Paul Aurandt was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma on September 4, 1918. As a child he enjoyed the hobby of building radio sets and in 1933, while in high school, he frequented KVOO radio until the station manager finally hired him. There he helped clean up and eventually was allowed to fill in on the air, reading commercials and news.

After graduating from high school Paul attended the University of Tulsa. He continued working at KVOO as an announcer, and later as a program director. Paul spent three years as a station manager for a local station in Salina, Kansas. From there, he moved to a news casting job at KOMA-AM in Oklahoma City, then moved on to KXOK-AM, in St. Louis, where he was Director of Special Events as well as working as a roving reporter.

While at KXOK-AM, Paul met the girl who would be the love of his life. Lynne Cooper had come to the station for a school news program when he invited her to dinner and proposed to her that very evening. From that day forward Paul would refer to Lynne as ‘Angel’.

In 1940, Paul and Lynne moved to Hawaii so he could cover the U.S. Navy as it concentrated its fleet in the Pacific. He was returning to the United States from assignment in Hawaii when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. Harvey then enlisted in the Army Air Corps, where he served until 1944.

After leaving military service, Paul and ‘Angel’ moved to Chicago, the mecca of all national broadcast activity at the time, where in June 1944, he began broadcasting from the ABC affiliate WENR-AM. There Paul and ‘Angel’ decided to combine their talents in a news career. Lynne was an A.B. and M.A. graduate of Washington University and had been elected to four national honorary societies including PHI BETA KAPPA.

Olian Advertising Agency bought the 10:00 p.m., time-slot, replacing a network big-band program, to offer a unique news program hosted by Paul. At the same time his wife Lynne was signed as producer and general manager. Within the year Paul’s show became the top-rated program. In 1968 Lynne produced a very popular television series hosted by her husband which ran uninterruptedly for twenty years in national syndication. His popular syndicated radio show still has a huge and loyal audience.

To this day Paul’s voice is probably the most recognized one on the radio dial. His brisk, quirky delivery and signature greeting, "Hello, Americans!” are familiar to millions; for Paul Aurandt, Paul Harvey Aurandt, has won their hearts.
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