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| rdfs:comment | - Paul Harvey Aurandt, or simply Paul Harvey, was an iconic American news radio personality most active from immediately after World War II all the way to near his death in 2009. With his distinctive, fatherly voice and presentation, he was mostly known for his 10-minute syndicated news segments and his rather eccentric openings ("I'm Paul Harvey...stand by for NEWS!") as well as for his Rest of the Story segment (You know what the news is. In a minute, you're going to hear the rest of the story!). His news segments, especially during The Nineties and onward tended to have a retro '30s feel, like they would fit in right after one of FDR's fireside radiocasts. He would often read aloud script instructions (onto page TWO!) and he would even read out most of the advertisements himself, which of
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| abstract | - Paul Harvey Aurandt, or simply Paul Harvey, was an iconic American news radio personality most active from immediately after World War II all the way to near his death in 2009. With his distinctive, fatherly voice and presentation, he was mostly known for his 10-minute syndicated news segments and his rather eccentric openings ("I'm Paul Harvey...stand by for NEWS!") as well as for his Rest of the Story segment (You know what the news is. In a minute, you're going to hear the rest of the story!). His news segments, especially during The Nineties and onward tended to have a retro '30s feel, like they would fit in right after one of FDR's fireside radiocasts. He would often read aloud script instructions (onto page TWO!) and he would even read out most of the advertisements himself, which often led to strong personal endorsements (he disliked advertising for products he didn't use). His Rest of the Story segments were usually about little known factoids of history, usually focusing on an ironic twist of character or outcome, or otherwise a little-known but interesting fact.
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