Not a "GOOD DAY!" - Paul Harvey Dead

[Skynet74]

He died earlier today at age 90. I was hoping he had another 10 years in him. He was truly one of a kind. I'll miss his voice and unique style. Sadly, that is... the rest of the story. Rest In Peace Paul.



http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090301/ap_on_en_ot/obit_harvey

 

[someplacesomewhere]

RIP

 

[alfieradioguy]

It's REAL bad news for ABC.. Maybe now, they die.. He was the highest rated of shows..

Imagine.not being able to breathe, to move, to see, to smell , to touch, or to THINK.
What a final terror and cruelty for all of us.. I hope it wasn't painful for him..
I hope his Son takes his place.

 

[Skynet74]

I first remember listening to Harvey in San Diego when I was a teen. My friend and I packed up the car to go to a Waterpark. His Dad tuned into Paul Havey for the drive. Even as a 15 year old I appreciated Harvey's unique style and became an instant fan.

Now fast forward to two weeks ago where as a 40 year old I was now driving in my own car, but still listening to Harvey. I noticed that his voice was sounding stronger and pretty much like he did when I was 15.

That is one man who KNEW how to tell a story in a way where it became almost impossible to turn the radio off. I just had to keep the radio turned on until he was finished. No other broadcaster has ever had that effect on me. Once you tuned into Paul, you were just there for the whole ride until the end. You didn't want to miss a thing.

Now I have an urge to download all his old shows and keep a copy in my car. The stories will no longer be new. But the memories will last a lifetime.

 

[wknd92]

Tomorrow's broadcasts at 9:45 and 1:45 on WPRO will be must listens.

 

[wc3434]

I agree with all your comments..
If radio was Politics, then every day 'it' was the President addressing the nation..

There is one other person who I now realize is beyond others , just like Harvey.
That would be Rush Limbaugh. Like him or hate him , he's an Icon, very much as Paul Harvey
is and will always be. R.I.P.

 

[Holland Cooke]

And Rush does NOT look well.

There is one other person who I now realize is beyond others , just like Harvey. That would be Rush Limbaugh. Like him or hate him , he's an Icon, very much as Paul Harvey

Tough timing for El Rushbo.

On-the-heels-of his widely-covered, Fidel-Castro-length spiel at the Star Trek Convention...er, CPAC event...Rush was doubtless ready to ratchet-up his already-bellicose "I," "I," "I," "ME," "ME," "ME" show today...but a bigger radio star's story knocked-him-off-the-front-page.

And if you saw his speech, you had to notice.
Rush does NOT look well.

 

[awardmrnobody]

Re: And Rush does NOT look well.

There is one other person who I now realize is beyond others , just like Harvey. That would be Rush Limbaugh. Like him or hate him , he's an Icon, very much as Paul Harvey

Tough timing for El Rushbo.

On-the-heels-of his widely-covered, Fidel-Castro-length spiel at the Star Trek Convention...er, CPAC event...Rush was doubtless ready to ratchet-up his already-bellicose "I," "I," "I," "ME," "ME," "ME" show today...but a bigger radio star's story knocked-him-off-the-front-page.

And if you saw his speech, you had to notice.
Rush does NOT look well.

ENVY ENVY ENVY !! EL HOLLANDBO.

 

[Holland Cooke]

Re: And Rush does NOT look well.

ENVY ENVY ENVY !!

The opposite: EMPATHY.
And honest concern...admittedly FOR MYSELF.

Rush and I are the same age...the-same-age-Tim Russert-would-be.

Seeing how bloated Limbaugh looked was sobering.
I did an extra hour on the exercycle.

When then-Baseball Commissioner Bart Giammatti died, of a sudden cardiac, his doctor was interviewed.
The doc said, "I'd seen him on TV and thought 'Oh my God.'"

When you're in your 20s and 30s, you think you'll live forever.
When you're in your 50s, people-your-age start dying...often avoidably.
If you're a smoker, it's not too late to give it up for Lent.

Before someone else brought up Rush Limbaugh here, we were talking about Paul Harvey, who was SO spry he looked like he ate nothing but oatmeal. He was blessed with a long, productive, seemingly-happy life. He leaves big shoes to fill.

Paul Harvey was to me what Rush Limbaugh/Sean Hannity/Glenn Beck/Dr. Laura/Dave Ramsey et al continue to be...and what The Eagles and Barry Manilow et al were in the 70s...IMPORTANT. These characters are the source material for where-I've-been-making-my-living, AM radio. If they're healthy, I'm happy.

 

[Skynet74]

You can't put Paul Harvey and Rush Limbaugh in the same category. You just can't. Paul Harvey is a legend. Rush Limbaugh is lucky. Harvey had class. Limbaugh is crass. Yes....They are both on the radio, but as far as I'm concerned the similarities end there.

 

[wc3434]

Sky, I did say "love him or hate him". All I'm saying is Rush is begining to approach a status that ONLY Paul Harvey had. CPAC. At that event Rush came across as a leader of a political party.
For a radio personality to achieve that status is amazing.

Clearly Paul Harvey was a sweet Great man. I have never heard a bad word about him.

Rush is another story. Big time ups and downs.
I was really talking about Status.. Having said that , Paul Harvey was and is the One true Icon.
At least for Now.

 

[Holland Cooke]

There will NEVER be another Paul Harvey, that's for sure!

You can't put Paul Harvey and Rush Limbaugh in the same category. You just can't. Paul Harvey is a legend. Rush Limbaugh is lucky.

I half-agree.

NOBODY is on-par with Paul Harvey...though the example he set ought to mean an awful lot to others on the radio.
We can celebrate his gift by walking-his-walk, not just talk-talk-talking when the on-air light goes on.
Scripting, in the fashion Harvey did, is, sadly, a lost art.

I can't go-along-with Rush-being-JUST-lucky.
Hey, timing is everything, and he probably had his share along-the-way.
But he's a gifted performer.

Limbaugh exemplifies why some ex-music DJs -- which is he -- Talk well.
They "get" AQH maintenance, etc.
Rush understands the rules of Arbitron diary methodology.
Recent work by Coleman Research (http://www.colemaninsights.com/ppmrush.htm) suggests that metered measurement may not be as kind.

Sure, his name is a punch line.
Still, he's "the The Rush Limbaugh of Talk Radio;" and responsible for lots of AM radio traffic.
Which is why I hope he doesn't keel-over.

 

[Skynet74]

I understand where you are coming from. When I said Limbaugh was lucky, I was just trying make a point. He is a guy who they put on in middays in 1988 when there was no competition. It's easy to win against yourself. That is where his luck began. His audience grew and I can respect that. Now he has a nice following. Good for him. But Rush and Paul did two very different types of radio. So different in fact that I hate to even see their names mentioned together. It's like mentioning Johnny Carson and Jerry Springer in the same article. Both successful in front of the camera, but one is nothing like the other.

 

[oaktree]

It's REAL bad news for ABC.. Maybe now, they die.. He was the highest rated of shows..

It's worse than just about being "the highest rated of shows."

NPR reported in 2007 that Mr. Harvey was responsible for 60 percent of Citadel's financial bottom line.

Ratings don't pay bills ... money does.

Paul Harvey carried the money bags to the bank for Citadel /ABC and he was a bargain ... in the last year of a $100-million ten year contract.

El Rushbo makes $38 million per year (and more) for his latest 8 year, $400 million contract with Premiere. Sean Hannity comes in at about a close second over five years for $200-million payable between Premiere and ABC Radio.

I personally agree with Holland. Rush "don't look so good" these days. And he has had the ups and downs to prove it.