Description
The Story of the Most Influential Radio Station in America
U2, Talking Heads, Depeche Mode, Blondie, Duran Duran, Tears for Fears, The Clash, The Cure: Over half a billion records sold but you may never have heard of them if not for a small suburban radio station on Long Island, NY: WLIR. In August, 1982, a small group of radio visionaries knew they couldn't compete with the mega-stations in New York City. With one brave decision, they changed the sound of radio forever. In this riveting and star studded documentary, Program Director Denis McNamara, the 'LIR crew and the biggest artists of the era tell the story of how they battled the FCC, the record labels, corporate-radio and all the conventional rules to create a musical movement that brought the New Wave to America. The dynamic soundtrack includes more than 50 songs from the era and a new original theme song by Joan Jett and the Blackhearts!
Media
Bonus Materials
- Unseen interview with Director Ellen Goldfarb
- Unseen interviews with WLIR Program Director Denis McNamara
- Unseen interview with Billy Idol
- Unseen interview with Nick Rhodes founding member of Duran Duran
- Unseen interview with Lol Tolhurst, founding member of The Cure
- Unseen interview with Curt Smith, founding member of Tears for Fears
- Unseen interview with Eddie Lundon and Gary Daly of China Crisis
- Unseen interview with Grammy wining producer Steve Thompson
- Unseen interview with Ed Steinberg, founder of RockAmerica
- Unseen interviews with WLIR Staff: Donna Donna, Malibu Sue McCann, Larry 'The Duck' Dunn
- Unseen interviews with WLIR Staff: Delphine Blue, Ben Manilla, Jeff 'Beck' Carlson,
- Unseen interview with Jim Murtha and DJ Bird
- Unseen interview with Cassie Reilly, daughter of Denis McNamara
- Unseen interview with Dan McNamara, son of Denis McNamara
Cast & Crew
Actors:- Joan Jett
- Billy Idol
- Debbie Harry
- Nick Rhodes
- Denis McNamara
- Vince Clarke
- Cy Curnin
- Gary
Director: Ellen Goldfarb
Producer: Ellen Goldfarb
Producer: Roger Senders
Additional Details
Label: MVD Visual
Genre: Alternative/Punk
Language: English
Run Time: 95 mins
Region: 0
Release Date: 12/07/18
UPC: 760137184799
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