Paul Harvey's Voice and Politics

Scott P. Richert informs us that "few of the scores of millions who listened to him for decades ever heard his real voice" — Now He Knows the Rest of the Story. It turns our that his "normal mellifluous baritone" was replaced by his "high, almost nasal, on-air voice."

Mr. Richert explains that "Harvey was a product of early AM radio, and a broadcast voice in an upper register stood a better chance of cutting through the frequent static." His was one of the few voices I could make out on the staticky American Forces Korea Network (AFKN) broadcast from Taegu.

Read to learn how "he reversed course on the Vietnam War, of which he had been a staunch supporter," and "supported George Wallace’s campaign for president in 1968" and "cheered on Pat Buchanan’s insurgency against President George H.W. Bush in 1992."