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[[Image:Lamb-b06.jpg|right|150px|]]'''Brian Patrick Lamb''' (born October 9, 1941 in Lafayette, Indiana) is the founder and CEO of [[C-SPAN]]-the Cable-Satellite Public Affairs Network.  

[[Image:Lamb-b06.jpg|right|150px]]'''Brian Patrick Lamb''' (born October 9, 1941 in Lafayette, Indiana) is the founder and CEO of [[C-SPAN]]-the Cable-Satellite Public Affairs Network.  

After graduating from Purdue University with a [[Bachelor of Arts]] degree, he joined the [[U.S. Navy]]. Lamb went to Washington in 1967 to become Senate press secretary and a [[White House]] telecommunications policy staffer. <ref>http://www.trumanaward.org/web/LambBio.html</ref> In 1974 he began publishing a biweekly newsletter, The Media Report. By 1977, he launched the not-for-profit C-SPAN. On March 19, 1979 they covered the first televised session of the [[U.S. House of Representatives]] and Lamb held his first call-in show in 1980. C-Span now has three cable-TV channels and C-Span Radio is carried nationwide on the XM network. Lamb has hosted C-Span programs such as Washington Journal and Booknotes, and has interviewed every U.S. President since [[Lyndon Johnson]]. <ref>http://www.usnews.com/usnews/news/articles/051022/22lamb.htm</ref> He is an [[Independent]] who has never said his own name on television.<ref>http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-17369821.html</ref>  

After graduating from Purdue University with a [[Bachelor of Arts]] degree, he joined the [[U.S. Navy]]. Lamb went to Washington in 1967 to become Senate press secretary and a [[White House]] telecommunications policy staffer.<ref>http://www.trumanaward.org/web/LambBio.html</ref> In 1974 he began publishing a biweekly newsletter, The Media Report. By 1977, he launched the not-for-profit C-SPAN. On March 19, 1979 they covered the first televised session of the [[U.S. House of Representatives]] and Lamb held his first call-in show in 1980. C-Span now has three cable-TV channels and C-Span Radio is carried nationwide on the XM network. Lamb has hosted C-Span programs such as Washington Journal and Booknotes, and has interviewed every U.S. President since [[Lyndon Johnson]].<ref>http://www.usnews.com/usnews/news/articles/051022/22lamb.htm</ref> He is an [[Independent]] who has never said his own name on television.<ref>http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-17369821.html</ref>  

In January 2010, Lamb sent a letter to lawmakers asking them to air [[health care]] negotiations after [[President Obama]] repeatedly stated it would be aired on C-span during the [[2008 Presidential Election]]. <ref>http://www.sphere.com/article/opinion-obama-finds-few-friends-in-his-c-span-fight/19307887</ref>

In January 2010, Lamb sent a letter to lawmakers asking them to air [[health care]] negotiations after [[President Obama]] repeatedly stated it would be aired on C-span during the [[2008 Presidential Election]].<ref>http://www.sphere.com/article/opinion-obama-finds-few-friends-in-his-c-span-fight/19307887</ref>

Brian Lamb is the author of three books and currently resides in Arlington, [[Virginia]].

Brian Lamb is the author of three books and currently resides in Arlington, [[Virginia]].

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[[Category:Presidential Medal of Freedom award winners]]

[[Category:Presidential Medal of Freedom award winners]]

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