Paul Kangas
Paul Kangas | |
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| Born | Paul Henry Kangas April 14, 1937 Houghton, Michigan, U.S. |
| Died | February 28, 2017 (aged 79) Miami, Florida, U.S. |
| Alma mater | University of Michigan |
| Occupation | Business broadcaster |
Notable credit(s) | Co-anchor of Nightly Business Report |
Paul Henry Kangas (April 14, 1937 – February 28, 2017) was the Miami-based co-anchor of the PBS television program Nightly Business Report, a role he held from 1979, when the show was a local PBS program in Miami, through December 31, 2009.[1] He was known for signing off each NBR broadcast with "I'm Paul Kangas, wishing all of you the best of good buys" (a pun on "the best of goodbyes").
Career[]
After graduating from the University of Michigan, Kangas entered the United States Coast Guard in the early 1960s and served aboard the USCG Cutter Mackinaw.[citation needed] Later, he served as aide to the admiral in command of the 9th Coast Guard District in Cleveland, Ohio.[citation needed] Kangas completed his Coast Guard service in 1963 as a Lieutenant (junior grade).
Kangas earned his broker's license after studying at the New York University Stern School of Business.[2] While a stock broker, Kangas began his career as a broadcaster at WINZ, a CBS Radio affiliate in Miami owned by his biggest client.[2]
Kangas joined Nightly Business Report in 1979; in 2003, his "Stocks in the News" segment earned a Financial Writers and Editors Award from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University.[2] He retired as co-anchor of the Nightly Business Report at the end of 2009.[3]
Personal life[]
Kangas was of Finnish descent, and an amateur radio operator with the callsign W4LAA.[4][5] He died on February 28, 2017, in Miami, Florida, from complications of Parkinson's disease and prostate cancer, aged 79.[6][7]
Awards and honors[]
- In 2005, Kangas won a Suncoast Chapter Silver Circle Award.[8]
- The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences presented the 2009 Lifetime Achievement Award in Business & Financial Reporting to Paul Kangas and Linda O'Bryon, the latter the founder of NBR and now chief content officer of Northern California Public Broadcasting.[9]
References[]
- ^ Stelter, Brian (May 6, 2009). "Co-Anchor Is Leaving PBS Program on Business". The New York Times. p. B3.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "Paul Kangas Biography". Nightly Business Report. Archived from the original on June 4, 2011. Retrieved March 3, 2017.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
- ^ Stelter, Brian (May 6, 2009). "Co-Anchor of 'Nightly Business Report' to Depart". The New York Times.
- ^ Spiegel, Taru. "The Finns in America". Library of Congress. Retrieved March 2, 2017.
- ^ "ULS License - Amateur License - W4LAA - KANGAS, PAUL H". Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved March 2, 2017.
- ^ Cohen, Patricia (March 2, 2017). "Paul Kangas, 79, Anchor Who Brought Stocks Into Living Rooms, Dies". The New York Times. p. B12.
- ^ Cohen, Howard (March 2, 2017). "'Nightly Business Report' anchor Paul Kangas dies at 79". Miami Herald.
- ^ "Six Great Guys Receive the 2005 Silver Circle Award". National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on March 22, 2012. Retrieved March 3, 2017.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
- ^ "Emmy® Winners Announced For Business & Financial Reporting And Promotional Announcements". National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. December 7, 2009. Archived from the original on September 12, 2016. Retrieved March 2, 2017.
External links[]
- Paul Kangas at IMDb
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- 1937 births
- 2017 deaths
- New York University Stern School of Business alumni
- People from Houghton, Michigan
- American people of Finnish descent
- American business and financial journalists
- American male journalists
- American broadcast news analysts
- PBS people
- University of Michigan alumni