Career

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 Kaye was a DJ and head of news on the pirate radio station Radio London and was the first voice to be heard on the station in 1964.

Radio London was the first of the United Kingdom pirate stations to operate a news service and Paul Kaye was the news chief His bulletins were on the half-hour, which conveniently gave him just enough time to re-write the British Broadcasting Corporation news which was broadcast on the hour.

Paul 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 British Broadcasting Corporation by Jimmy Young. In August 1967, the Marine Offences Acting 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.

Death Kaye died on 4 November 1980 aged 46.