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Brian Rosenwald
Brian Rosenwald is the author of
Talk Radio’s America: How an Industry Took Over a Political Party That Took Over the United States
, editor of the
Washington Post
blog
Made by History
, and scholar-in-residence at the University of Pennsylvania.
Doug Mills / AP
They Just Wanted to Entertain
AM stations mainly wanted to keep listeners engaged—but ended up remaking the Republican Party.
Brian Rosenwald
August 21, 2019