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* GuestHost: Several, most notably his son, Paul Harvey Jr. Other radio hosts such as Gil Gross, Doug Limerick, Paul W. Smith, Ron Chapman, Mort Crim, and Scott Shannon all filled in on occasion (the former two being fellow ABC Radio announcers). Politicians Mike Huckabee, Mitt Romney, Fred Thompson, and Tony Snow also got a few turns.

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* GuestHost: Several, most notably his son, Paul Harvey Jr. Other radio hosts such as Gil Gross, Doug Limerick, Paul W. Smith, Ron Chapman, Mort Crim, and Scott Shannon all filled in on occasion (the former two being fellow ABC Radio announcers). Politicians Mike Huckabee, Mitt Romney, Fred Thompson, UsefulNotes/MittRomney, Creator/FredThompson, and Tony Snow also got a few turns.
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Paul Harvey Aurandt (September 4, 1918 – February 28, 2009), known on-air as simply Paul Harvey, was an iconic American radio personality, most active from immediately after UsefulNotes/WorldWarII all the way to near his death in 2009.

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Paul Harvey Aurandt (September 4, 1918 – February 28, 2009), known on-air as simply Paul Harvey, was an iconic American radio personality, most active whose career stretched from immediately after UsefulNotes/WorldWarII all the way to near his death in 2009.
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With his distinctive, fatherly voice and presentation, the Tulsa, Oklahomaa native was mostly known for his daily ''News and Comment'' broadcast, which began in Chicago in 1944 and aired nationally on ABC Radio from 1951 to 2008. This program featured his distinctive, rather eccentric sign-on ("Hello, Americans, this is Paul Harvey. Stand by for ''NEWS!''") and sign-off ("Paul Harvey... good ''day''!") phrases, a news segment that came in five-minute morning and 15-minute noon editions, and a five-minute ''The Rest of the Story'' segment ("You know what the news is. In a minute, you're going to hear the ''rest'' of the story!"), which was [[{{Spinoff}} spun off]] into its own separate, evening program beginning in 1976.

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With his distinctive, fatherly voice and presentation, the Tulsa, Oklahomaa Oklahoma native was mostly known for his daily ''News and Comment'' broadcast, which began in Chicago in 1944 and aired nationally on ABC Radio from 1951 to 2008. This program featured his distinctive, rather eccentric sign-on ("Hello, Americans, this is Paul Harvey. Stand by for ''NEWS!''") and sign-off ("Paul Harvey... good ''day''!") phrases, a news segment that came in five-minute morning and 15-minute noon editions, and a five-minute ''The Rest of the Story'' segment ("You know what the news is. In a minute, you're going to hear the ''rest'' of the story!"), which was [[{{Spinoff}} spun off]] into its own separate, evening program beginning in 1976.
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* ReadingTheStageDirectionsOutLoud: One of his trademarks was reading out the page numbers of his copy ("And now... page ''two''!").
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* GuestHost: Several, most notably his son, Paul Harvey Jr. Other radio hosts such as Gil Gross, Doug Limerick, Ron Chapman, Mort Crim, and Scott Shannon all filled in on occasion (the former two being fellow ABC Radio announcers). Politicians Mike Huckabee, Mitt Romney, Fred Thompson, and Tony Snow also got a few turns.

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* GuestHost: Several, most notably his son, Paul Harvey Jr. Other radio hosts such as Gil Gross, Doug Limerick, Paul W. Smith, Ron Chapman, Mort Crim, and Scott Shannon all filled in on occasion (the former two being fellow ABC Radio announcers). Politicians Mike Huckabee, Mitt Romney, Fred Thompson, and Tony Snow also got a few turns.
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* GuestHost: Several, most notably his son, Paul Harvey Jr. A long spell of guest hosts occurred when Paul came down with pneumonia; among them were the aforementioned Limerick and Gross, other ABC personnel, Mike Huckabee, and even former Tennessee senator Fred Thompson.

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* GuestHost: Several, most notably his son, Paul Harvey Jr. A long spell of guest Other radio hosts occurred when Paul came down with pneumonia; among them were the aforementioned Limerick and such as Gil Gross, other Doug Limerick, Ron Chapman, Mort Crim, and Scott Shannon all filled in on occasion (the former two being fellow ABC personnel, Radio announcers). Politicians Mike Huckabee, and even former Tennessee senator Mitt Romney, Fred Thompson.Thompson, and Tony Snow also got a few turns.
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* CelebrityEndorsement: The man really loved his [=EdenPure=] heaters, Select Comfort beds, Bose radios, and of course...[[PunctuatedForEmphasis Cit-ra-cal!]] He wouldn't dare advertise a product he didn't enjoy personally.

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* CelebrityEndorsement: The man really loved his Leatherman, Reveal light bulbs, [=EdenPure=] heaters, Select Comfort beds, Bose radios, and of course...[[PunctuatedForEmphasis Cit-ra-cal!]] He wouldn't dare advertise a product he didn't enjoy personally.
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With his distinctive, fatherly voice and presentation, the Tulsa, Oklahomaa native was mostly known for his daily ''News and Comment'' broadcast, which began in Chicago in 1944 and aired nationally on ABC Radio from 1951 to 2008. This program featured his distinctive, rather eccentric sign-on ("Hello, Americans, this is Paul Harvey. Stand by for ''NEWS!''") and sign-off ("Paul Harvey... good ''day''!") phrases, a news segment that came in five-minute morning and 15-minute noon editions, and a five-minute ''The Rest of the Story'' segment ("You know what the news is. In a minute, you're going to hear the ''rest'' of the story!"), which was [[{{Spinoff}} spun off]] into its own separate program beginning in 1976.

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With his distinctive, fatherly voice and presentation, the Tulsa, Oklahomaa native was mostly known for his daily ''News and Comment'' broadcast, which began in Chicago in 1944 and aired nationally on ABC Radio from 1951 to 2008. This program featured his distinctive, rather eccentric sign-on ("Hello, Americans, this is Paul Harvey. Stand by for ''NEWS!''") and sign-off ("Paul Harvey... good ''day''!") phrases, a news segment that came in five-minute morning and 15-minute noon editions, and a five-minute ''The Rest of the Story'' segment ("You know what the news is. In a minute, you're going to hear the ''rest'' of the story!"), which was [[{{Spinoff}} spun off]] into its own separate separate, evening program beginning in 1976.

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