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{{Infobox person
|name=Paul Harry Goldman
(Pioneer radio and television station general manager)
|birth_date=August 10, 1912
|birth_place=[[Atlanta]], [[Georgia]]<br>
Resident of [[Monroe, Louisiana|Monroe]], [[Louisiana]]
|death_date=June 29, 2018 (aged 106)
|death_place=
|religion=[[Jewish]]
|party=[[Democratic Party|Democrat]]
|spouse=Gertie Marie O'Rillion Goldman (deceased)<br>
Five children:<br>
J. Phillip Goldman (deceased)<br>
Mitchell J. Goldman<br>
James O. Goldman<br>
Marylin G. Ritter<br>
Cassie R. Tadin
}}
'''Paul Harry Goldman''' (August 10, 1912 – June 29, 2018) was a pioneer [[radio]] and [[television]] broadcasting executive from [[Monroe, Louisiana|Monroe]], [[Louisiana]].
Of [[Jewish]] descent, Goldman was born in [[Atlanta]], [[Georgia]], a son of Jacob and Rose Goldman. He managed radio stations in [[Baton Rouge]], [[New Orleans]], [[Jackson]], [[Mississippi]], and [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]], Louisiana, before relocating to Monroe in 1951. There he managed the AM radio station KNOE owned by James Albert Noe, Sr. (1890-1976), who served as the interim [[governor]] of Louisiana from January to May in 1936. Noe also assigned Goldman to seek a license from the [[Federal Communications Commission]] to launch KNOE-TV, the [[CBS]] affiliate for northeastern Louisiana, which began broadcasting from Monroe on September 27, 1953, not long before other stations opened in 1954 in [[Shreveport]] (KSLA-CBS in northwestern Louisiana) and [[Alexandria]], KALB-[[NBC]] in central Louisiana. Goldman remained as general manager of KNOE until 1977, when he retired.<ref name=death>{{cite web|url=http://www.knoe.com/content/news/Paul-Goldman-KNOEs-first-General-Manager-passes-away-487222551.html|title=Paul Goldman, KNOE's first General Manager, passes away|publisher=KNOE.com|author=Tammi Arender|accessdate=July 3, 2018}}</ref>
Goldman was active in many civic organizations. A [[Democratic Party|Democrat]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/paul-goldman/e321381707328|title=Paul Goldman (Louisiana)|publisher=Mylife.com|accessdate=July 3, 2018}}</ref> he was a member of the 1973 Louisiana Constitutional Convention, which met in Baton Rouge; its membership was elected on a non-partisan basis. He served on the Monroe Council of Aging, [[Red Cross]], [[Boy Scouts]], Better Business Bureau, Kiwanis International, and the Monroe Recreation Board. He was a founding member of the University of Louisiana at Monroe's Boosters Club, of which he was the president for a year.<ref name-death/>
Goldman was married to the former Gertie Marie O'Rillion (1914-2006), a [[Roman Catholic]] originally from Gonzales in Ascension Parish near Baton Rouge. She had her own program on WJBO, the first radio station in the capital city. She joined a traveling musical review as a featured singer and dancer and toured across in the United States and [[Canada]]. When the tour ended, she returned to Baton Rouge, married Goldman, and became a mother and homemaker. She continued having her own singing programs on radio in Baton Rouge and Alexandria. On settling in Monroe, she was instrumental in the development of Jesus the Good Shepherd Catholic Church. She also worked to establish the first Catholic Daughters of America chapter on the ULM campus in Monroe.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://old.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Goldman&GSfn=Gertie&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=20&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=17494265&df=all&|title=Gertie Marie Orillion|publisher=Old.findagrave.com|accessdate=July 3, 2018}}</ref>
The Goldmans had three sons, the late J. Phillip Goldman and wife Charo of [[Richmond]], [[Virginia]], and Mitchell Joseph Goldman of Monroe and James Oliver Goldman (wife Nelia), both of Monroe. There are three Goldman daughters, Marylin G. Ritter (husband James) of Blountville, [[Tennessee]], and Cassie R. Tadin (husband Jeff) of Canton, Georgia. He died at the age of 106, some 12 years after his wife's passing. A private service was held on July 2, 2018.<ref name=death/>
==References==
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|name=Paul Harry Goldman
(Pioneer radio and television station general manager)
|birth_date=August 10, 1912
|birth_place=[[Atlanta]], [[Georgia]]<br>
Resident of [[Monroe, Louisiana|Monroe]], [[Louisiana]]
|death_date=June 29, 2018 (aged 106)
|death_place=
|religion=[[Jewish]]
|party=[[Democratic Party|Democrat]]
|spouse=Gertie Marie O'Rillion Goldman (deceased)<br>
Five children:<br>
J. Phillip Goldman (deceased)<br>
Mitchell J. Goldman<br>
James O. Goldman<br>
Marylin G. Ritter<br>
Cassie R. Tadin
}}
'''Paul Harry Goldman''' (August 10, 1912 – June 29, 2018) was a pioneer [[radio]] and [[television]] broadcasting executive from [[Monroe, Louisiana|Monroe]], [[Louisiana]].
Of [[Jewish]] descent, Goldman was born in [[Atlanta]], [[Georgia]], a son of Jacob and Rose Goldman. He managed radio stations in [[Baton Rouge]], [[New Orleans]], [[Jackson]], [[Mississippi]], and [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]], Louisiana, before relocating to Monroe in 1951. There he managed the AM radio station KNOE owned by James Albert Noe, Sr. (1890-1976), who served as the interim [[governor]] of Louisiana from January to May in 1936. Noe also assigned Goldman to seek a license from the [[Federal Communications Commission]] to launch KNOE-TV, the [[CBS]] affiliate for northeastern Louisiana, which began broadcasting from Monroe on September 27, 1953, not long before other stations opened in 1954 in [[Shreveport]] (KSLA-CBS in northwestern Louisiana) and [[Alexandria]], KALB-[[NBC]] in central Louisiana. Goldman remained as general manager of KNOE until 1977, when he retired.<ref name=death>{{cite web|url=http://www.knoe.com/content/news/Paul-Goldman-KNOEs-first-General-Manager-passes-away-487222551.html|title=Paul Goldman, KNOE's first General Manager, passes away|publisher=KNOE.com|author=Tammi Arender|accessdate=July 3, 2018}}</ref>
Goldman was active in many civic organizations. A [[Democratic Party|Democrat]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/paul-goldman/e321381707328|title=Paul Goldman (Louisiana)|publisher=Mylife.com|accessdate=July 3, 2018}}</ref> he was a member of the 1973 Louisiana Constitutional Convention, which met in Baton Rouge; its membership was elected on a non-partisan basis. He served on the Monroe Council of Aging, [[Red Cross]], [[Boy Scouts]], Better Business Bureau, Kiwanis International, and the Monroe Recreation Board. He was a founding member of the University of Louisiana at Monroe's Boosters Club, of which he was the president for a year.<ref name-death/>
Goldman was married to the former Gertie Marie O'Rillion (1914-2006), a [[Roman Catholic]] originally from Gonzales in Ascension Parish near Baton Rouge. She had her own program on WJBO, the first radio station in the capital city. She joined a traveling musical review as a featured singer and dancer and toured across in the United States and [[Canada]]. When the tour ended, she returned to Baton Rouge, married Goldman, and became a mother and homemaker. She continued having her own singing programs on radio in Baton Rouge and Alexandria. On settling in Monroe, she was instrumental in the development of Jesus the Good Shepherd Catholic Church. She also worked to establish the first Catholic Daughters of America chapter on the ULM campus in Monroe.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://old.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Goldman&GSfn=Gertie&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=20&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=17494265&df=all&|title=Gertie Marie Orillion|publisher=Old.findagrave.com|accessdate=July 3, 2018}}</ref>
The Goldmans had three sons, the late J. Phillip Goldman and wife Charo of [[Richmond]], [[Virginia]], and Mitchell Joseph Goldman of Monroe and James Oliver Goldman (wife Nelia), both of Monroe. There are three Goldman daughters, Marylin G. Ritter (husband James) of Blountville, [[Tennessee]], and Cassie R. Tadin (husband Jeff) of Canton, Georgia. He died at the age of 106, some 12 years after his wife's passing. A private service was held on July 2, 2018.<ref name=death/>
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Goldman, Harry}}
[[Category:Louisiana People]]
[[Category:Georgia]]
[[Category:Mississippi]]
[[Category:Business People]]
[[Category:Radio]]
[[Category:Television]]
[[Category:Jews]]
[[Category:Democrats]]