New wave [dvd] : dare to be different / Jomyra Productions ; Roger Senders Productions ; in association with Bondit Media Capital ; directed by Ellen Goldfarb ; written by Jay Reiss ; produced by Ellen Goldfarb, Roger Senders.
Interviewees: Joan Jett, Billy Idol, Debbie Harry and more. Wide screen. Originally released as a motion picture in 2017. Bonus features: unseen interviews with the director, WLIR program director, and many 80's artists.
Summary:
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.
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