After leaving school, he worked in repertory theatre and in 1952, became stage manager to a theatre company in Nairobi. He volunteered for the Kenyan police and saw active service during the
Mau Mau emergency. He began working on the country's radio network and later broadcast in both Cyprus and Canada.
Radio work Paul Kaye was a
DJ and head of news on the
offshore radio station
Radio London and was the first and last voice to be heard on the station that broadcast from 23 December 1964 to 14 August 1967. Radio London was the first of the UK (pirate) offshore stations to operate a news service and Kaye was the news chief. His bulletins were on the half-hour, which conveniently gave him just enough time to re-write the BBC news which was broadcast on the hour. Kaye also presented programmes, especially in the early months of the station, and his theme was "Town Talk" by Ken Woodman and his Piccadilly Brass, a tune later used on the BBC by
Jimmy Young. In August 1967, the Marine Broadcasting Offences Act became law and the first voice on Radio London became the last as Paul closed the station down. Kaye later went on to present for
Radio Luxembourg, followed by a syndicated
jazz programme for
Radio Hallam,
Radio Tees and
Pennine Radio.
Television work Throughout the 1970s, Kaye was a continuity announcer for
Yorkshire Television working alongside
Radio London colleagues
John Crosse and
Earl Richmond as well as
Redvers Kyle,
Keith Martin and
Terry Davis.
Death Kaye died on 4 November 1980 aged 46. ==References==