CNN Radio's John Sutter looks at the rise and fall of Rush Limbaugh. The conservative talk show host is known for his racist diatribes, but he came from opposite side of political spectrum. In 1984, a radio station in Sacramento took a chance onRush and gave him his own show. He was fired as a DJ from six stations over almost two decades before finding success with this program.
If you’ve ever flipped through the radio dial — not satellite, not podcasts, but good old-fashioned AM and FM radio — you may have noticed something. Right wing radio talk is everywhere.
But the airwaves weren't always so dominated by such a narrow range of voices. Reporter and friend of the show Katie Thornton has the story of how talk radio has evolved (and perhaps devolved at times) over the past century, and what all of it means for the airwaves today.
The Divided Dial
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