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9:00am PDT

History Division - Top Research Presentations

Sunday April 19, 2026 9:00am - 10:00am PDT

Moderator: Hailey Baldock, York University

Open 1st Place Paper: Daniel Marshall Haygood, Elon University; The Rise and Demise of the Tobacco Sports Network: The Story of University Sports Radio Networks Overtaking the Southeast’s Oldest Regional Sports Radio Network

Open 2nd Place Paper: Tabitha Ann Bartoe, Regent University, WKEF/WRGT; Not Just A Girl or A Curl: Mary Pickford’s Image and the Rhetoric of Femininity

Craig Allen, Arizona State University; The Origin of Advocacy Journalism in U.S. Spanish-Language Television News: The 1970 Killing of Ruben Salazar and the Activism of Los Angeles Station KMEX

Nathan Dale Crissman, Regent University; Historical Communicative Governance: The Pirate Code as a Model of Shared Risk and Ethical Reciprocity

Moderators

Hailey Baldock

PhD Student, History, York University

Speakers

Daniel Haygood

Professor of Strategic Communications, Elon University

Tabitha Bartoe

Regent University

Craig Allen

Arizona State University

Nathan Crissman

Regent University

Sunday April 19, 2026 9:00am - 10:00am PDT
W306

History, Research/Theory | BEA, Research/Theory

3:15pm PDT

A Look At Late Night TV

Sunday April 19, 2026 3:15pm - 4:15pm PDT

W309

Since the early 1950s, late night talk and entertainment shows have been a staple of network television. In today’s media saturated environment, the format may not succeed in the future. After a brief overview of late-night history, we will look at The Johnny Carson Show, the “Gatekeeper of Late-Night,” by examining how the show introduced America to new stand-up comics. The Tomorrow Show, a much different format, straddled the line between news and entertainment, providing an interesting counterpoint to Carson. While late night tv has been primarily a male dominated sphere, we examine women entertainers like Joan Rivers, Samantha Bee, Taylor Tomlinson and others who stand in contrast to the Carsons, Colberts and Kimmels. Finally, not all shows were successful, why and how did some succeed and others failed. Was it high Q-ratings or are there other skills needed for success? This panel will examine these issues.
Moderator: Fritz J. Messere, SUNY - Oswego
Panelists: Frank A. Aycock, Appalachian State University; The Tomorrow Show
Brian Sheridan, Mercyhurst University; Gatekeeper of Late-Night: Johnny Carson, The Tonight Show and the impact on stand-up comedy
Richard Vogel, retired from Culver Stockton College; What Makes a Successful Late Night TV Host?
Louise M. Benjamin, Kansas State University; The Women of Late Night Television

Moderators

Fritz J. Messere

Retired Dean, SUNY - Oswego

I am the retired Founding Dean of the School of Communication, Media and the Arts at SUNY Oswego. Prior to that I was chair and professor of broadcasting and telecommunications in the Communication Studies department. I am a long-time (meaning old) member of BEA and have chaired... Read More →

Speakers

Rick David Vogel

retired from Culver Stockton College

I am a dad, a husband, and a teacher. I love my daughter and my wife (Mandi and Beth). I was born and raised in New York. My favorite color is blue, my daughter tells me and I love the Yankees. I live in Iowa. That always amazes me--I live in Iowa

I am married to a beautiful pharmacist. I have an awesome, My daughter, who wrote this blurb, is wonderful, beautiful, amazing, and clever. I am in Iowa. That is still hard to believe. I'm in Iowa? Really... Read More →

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BEA2026

9:00am PDT

Hailey Baldock

Daniel Haygood

Tabitha Bartoe

Craig Allen

Nathan Crissman

3:15pm PDT

Fritz J. Messere

Rick David Vogel

Frank A. Aycock

Brian Sheridan

Louise Benjamin

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