Lafayette native, Purdue graduate, and C-span founder, Brian Lamb will receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom. It’s the nation’s highest civil honor and Lamb deserves it. Unfortunately, I find that the award is tainted in my mind since George Tenet was given the award after horribly screwing up the intelligence leading up to the Iraq War.
C-SPAN, which made its debut on March 19, 1979, delivers public affairs programming to most of the nation’s cable and satellite customers, to Internet users and to radio listeners. Its literary programs – Booknotes and Bookends – help build audiences for serious, nonfiction books.
Lamb’s interest in broadcasting dates as far back as the crystal radio set he built as a child to pick up local signals. During high school and college, he sought jobs at Lafayette radio and television stations, spinning records, selling ads, and eventually hosting his own television program called Dance Date.
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