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Category Archives: Radio
A Political Scientist Rides the Talk Radio Circuit
Political scientist James G. Gimpel writes in 1996: * Old geezers sitting around in barber shops listening to cattle market and farm commodity reports, grousing about community problems, and bragging about their latest hunting and fishing expeditions. That’s my talk … Continue reading
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Not the Best: What Rush Limbaugh’s Apology to Sandra Fluke Reveals about Image Restoration Strategies on Commercial Radio
From a 2012 paper: This study analyzes the rhetorical strategies used by Rush Limbaugh to rebuild his public image after he made offensive remarks about law student Sandra Fluke in early 2012. A close reading of Limbaugh’s public statements reveals … Continue reading
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‘When you program from the outside in’
Veteran radio program director David G. Hall writes: I grew up listening to one of the all time great Top 40 stations in the US, KFRC in San Francisco. Man, those guys were perfect, the way they’d segue songs or … Continue reading
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More Stimulating Talk Radio!
00:00 Former KFI talk radio producer and attorney Justin Levine joins to discuss David Foster Wallace’s 2004 essay on talk radio, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=139794 13:00 Justin was fired three times from KFI, twice by PD Robin Bertolucci 17:00 Talk radio’s similarities to … Continue reading
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Understanding the Rise of Talk Radio
From a 2011 academic paper: * The format of political talk radio is unchanging, surprising perhaps in light of the richness and interactivity of other modern media. A political talk radio show is easy to describe: a host (or sometimes … Continue reading
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Confrontation Talk: Arguments, Asymmetries, and Power on Talk Radio
Here are some highlights from this 1996 book: * In sum, use of the “You say (X)” device can show how closely hosts are monitoring callers’ talk for potential arguables. The oppositions that are constructed frequently focus on very minor … Continue reading
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David Foster Wallace: Deep into the mercenary world of take-no-prisoners political talk radio
From 2004 on John Ziegler: * His eyes, which off-air are usually flat and unhappy, are alight now with passionate conviction. * It’s near the end of his “churn,” which is the industry term for a host’s opening monologue, whose … Continue reading
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Call-In Talk Radio: Compensation or Enrichment?
From a 2005 essay: * This study focused on call-in talk radio because it provides a unique opportunity to test competing hypotheses drawn from two different perspectives about the appeal of media programming. A good deal of research on call-in … Continue reading
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JUST BE YOURSELF? TALK RADIO PERFORMANCE AND AUTHENTIC ON-AIR SELVES
When you are an actor, you are performing, and sometimes in the course of performance, you can allow natural parts of yourself to come through. As a radio host, you are also performing, but you can often allow large parts … Continue reading
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Australian Talk Radio
From the 2006 book, More Than a Music Box: Radio Cultures and Communities in a Multi-Media World: