I can’t say listening to Paul Harvey’s ‘News and Comment’ lead to my eventual vocation, but it is my first memory of listening to the radio: sitting at the dining room table, eating the lunch Mom had made before I went off to afternoon-kindergarten, the Zenith radio on top of the refrigerator tuned to WROK. Some may point out the fine line he rode between his news and commentary, but no matter your politics, Paul Harvey really was a living legend; a great story teller and the best salesman to grace the airwaves. He deserves every bit of praise that will fall on him these next few days as the world remembers his life.
Responses to “My first radio-listening memory”
March 2nd, 2009 at 10:52 pm
I don’t know…even riding the bus in primary and middle school I thought the way he handled advertising was suspicious and rather cheesy. But it takes all kinds!
March 1st, 2009 at 5:23 pm
Paul Harvey was an institution. He left his mark on society, and it was a GOOD mark. A fine legacy was left behind. We could only hope for as much from our lives.