Icons of Talk : the Media Mouths That Changed America.

Americans love talk shows. In a typical week, more than 13 million Americans listen to Rush Limbaugh, whose syndicated radio show is carried by about 600 stations. On television, Oprah Winfrey's syndicated talk show is seen by an estimated 30 million viewers each week. Talk show hosts like Winf...

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Main Author: HALPER, DONNA
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Santa Barbara : ABC-CLIO, 2008.
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Table of Contents:
  • Contents; List of Photos; Series Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Part 1: How the Talk Show Was Born: The History of a Genre; Part 2: The Icons; Appendix A: What People Were Talking About; Appendix B: Sixteen Talk Show Hosts Who Shouldn't Be Forgotten; Selected Bibliography; Index.