Product Details

• Actors: Don Imus, Larry King, Howard Stern
• Producers: Dennis Hedlund
• Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: White Star
• DVD Release Date: June 28, 2005
• Run Time: 60 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 1.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0009GV99G
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #183,631 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "The History of Talk Radio" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

Talk Radio is unquestionably the fastest growing radio format in America today. The History Of Talk Radio is a comprehensive and entertaining documentary which provides an in-depth look at this incredibly popular medium. This informative program focuses on the little –known facts which surround the early years of Talk Radio and features never-before-seen archival material of the darling pioneers of this radio format including: Joe Pyne, Alan Burke, Long John Nebel, Barry Gray and many others. This unique show also features interviews and fascinating live interactive clips of today’s leading talk show personalities including: Larry King, Bob Grant, Dr. Laura Schlessinger, Ollie North, Dr. Ruth Westheimer, Morton Downey, Jr., G. Gordon Liddy, as well as an inside look at superstars, Howard Stern, Don Imus and Rush Limbaugh. The History Of Talk Radio is a provocative and revealing overview of this controversial broadcast medium which has captured the attention of all Americans by its proven capacity to entertain, as well as its ability to affect the course of our political history.

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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars History Of Talk Radio, September 20, 2005

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This review is from: The History of Talk Radio (DVD)

Too much New York bias (and I'm an ex-New Yorker who listened to the profiled personalities in my youth) hurt this effort. Tom Leykis and the late great Jean Shepherd were conspiciously missing. The Chicago School (Studs Terkel) wasn't on this video tape at all. In short, this film was a flawed effort, a disappointment.

3 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars ...this video is a SHAM!..., August 31, 2007

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rocky-o "...jazzville skyline..." - See all my reviews

This review is from: The History of Talk Radio (DVD)

i have been in radio most of my life, and i love talk radio...this video would like to proclaim itself as 'the history of talk radio', but it is nothing more than a republican, conservative white-wash of the truth...
they try to make out like rush limbaugh is the savior of the talk radio format, along with fellow gop flunkies oliver north and g.gordon liddy, but they pass over don imus and howard stern with the blink of an eye...

now, i'm no fan of stern at all, (quite the contrary), but, ya' gotta admit, he did stir things up a bit, and set a tone for the MAJORITY of what talk radio is now...

but imus is an institution...you cannot talk about 'talk radio' without his MAJOR contribution...(even amazon put his name first in the 'featuring' section...)

yet...the people actually featured on this tape to any length, are all hacks that very few people listen to, or care about, like rush, and most have only stayed in their format because the station owners like 'em...

(and in regards to new york being 'too much' in the video, frankly, you can't have too much when it comes to new york and radio...it's the mecca that all radio personalities strive for...)

sadly though, there's just too much unwarranted republican nonsense on this tape to even make it worth the time of day, no less all of 'history'...