American politics was transformed from the time aWABC manager told Rush Limbaugh, “You’re kidding yourself if you think we’ll ever carry your national show,” to the day an establishment Republican senator griped “talk radio is running America.” 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. It began with Walter Winchell and Bob Grant. This the remarkable story.
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| Foreword | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Leaders(s) of the Republican Party? | |
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| Early Voices | |
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| Dean of Commentators | |
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| Far and Away the Most Daring | |
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| Right Wing Radio Priest? | |
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| Combating the 'Ultra Liberal Eastern Crowd' | |
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| Inventing Infotainment | |
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| Lonely Voices | |
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| Taking Bipartisan Aim | |
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| Fighting Invisible Government | |
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| Crushed by the Fairness Doctrine | |
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| Catalyst to the Red Lion Ruling | |
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| Game Changers | |
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| 'Father of In Your Face Talk' | |
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| 'Perfecting Anger' | |
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| 'Publicist of Ultra Conservative Outlooks' | |
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| Marlin Maddoux's Point of View | |
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| 'Greatest Voice in Radio' | |
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| Changing America's Focus | |
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| Libertarian Chatter with Neal Boortz | |
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| 'Challenge and Harass' | |
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| Renaissance | |
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| The Rise of Rush | |
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| The Roaring 90s | |
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| Talk Radio and the Clinton Agenda | |
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| Revolution | |
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| Hate Radio? | |
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| Radio's Road to Impeachment | |
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| On the Air with the G-Man | |
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| The Great Radio Communicator | |
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| Michael Medved's Thumbs Up Media Career | |
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| Speaking Objective Truth to Moral Relativism | |
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| In the Republican Trenches | |
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| The Bush Years | |
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| Backing the War President | |
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| Supreme Problems | |
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| Sounding the Amnesty Alarm | |
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| 'Born to Argue' | |
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| Mastering the New Media | |
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| First Lady of Conservative Radio | |
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| Savage Radio | |
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| Socrates on the Air | |
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| Liberal Failures | |
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| The Folly of Ex-Politicians | |
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| Chaotic Rise and Horrendous Fall of Air America | |
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| All Talk is Local | |
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| Congressional Pay Hike and Radio | |
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| Tennessee Tax Revolt | |
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| Tar Heel Tea Party | |
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| California Recall | |
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| Lars Larson and Citizen Gabriel | |
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| Obama Tea and Talk | |
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| Chief Justice of the Airwaves | |
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| Commentator and Guru | |
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| Notes | |
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| Index | |
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| Acknowlwdegments | |
Fred Lucas, the White House correspondent for CNSNews.com. He is also a contributing editor for Townhall Magazine and has written for The Weekly Standard, The American Spectator, Human Events, The Washington Times and the New York Post. Before going to Washington, he reported on state capitols in Kentucky and Connecticut. He earned his Master's at Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and Bachelor's at Western Kentucky University. He lives in Fredericksburg, Va. with his wife Basia.
