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Category Archives: Radio
Beer, Babes, and Balls: Masculinity and Sports Talk Radio (SUNY series on Sport, Culture, and Social Relations)
Here are some highlights from this 2007 book by David Nylund: * I view masculinity as a social construction that assumes different forms in different historical moments and contexts. * Men can pay a cost—in the form of poor health, … Continue reading
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Yappy Days: Behind the Scenes with Newsers, Schmoozers, Boozers and Losers
Here are some highlights from this 2016 book by talk radio producer Bernadette Duncan, the wife of Talkers magazine Michael Harrison: * What makes some on-air talents big-time celebrities and household names while others – though competent, even award-winning – … Continue reading
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Decoding Anthony Cumia (7-26-23)
01:00 Permanently Suspended: The Rise and Fall… and Rise Again of Radio’s Most Notorious Shock Jock, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=14937304:00 Should Good Samaritans Just Give Up? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQ2TH84Svac07:00 Jason Aldean is sharing the views of millions of Americans09:40 How To Resist Hotties After Getting … Continue reading
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Permanently Suspended: The Rise and Fall… and Rise Again of Radio’s Most Notorious Shock Jock
Here are some highlights from this 2018 book: * Patrice O’Neal once said that Anthony could “access funny” faster than anyone he’d ever met. * Jennifer could be considered sexually adventurous. The first time we had intercourse, I had to … Continue reading
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Walking On Air: How to be a radio presenter
Here are some highlights from this 2013 book: * One way to create your character at first is to emulate or model your favourite presenters. You can borrow some of their techniques before you find your own. This is not … Continue reading
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Radio Vox Populi: Talk Radio from the Romantic to the Anglo-Saxon
Here are some highlights from this 2022 book: * The movie or TV star is distant from the people; he is a star. The radio talk host, on the other hand, by nature perfectly embodies the thinking of the “man … Continue reading
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The Sociology of Sports-Talk Radio (9-6-21)
Bud: “Luke, because your intro to Carl Schmitt, I no longer believe in Democracy, Human Rights or the Constitution. You should be kvelling with pride!” Perhaps a thru-line to some of what I do is to create a little more … Continue reading
Argutainment (9-5-21)
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Ears Wide Shut: Epistemological Populism, Argutainment and Canadian Conservative Talk Radio
From an academic paper in 2011: * For many people, radio has a slightly anachronistic air about it. Perceived as technologically inferior to image-based media and less serious than textual media, radio is often ignored as a marginal and ephemeral … Continue reading
Talk about receiving, giving, and taking in radio interviews: ‘doing modesty’ and ‘making a virtue out of necessity’
Here are excerpts of an academic paper from 2005: * The following excerpt from an interview with the internationally acclaimed Canadian jazz singer, Diana Krall, illustrates how talk of giving and receiving is a site for doing modesty. In this … Continue reading
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