New Wave: Dare to be Different (2017)
1h 35m
Running Time
April 27, 2017Release Date
New Wave: Dare to be Different (2017)
1h 35m
Running Time
April 27, 2017Release Date
Plot.
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. 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, mega-radio and all the conventional rules to create a musical movement that brought the New Wave to America.
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Cast & Crew.
Debbie Harry
Herself - Blondie - Singer / Songwriter
Nancy Abramson
Self - WLIR - DJ
Nancy Abramson
Self - WLIR - DJ
Joan Jett
Herself - The Runaways, Joan Jett and The Blackhearts - Singer / Songwriter
Billy Idol
Himself - Singer / Songwriter
M. King Adkins
Self
Nick Rhodes
Himself - Duran Duran - singer / songwriter / keyboards
Ron Alexenburg
Self - Record Executive
Sam Ash
Self - Owner, Sam Ash Music
Tom Bailey
Self - Lead Singer, The Thompson Twins
Ivan Baker
Self - Ivan Ivan - producer, manager, executive, DJ
Eric Bloom
Self - Lead Singer, Blue Oyster Cult
Jeff Beck
Himself - WLIR - production director / DJ
Delphine Blue
Self - WLIR - DJ
Ellen Goldfarb
Director
George Cheyne
Himself - APB
Jay Reiss
Writer
Vince Clarke
Himself - Producer, Depeche Mode / Yaz / Yazoo / Erasure - keyboards
Roger Senders
Producer
Miles A. Copeland III
Himself - The Police - manager, IRS Records - founder
Greg Daniels
Cinematographer
Paul Cramer
Himself - WXXP, Pittsburgh - DJ
Cy Curnin
Himself - The Fixx - lead singer
Allan Holzman
Editor
Gary Daly
Himself - China Crisis
John De Bella
Himself - WLIR / Greater Media Philadelphia - DJ
Gary Dell'Abate
Himself - Baba Booey, Howard Stern Show - producer
Ron Delsener
Himself - concert promoter
Rick Dobbis
Himself - executive
Peter Byrne
Himself - Naked Eyes - lead singer
Gregg Goldfarb
Executive Producer
Max Leinwand
Associate Producer
Media.
Details.
Wiki.
WLIR was a radio station that played a new music/modern rock format on the frequencies 92.7 FM, 98.5 FM, and 107.1 FM from the 1980s into the 2000s. Bob Wilson, longtime WLIR employee and historian, created the website WDAREFM.COM (Dare FM), which maintains the spirit of the original WLIR. He also programs the music playlist. The website broadcasts a mix of alternative rock from the past and present day, along with former WLIR/WDRE personalities, such as Larry The Duck, Drew Kenyon, Andre, and Rob Rush.