The radio right: how a band of broadcasters took on the federal government and built the modern conservative movement

Abstract

Intro: "Every Hate-Monger, Radio Preacher and Backwoods Evangelist" -- Conservative Radio, the Polish Ham Boycott, and the Creation of a Right-Wing Social Movement -- Seven Days in May or: How the Kennedys Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Radio Right -- Just Because You're Paranoid Doesn't Mean They Aren't After You: Putting the Reuther Memorandum to Work -- "The Red Lion Roars Again": The Fairness Doctrine, the Democratic National Committee, and the Election of 1964 -- Outsourcing Censorship: How the National Council of Churches Silenced Fundamentalist Broadcasters -- The Radio Right in Decline -- Conclusion: From Radio Ronald Reagan to Donald Trump's Tweets.