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New Wave: Dare to be Different (2017)
Directed by Ellen Goldfarb
Overview
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.
Rated NR | Length 95 minutes
Actors
Debbie Harry | Joan Jett | Billy Idol | Nick Rhodes | Nancy Abramson | M. King Adkins | Ron Alexenburg | Sam Ash | Tom Bailey | Ivan Baker | Jeff Beck | Eric Bloom | Delphine Blue | George Cheyne | Vince Clarke | Miles A. Copeland III | Paul Cramer | Cy Curnin | Gary Daly | John De Bella | Gary Dell'Abate | Ron Delsener | Rick Dobbis | Peter Byrne