Telecommunications Rip–Off: A Boon to Consumers...or a Boondoggle for the Conglomerates?
Jim Hightower
Monday, 05 Feb 1996 at 8:00 pm – Sun Room, Memorial Union
Jim Hightower's self-described "kickass populist" talk radio show was carried by 150 affiliates until it was dropped after ABC's merger with Disney this summer. he still provides daily commentary on more than 75 stations nationwide; has started a newsletter, Hightower Lowdown, and a book there'[s Nothing in the middle of the Road But Yellow Stripes and Dead Armadillos. he was Texas Commissioner of Agriculture and served as editor of the Texas Observor.Part of the National Affairs Series - Reexaming the American Dream
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