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It is no exaggeration to call Gay Byrne a
colossus of the Irish broadcasting scene. Throughout the latter half of the
twentieth century, as host of both the Late
Late Show and the Gay Byrne Show,
he played a seminal role in the shift in Irish society and culture from the
Church-dominated fearful state of the early 1960s to the modern multicultural
Ireland we live in today.The
Gaybo Revolution examines
the significance of Gay Byrne’s influence on this maturation of Irish society, while
simultaneously highlighting the centrality of the talk show genre in Irish
life. Equally reviled and revered, Byrne has been referred to as ‘the great window-opener’
and a ‘media lay priest’. But his influence in single-channel Ireland is
undeniable. Using letters to the editor, media articles, recent studies of
Irish culture, quotes from Byrne himself and a re-examination of the original
broadcasts, The Gaybo Revolution explores
how Byrne and his talk shows, on both radio and television, provided a forum
for popular debate and acted as catalysts for change in Irish life. It analyses
and discusses the impact on Irish society of such controversies as Church
denunciations of the Late Late Show, the
Brian Trevaskis affair, the development of the
Irish Women’s Liberation Movement, the Ann Lovett letters, and the seminal
interviews with Annie Murphy, Pádraig Flynn and Terry Keane.
In the final section of the book, the modern
history of the Late Late Show, the
development of Irish TV and radio talk shows in the post-Byrne era and the
contrasting nature of TV talk shows in the UK and US are explored.
The
Gaybo Revolution will
appeal to all those who wish to understand the evolution of Irish society and
culture in the late twentieth century and the substantial impact of Irish media
on this change.
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