How did Talk Radio Get So Politically Lop-Sided?
How did the right get their vice grip of the airwaves, all the while arguing that they were being silenced and censored by a liberal media?\xa0This week,\xa0we look at the early history of American radio to reveal that\xa0censorship of\xa0far-right and progressive voices alike was once common\xa0on radio. And\xa0reporter Katie Thornton\xa0explains how, in the post-war and Civil Rights period, the US government encouraged more diverse viewpoints on the airwaves \u2014 until it didn\u2019t. Plus, the technological and legal changes\xa0that led to conservative talk radio hosts like Rush Limbaugh\xa0taking over the airwaves.\xa0
\nThis episode is an adaptation of our latest series, The Divided\xa0Dial.\xa0You can listen to the full series\xa0here.\xa0\n\nThe Divided Dial is\xa0reported and hosted by journalist and Fulbright\xa0Fellow Katie Thornton. You can follow her work on\xa0Instagram\xa0or on her\xa0website.\xa0The Divided Dial was edited by On the Media's executive producer, Katya Rogers. With production support from Max Balton and fact-checking by Tom Colligan, Sona Avakian, and Graham Hacia. Music and sound design by Jared Paul. Jennifer Munson is our technical director. Art by\xa0Michael Brennan.\xa0With support from the\xa0Fund for Investigative Journalism.\n\xa0
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