Made for Showtime , airing sometime in 2017.
Filmed in California , New York , Washington DC and the UK.
The story : In 1959 the first Long Island stereo FM radio station was born.
92.7 WLIR broadcast out of a low income area in Hempstead , New York/Long Island.
The station was almost off the dial and if you didnt tune in just right you would miss it.
In the 1970s , radio stations were playing the same hit songs over and over , it was the norm.
No new music was being exposed.
Programmers at WLIR decided they needed to change up their format.
In 1982 , WLIR became the new music station which meant they sought out new artists and music to play before anyone else was playing them.
Then came the New Wave movement out of the UK and New York.
WLIR were buying UK imports and playing them before American music companies were selling them , making stars out of many.
The station became the station to listen to.
It was hip , edgy , inventive and playing the newest of the new artists.
But by 1987 , just when it looked as if WLIR was unstoppable , they lost their FCC license and were
forced to shut down.
Stars Nancy Abramson , Tom Bailey , M King Adkins , Ivan Baker , Sam Ash , Eric Bloom , Ron Alexenburg , Jeff Beck , DJ Byrd , Peter Byrne , Vince Clarke , Paul Cramer , Joan Jett , Debbie Harry , Chris Stein , Billy Idol , Jim Kerr , Fred Schneider , Andy Taylor , Curt Smith
Directed by Ellen Goldfarb
Rated TV14
DOCUMENTARY/HISTORY
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