Articles by Donna L. Halper

Donna Halper is a media historian, whose research has been quoted in newspapers, magazines, and encyclopedias. She has also been a guest on Voice of America, PBS/NewsHour, National Public Radio/Weekend America, History Channel, ABC Nightline, WBZ Radio (Boston), WIBC (Indianapolis), WNYC (New York) and elsewhere. Ms. Halper is the author of five books, most recently “Boston Radio: 1920-2010 (Arcadia Press, 2011) and “Icons of Talk: The Media Mouths that Changed America” (Greenwood, 2008). A former broadcaster, she is well-known for discovering the rock group Rush, who dedicated their first two albums to her. She is seen four times in the 2010 documentary about the band, “Beyond the Lighted Stage.”