{"id":66928,"date":"2026-08-29T07:44:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-29T11:44:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=66928"},"modified":"2026-08-29T07:44:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-29T11:44:11","slug":"a-1979-paul-harvey-broadcast-may-hold-the-key-to-a-family-mystery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2026\/08\/a-1979-paul-harvey-broadcast-may-hold-the-key-to-a-family-mystery\/","title":{"rendered":"A 1979 Paul Harvey Broadcast May Hold the Key to a Family Mystery"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> reader Jessica, who writes:<\/strong><\/p>\n

I\u2019m trying to locate an off-air recording of Paul Harvey from approximately November 7\u20139, 1979, possibly heard via AFRTS shortwave. The story concerned William \u201cBill\u201d C. Haynes Sr., age 34, of Dallas, Texas, who died on November 5, 1979. An Associated Press story published November 7 carried the headline \u201c\u2018Nobody loves me,\u2019 man shouts as car hits him\u201d and described Haynes as \u201ca very lonely man.\u201d His daughter distinctly remembers Paul Harvey discussing her father.<\/p>\n

We believe the broadcast was most likely Paul Harvey News and Comment, though the syndicated television feature Paul Harvey Comments is also being investigated. We are looking for any AFRTS recording from November 7, 8, or 9, even if the cassette\/reel is labeled only with AFRTS, a frequency, UTC time, a general news description, or a full block of programming rather than Paul Harvey\u2019s name.<\/p>\n

A February 1979 NASWA\/FRENDX report, describing AFRTS schedule changes effective January 1, says \u201cPaul Harvey 1711 & 2111\u201d GMT. An August 1979 FRENDX guide lists \u201cPaul Harvey, News and Commentary\u201d at about 2100 GMT on 17765, 15430, 15330, and 11790 kHz. A February 1980 program guide then shows the later feed more precisely as 2111\u20132122 GMT on 17765, 15430, and 15330.<\/p>\n

I have not yet found a surviving November 1979 schedule that proves the exact minute\/frequency configuration for November 7\u20139, so I would phrase this as a strong target rather than certainty. Anyone checking old AFRTS tape boxes should especially look around 1711 GMT and 2100\u20132122 GMT on those frequencies.<\/p>\n

If anyone taped AFRTS around those dates, kept DX cassettes or reels, has old AFRTS transcription discs, or knows a collector who did, I would be grateful for any lead. A recording of even one of the relevant Harvey feeds could help solve a nearly 47-year-old family mystery.<\/p>\n

Readers, I know this is a very<\/em> long shot, but if you’re able to assist Jessica, please leave a comment in this post with any information you have. I can then help Jessica get in touch with you.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post reader Jessica, who writes: I\u2019m trying to locate an off-air recording of Paul Harvey from approximately November 7\u20139, 1979, possibly heard via AFRTS shortwave. The story concerned William \u201cBill\u201d C. Haynes Sr., age 34, of Dallas, Texas, who died on November 5, 1979. An Associated Press story published November 7 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3,43],"tags":[1081,1085,11177],"class_list":["post-66928","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-shortwave-radio","tag-afrts","tag-afrts-shortwave","tag-paul-harvey"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-hpu","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5800,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2013\/05\/check-out-the-afrts-archive\/","url_meta":{"origin":66928,"position":0},"title":"Check out the AFRTS Archive","author":"Thomas","date":"May 27, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Many shortwave listeners are familiar with the Armed Forces Radio and Television Service (AFRTS); we've mentioned them before and the wide variety of programming they offer via several transmission sites. 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