Abstract
Radio scholarship is an emerging field of study among broadcast historians and much remains unexplored. There exists little investigation into how early FCC clear-channel radio stations provided the first platform for national radio communication. Much of historical scholarship recognizes Larry King's satellite-distributed program as the pioneering stride in national overnight talk radio. This study examines new archival evidence that reveals Herb Jepko used clear-channel signals to broadcast the first national overnight talk radio program.
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Miles Romney
Miles Romney is a doctoral candidate at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism at Arizona State University. His research interests include early broadcast history, talk radio as a mass communication medium, and sports broadcasting.