Paul DeCeglie was born to a middle class family in Brooklyn, N.Y. He aspired to become an FBI agent even while studying TV and Journalism at Brooklyn College, CUNY, where he was managing editor of ken, a college newspaper. But his life took a surprising turn when his resonant voice attracted the attention of a radio executive who immediately hired DeCeglie as a newscaster on American Radio News. He went on to cover the first two manned space shots from Cape Canaveral, the JFK inauguration, the UN Congo Crisis, and other events.