Lucas, Fred V.

The right frequency : the talk radio giants who shook up the political and media establishment / Fred V. Lucas. - Palisades, N.Y. : History Pub. Co., ©2012. - 351 pages ; 23 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-335) and index.

Foreword / by Martha Zoller -- Introduction -- Leader(s) of the Republican party? -- Early voices -- Lonely voices -- Game changers -- "Challenge and harass" -- Renaissance -- The rise of Rush -- The roaring 90s -- The Bush years -- Liberal failures -- All talk is local -- Obama tea and talk.

Is talk radio running America, and transforming politics? Limbaugh ignited a new generation of talkers such as Sean Hannity, and Glenn Beck helping to define the Conservative movement. But Rush can't take all the credit: the story begins much earlier, with Walter Winchell and Bob Grant. This is the remarkable story of how the new energy on the American radio waves has propelled the Conservative movement into the political force it is today.

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