# The Radio Right **URL:** **By** Paul Matzko, Trevor Burrus, Aaron Ross Powell **Published:** May 22, 2020 --- Paul Matzko, the host of Building Tomorrow, joins the show to talk about how the government orchestrated one of the largest censorship campaigns in history against right wing radio in the 1960's, but many people still don't know about it. When you list successful government censorship campaigns, like the Alien and Sedition Acts and the Comstock laws, the censorship of right-wing radio in the 1960s should be right up there in the pantheon of the most egregious acts of government censorship in American history. Paul Matzko, author of _The Radio Right_, talks about this and more throughout the episode. How has our mainstream media changed over time? Have Americans always mistrusted the media? Why were many radio personalities in the 1960s also members of the clergy? What were the Polish ham boycotts? What is the Fairness Doctrine and how did affect the radio landscape? ## Further Reading: [The Radio Right: How a Band of Broadcasters Took on the Federal Government and Built the Modern Conservative Movement](https://www.amazon.com/Radio-Right-Broadcasters-Government-Conservative-ebook/dp/B085YF29L1/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=radio+right&qid=1590077714&sr=8-1), written by Paul Matzko [The Spirit of Radio](https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-spirit-of-radio/id1291144720?i=1000474641812), The Remnant with Jonah Goldberg with guest Paul Matzko [Democracy in Chains: The Deep History of the Radical Right's Stealth Plan for America](https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/533763/democracy-in-chains-by-nancy-maclean/9781101980965/), written by Nancy MaClean ## Related Content: [Talking Talk Radio (with Brian Rosenwald)](https://www.libertarianism.org/podcasts/building-tomorrow/talking-talk-radio-with-brian-rosenwald), Building Tomorrow Podcast [The Fairness Doctrine Was Terrible for Broadcasting and It Would Be Terrible for the Internet](https://www.libertarianism.org/building-tomorrow/fairness-doctrine-was-terrible-broadcasting-it-would-be-terrible-internet), written by Paul Matzko [Instagram is the New Fireside Chat](https://www.libertarianism.org/podcasts/building-tomorrow/instagram-is-the-new-fireside-chat), Building Tomorrow Podcast