Lynne Harvey, Angel of the Airwaves

Lynne Cooper Harvey was born in St. Louis, Missouri in 1916. She graduated from Washington University with a BA and an MA in English. She was a member of Phi Beta Kappa

Lynne Began her radio career at local station KXOK where she met storyteller Paul Harvey.. Lynne Cooper was a reporter on educational topics and Paul was a special events director for the radio station. He referred to her as "Angel" on their first date and never called her anything else afterwards, even on his radio broadcasts.

The two married a year after their first date. They worked a few years at WKZO in Kalamazoo, Michigan and then moved to Chicago where they really began to make history

Lynne Harvey was a very innovative woman, particularly in the field of broadcast news. Lynne Harvey implemented feature stories within hard-news broadcasts. She felt that a newscast at 10:00 p.m. would reach a larger audience, thus establishing the late-night news program. She created and produced a television program "Dilemma" recognized as the predecessor to talk shows. She was one of the first women to produce an entire newscast.

But her best-known work was developing and editing Paul Harvey's "The Rest of the Story." Picked up by the ABC Radio Network in 1951, "The Rest of the Story" was the couple's most successful endeavor.

Paul Harvey wove an intricate tale of an event or person and, after a pause for a commercial break, returned with the missing piece of the story. That piece was the crux of the story, revealing surprising facts that left the listener in awe or wonder.

Lynne Harvey also served on the boards of the Infant Welfare Society, Prevent Child Abuse America, the Illinois Mental Health Association and the Children's Home and Aid Society among many others. She was also an avid supporter of animal welfare groups.

When Paul Harvey received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2005, he was quoted as saying, "This is the highest honor I have received since 60-some years ago, when Angel said 'I do'."

Lynne Harvey was the first woman to receive a lifetime achievement award from the Chicago chapter of American Women in Radio and Television.

Lynne Harvey was inducted into the Radio Hall of Fame in 1997. She was the first producer to ever be inducted into the Radio Hall of Fame. She had a sixty year career in radio and was often referred to as the "First Lady of Radio."

In May of 2007, Paul Harvey announced to his audience that Angel had leukemia. Lynne Harvey died May 3, 2008 at the age of 92.