Paul Kangas

Paul Kangas
Born
Paul Henry Kangas

(1937-04-14)April 14, 1937
Houghton, Michigan, U.S.
DiedFebruary 28, 2017(2017-02-28) (aged 79)
Miami, Florida, U.S.
Alma materUniversity of Michigan
OccupationBusiness broadcaster
Notable creditCo-anchor of Nightly Business Report
SpousePeni Angeloff (d. 2010)

Paul Henry Kangas (April 14, 1937 – February 28, 2017) was the Miami-based co-anchor of the PBS television program Nightly Business Report,[1] a role he held from 1979, when the show was a local PBS program in Miami, through December 31, 2009.[2] 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").[3]

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).[3]

Kangas earned his broker's license after studying at the New York University Stern School of Business.[4] While a stock broker,[1] Kangas began his career as a broadcaster at WINZ, a CBS Radio affiliate in Miami owned by his biggest client.[4]

Kangas joined Nightly Business Report in 1979;[1] in 2003, his "Stocks in the News" segment earned a Financial Writers and Editors Award from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University.[4] He retired as co-anchor of the Nightly Business Report at the end of 2009.[3][5]

Personal life and death

Kangas was of Finnish descent, and an amateur radio operator[1] with the callsign W4LAA.[3][6][7] He died on February 28, 2017, in Miami, Florida, from complications of Parkinson's disease and prostate cancer, aged 79.[1][8]

Awards and honors

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Cohen, Patricia (March 2, 2017). "Paul Kangas, 79, Anchor Who Brought Stocks Into Living Rooms, Dies". The New York Times. p. B12. ISSN 0362-4331. ProQuest 1873571710.
  2. ^ Stelter, Brian (May 6, 2009). "Co-Anchor Is Leaving PBS Program on Business". The New York Times. p. B3. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on December 9, 2012.
  3. ^ a b c d Chang, Daniel (January 1, 1984). "Nightly Business Report Co-Anchor Signing Off". The Miami Herald. Miami, FL. pp. 1C, 2C. Retrieved October 28, 2022 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  4. ^ a b c "Paul Kangas Biography". Nightly Business Report. Archived from the original on June 4, 2011. Retrieved March 3, 2017.
  5. ^ Stelter, Brian (May 6, 2009). "Co-Anchor of 'Nightly Business Report' to Depart". The New York Times.
  6. ^ Spiegel, Taru. "The Finns in America". Library of Congress. Retrieved March 2, 2017.
  7. ^ "ULS License - Amateur License - W4LAA - KANGAS, PAUL H". Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved March 2, 2017.
  8. ^ Cohen, Howard (March 2, 2017). "'Nightly Business Report' anchor Paul Kangas dies at 79". Miami Herald. Archived from the original on March 16, 2017.
  9. ^ "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.
  10. ^ "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.
Preceded by
Position created
 Host of Nightly Business Report in Miami
1979–2009
With: Susie Gharib (1998–2014) in New York 		Succeeded by
Tom Hudson