Lynne Cooper Harvey
radio producer
Lynne "Angel" (née Cooper) Harvey (October 4, 1916 – May 3, 2008) was an American radio producer. She was producer for The Rest of the Story, and the first producer to enter the National Radio Hall of Fame. Dubbed the "First Lady of Radio," Harvey had a transformative sixty-year career, changing American radio and television news format.
Early life and career
Harvey was born in St. Louis, Missouri, and graduated from Washington University in St. Louis with a BA and MA in English. Harvey was a member of Phi Beta Kappa at Washington University and was a former schoolteacher. In 1939, she went to work for KXOK. There she met her future husband Paul Harvey. Paul Harvey invited her to dinner, proposed to her after a few minutes of conversation and from then on called her "Angel," even on his radio show. The two were married in 1940, and moved to WKZO in Kalamazoo, Michigan in 1941.
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