page_title: Sol J. Paul
section_title: Career
hierarchical_section_title: Sol J. Paul / Career
caption_attribution_description: Sol J. Paul meeting with Ronald Reagan at White House.
context_page_description: Sol J. Paul was an American writer and magazine publisher. He is the founding publisher of Television/Radio Age and Cable Age and former journalist for the Washington Post and Gannett. In addition to writing radio scripts, Paul also published the World Radio TV Handbook.
context_section_description: Paul began working as a reporter for the Washington Post and a Washington correspondent for Gannett newspapers starting in 1939. He left in 1941 to join Broadcasting & Cable, then Broadcasting Magazine, as a featured writer in New York City. Paul worked for Broadcasting Magazine for 11 years, also serving as its Midwest manager and then advertising manager.
  Paul left Broadcasting Magazine in 1953 to start Television Age (later renamed Television/Radio Age), one of the first television industry trade magazines that ran from 1953 to 1989. During his time with Television Age, he also founded the publication Cable Age and wrote scripts for radio. Two shows he was best known for were McGarry and His Mouse and This Is the Underground, both of which ran on CBS. Paul is also the former publisher of World Radio TV Handbook.
caption: Sol J. Paul meeting with Ronald Reagan at the White House.
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