Brian Patrick Lamb (born October 9, 1941) helped found the C-SPAN television network in the United States in 1979, and has been its chief executive officer since its founding. He hosts Washington Journal once a week, and hosted the C-SPAN show Booknotes from 1989 to 2004. Lamb now hosts a weekly one-hour program called Q&A in which he interviews people from a wide range of backgrounds, such as journalists, teachers, politicians, authors, and technology innovators. Q&A airs every Sunday night at 8 and 11 p.m. ET. [1] is the 282nd day of the year (283rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... For other uses, see 1941 (disambiguation). ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Also: 1979 by Smashing Pumpkins. ... “Chief executive” redirects here. ... Washington Journal is a political call-in and interview television program running daily on C-SPAN. It usually runs live 7-10 AM Eastern Standard Time with no commerical interruption (as C-SPAN does not sell advertising or tabulate viewer ratings), with exceptions when special events preempt all or part... Booknotes was an American television series on C-SPAN hosted by Brian Lamb from 1989 to 2004. ... Year 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Q&A is a C-SPAN interview program that airs every Sunday night at 8:00 pm ET. External links Q&A Website Categories: Television stubs ...

He is the editor of several collections of Booknotes interviews. Lamb edits out his side of the questioning, leaving something of an essay by the interviewee:

• Booknotes on American Character: People, Politics, and Conflict in American History
• Booknotes: Stories from American History
• Booknotes: America's Finest Authors on Reading, Writing, and the Power of Ideas
• Booknotes Life Stories: Notable Biographers on the People Who Shaped America

Lamb is also the author of Who's Buried in Grant's Tomb?: A Tour of Presidential Gravesites.

According to a Washington Post profile [2], Lamb has never spoken the words "Brian Lamb" on the air and forbids C-SPAN hosts to say their own names, under the notion that this discipline removes ego from the C-SPAN formula, at least from the host's side. ...

Lamb was born in Lafayette, Indiana. He graduated from Purdue University where he was a member of the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity [3]. Later, he joined the U.S. Navy. While in the Navy, he served at the White House during the Johnson administration. He also served in the Pentagon's public affairs office, and later in the Office of Telecommunications Policy during the Nixon administration. In addition to his executive branch experience Lamb also spent time on Capitol Hill, serving as press secretary for Sen. Peter H. Dominick (R-CO). Lafayette (IPA: ) is a city in Tippecanoe County, Indiana, USA, 63 miles (101 km) northwest of Indianapolis. ... For other uses, see Indiana (disambiguation). ... Purdue redirects here. ... Phi Gamma Delta (also known as FIJI) is a collegiate social fraternity with 116 chapters and 5 colonies across the United States and Canada. ... USN redirects here. ... For other uses, see White House (disambiguation). ... Lyndon Baines Johnson (August 27, 1908–January 22, 1973), often referred to as LBJ, was an American politician. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913 – April 22, 1994) was the 37th President of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974. ... Type Bicameral Houses Senate House of Representatives President of the Senate President pro tempore Dick Cheney, (R) since January 20, 2001 Robert C. Byrd, (D) since January 4, 2007 Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, (D) since January 4, 2007 Members 535 plus 4 Delegates and 1 Resident Commissioner Political... A press secretary is a senior advisor (usually to a politician) who provides advice on how to deal with the media and, using news management techniques, helps them to maintain a positive public image and avoid negative media coverage. ... Peter Hoyt Dominick was a United States Representative and a Senator from Colorado; He was born in Stamford, Connecticut on July 7, 1915; graduated from St. ...

On September 26, 2005, it was reported that Lamb married a hometown friend named Victoria (no last name given).^{[citation needed]} is the 269th day of the year (270th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

On October 29, 2007, President Bush announced that Lamb is to receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

Quotes

"How long's he been dead?" question asked to Milton Friedman about Friedrich Hayek, an example of Lamb's unique and direct interviewing style. Milton Friedman (July 31, 1912 – November 16, 2006) was an American Nobel Laureate economist and public intellectual. ... Friedrich August von Hayek, CH (May 8, 1899 in Vienna – March 23, 1992 in Freiburg) was an Austrian-born British economist and political philosopher known for his defense of liberal democracy and free-market capitalism against socialist and collectivist thought in the mid-20th century. ...

"Who was Abraham Lincoln?" question asked to Lincoln biographer David Herbert Donald about Abraham Lincoln, another example of a direct, no-frills style. Donald's first response was "Oh, my. What a question!" David Herbert Donald (b. ... For other uses, see Abraham Lincoln (disambiguation). ...

Lamb once stated: "Barbara Walters treated me with disdain. I'll never forget that." [4] Barbara Jill Walters[1] (born September 25, 1929[2]) is an American journalist, writer and media personality who has been a regular fixture on morning television shows (Today and The View), an evening news magazine (20/20), and on The ABC Evening News as the first female evening news anchor. ...

External links

• Lamb biography
• Brian Lamb's Flock, Washington Post
• 1999 Business Forward interview with Brian Lamb
• Lamb speech: "Debunking the Myths of C-SPAN"
• 1996 interview with Reason magazine
• C-Span's Brian Lamb is not what you thinkCommentary: The 'Joe Friday' of TV news is usually listening to something