The radio right /
By the early 1960s, most Americans could tune to a radio station that aired conservative programming from dawn to dusk. People listened to these shows in remarkable numbers; for example Carl McIntire had a weekly audience of 20 million, or one in nine American households. As this Radio Right phenome...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Oxford University Press,
2020.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | By the early 1960s, most Americans could tune to a radio station that aired conservative programming from dawn to dusk. People listened to these shows in remarkable numbers; for example Carl McIntire had a weekly audience of 20 million, or one in nine American households. As this Radio Right phenomenon grew, President John F. Kennedy responded with the most successful government censorship campaign of the last half century. Taking the advice of union leader Walter Reuther, the Kennedy administration used the Internal Revenue Service and the Federal Communications Commission to pressure stations into dropping conservative programs. This book reveals the growing power of the Radio Right through the eyes of its opponents using confidential reports, internal correspondence, and Oval Office tape recordings. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (336 pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780190073251 (ebook) 019007325X (ebook) 9780190073237 0190073233 |