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What's Fair on the Air?

Cold War Right-Wing Broadcasting and the Public Interest

What's Fair on the Air?( )
Author: Hendershot, Heather
ISBN:978-0-226-32678-8
Publication Date:Sep 2011
Publisher:University of Chicago Press
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $37.00
Book Description:

The rise of right-wing broadcasting during the Cold War has been mostly forgotten today. But in the 1950s and '60s you could turn on your radio any time of the day and listen to diatribes against communism, civil rights, the United Nations, fluoridation, federal income tax, Social Security, or JFK, as well as hosannas praising Barry Goldwater and Jesus Christ. Half a century before the rise of Rush Limbaugh and Glenn Beck, these broadcasters bucked the FCC's public interest mandate and...
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Book Details
Pages:272
Detailed Subjects: Biography & Autobiography / Rich & Famous
Political Science / Political Ideologies / Conservatism & Liberalism
Political Science / Political Process / Media & Internet
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):0.62 x 0.901 x 0.062 Inches
Book Weight:0.915 Pounds



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