Tulsa, he continued working at KVOO as an announcer, then as a program director. After graduation, Mr. Harvey spent three years as a station manager for a local station 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 and a roving reporter. Mr. 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.

Today, Paul Harvey "News and Comment" can be heard Monday through Saturday, and "The Rest of the Story", Monday through Friday. Paul Harvey News is the largest one-man network, consisting of over 1,200 radio stations, 400 Armed Forces Network stations that broadcast around the world, and 300 newspapers.

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


You can hear Paul Harvey on WJR weekdays at 8:30am, 11:35pm and 6:55pm.