We remember Paul Harvey (1918-2009)

We remember Paul Harvey who was born in Tulsa, OK, on this day in 1918.  He died in 2009.

For years, I listened to Paul Harvey every weekday at 7:30 here in Dallas.    Then there was "The rest of the story" in the afternoons or weekends.   It was some of the best radio ever recorded.   I loved it!

The amazing Mr. Harvey started many years ago.

At the peak of his career, he reached 24 million listeners on 1,200 radio stations plus many over his newspaper column.  Once in Mexico, I picked up his commentary on Armed Forces Radio on short wave radio.

Harvey was great and I miss our daily "radio dates" in the car.

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1951: President Truman and the first national televised speech

We are so accustomed to seeing a president on TV these days.   However, it was not until President Truman that we got a nationally televised speech:

On this day in 1951, President Harry S. Truman’s opening speech before a conference in San Francisco is broadcast across the nation, marking the first time a television program was broadcast from coast to coast. 
The speech focused on Truman’s acceptance of a treaty that officially ended America’s post-World War II occupation of Japan.

At the time, Truman was facing challenges in the Korea War as well as domestic issues.

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