Just watched a video of his last speech and it made me reflect back to the simpler times. My wife and I would many times pull over and stop the car if we were out and about to listen to Mr. Harvey’s radio broadcast.
In his last speech while receiving an award he positively mentioned that FOX was moving to a conservative view to “balance” the news being delivered to the American Public. His voice will always be his most recognizable feature and in my opinion he spoke many words of wisdom in his commentaries.

A fan of his “story” here.

I think he was on every day just before or after the 12 o'clock news, Yes I listened.

Always liked listening to him.

Good Day !

I have two very distinct memories.

I was a FS seasonal in NE Utah and we were building a fence in a remote area of the district, south of US Hwy 40. We were up on a bald knob and when we broke for lunch, we all huddled around the open door of a pickup truck to listen to Paul Harvey.

The other occurred later and has always stuck with me. It would have been PH’s “News and Report.” Harvey in his signature staccato delivery was reporting on the death of Jim Fixx, the American author and journalist credited with popularizing jogging in the United States through his 1977 best-selling book The Complete Book of Running.

I can hear him now, finishing the report of Fixx’s death with, “While jogging.”

My dad was a man with a routine. He worked 3 to 11 shift for most of my childhood. One could time lunch based my dad listening to Paul Harvey. My dad has been gone for over 20 years and I still miss him.

Another Paul Harvey fan here. I have quite a few of his episodes (over 100) on my computer.

Tony

Listened to him for many years off and on growing up and as a young adult.

When I as stationed in West Germany in the early 80's, almost everyone (top to bottom) on base, would stop and listen to AFN News for the next day's (Deutschmark/Dollar) exchange rate and Paul Harvey "The Rest of the Story" at 1400 hours. Someone always had a radio.

I never realized how big a memory that would be, until hearing Paul Harvey re-broadcast from time to time all these years.

He was a great story teller, even as a little kid he caught your attention...

You can get his podcast on Apple and Google

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Originally posted by sigmonkey:
Listened to him for many years off and on growing up and as a young adult.

When I as stationed in West Germany in the early 80's, almost everyone (top to bottom) on base, would stop and listen to AFN News for the next day's (Deutschmark/Dollar) exchange rate and Paul Harvey "The Rest of the Story" at 1400 hours. Someone always had a radio.

I never realized how big a memory that would be, until hearing Paul Harvey re-broadcast from time to time all these years.

Yep me too, Boop, Boop, Boop, Beep(countdown) on AFN then Exchange rate and then Paul. Good times.

Okay, but what’s the rest of the story?

His voice certainly was distinctive. I don’t know if that was naturally his voice or manipulated mechanically in those days. I may be wrong but I think just after his death, his son was interviewed saying he was going to carry on his dad’s work.

Listened to him every day at Noon for years.

My favorite episode was "Jimmy Trent and the number 27".

My son and I were driving through Texas and listening to this episode. And I kid you not, only just a few seconds after the episode was finished playing, we were passed by a car with the license plate which only had two characters: "27".

We looked at each other with awe and we'll never forget that moment for the rest of our lives.



Tony.

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His voice certainly was distinctive. I don’t know if that was naturally his voice or manipulated mechanically in those days....

He developed that manner of speaking.
His "accent" was genuine, but the timing, rhythm and such were stylized for impact, and he sure nailed it.

I sort of like Morgan Freeman's style as well.

They are easy to listen to, focus, and retain what they said.

Used to love hearing them when I was kid riding around town with my dad. I have a couple of paperbacks that his son put together of all the tales. I've had them for 25+ years and still pull them from time to time. Impossible to read without hearing his voice.

I’d sit at the breakfast table before school, and my dad would be getting ready for work. We always had the radio on and always waited to hear “the rest of the story”. Also, “point of law” - I think that’s what it was called, anyway.