NY Post: Paul Harvey to be replaced?

[Doug Drown]

Dan:  Thanks for this post.  I'm glad I'm not the only person who thought
Garner Ted sounded just like Paul Harvey.  The timbre of the voice, the
accent, the inflections . . . you'd swear they were twins.  Amazing.

-Doug


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dan Strassberg" <dan.strassberg@att.net>
To: "Paul Anderson" <paulranderson@charter.net>; "Boston Radio Interest"
<boston-radio-interest@rolinin.bostonradio.org>
Sent: Friday, February 10, 2006 4:43 PM
Subject: Re: NY Post: Paul Harvey to be replaced?


> You obviously never heard Garner "Ted" Armstrong of the WorldWide Church
of
> God. He used to ('50s) have a late-night program on many 50-kW AMs around
> the country. At one time, I believe Garner Ted was the top man at the
> Church, but at one point, he feuded with his father, the founder of the
> Church, who expelled him and took over the radio program. The senior
> Armstrong did not have his son's dynamic delivery and eventually the
> programs went off the air because the older Armstrong couldn't raise
enough
> money to keep them on the air. A while later, I believe Garner Ted was
found
> dead in his home under what I think were suspicious circumstances. Anyhow,
> Garner Ted sounded more like Paul Harvey than Paul Harvey did. Really! If
> Garner Ted were alive today and still sounded like he did 50 years ago,
he'd
> be the perfect candidate to take over the program because the Garner Ted
of
> that day sounded WAY, WAY, WAY more like the Paul Harvey of old than does
> today's Paul Harvey
>
> --
> Dan Strassberg, dan.strassberg@att.net
> eFax 707-215-6367
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Paul Anderson" <paulranderson@charter.net>
> To: "Boston Radio" <boston-radio-interest@rolinin.bostonradio.org>
> Sent: Friday, February 10, 2006 4:07 PM
> Subject: Re: NY Post: Paul Harvey to be replaced?
>
>
> > I am stating the obvious by saying that Paul Harvey cannot be replaced.
> >
> > Paul
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