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Source: NPR "Talk of the Nation"

Roundup

10-6-05

C-SPAN 25th Anniversary

In October 1980, C-SPAN founder Brian Lamb made a simple request to his viewers -- call and share your opinion. Over the next 25 years, the cable network fielded more than half a million phone calls, from ordinary citizens to presidents. Guest: Brian Lamb, chairman and CEO of C-SPAN.

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