The radio right / Paul Matzko.

9780190073251 (electronic book)

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2020.

English

1 online resource (336 pages) : illustrations.

HE8697.85.U6 M38 2020

384.54430973

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.

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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