Paul Drew
PAUL DREW is originally from Detroit. While attending Wayne State University, he worked at WHLS in Port Huron, Michigan. In 1957, on the advice from his uncle he went to Atlanta and the day he arrived was hired as an announcer at WGST. Drew moved to WAKE in 1961 where he cultivated a large teen audience by visiting high schools gathering names to use on his nightly show. In 1963, Paul moved to WQXI. As host of the 7P-12M shift, he introduced Atlanta to and later toured with the Beatles. He eventually became program director of WQXI a position he held until 1967, when he left to program CKLW in Detroit, KFRC in San Francisco, and KHJ in Los Angeles. Paul then became Vice President of Programming for RKO Radio.
In December of 1984, Paul was named director of the Voice Of Americs’s Radio Marti Program, which he had been consulting for several months.
He formed Paul Drew Enterprises in the 70's, with clients in the US and Japan.
Paul lives in Cumming.
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