New Wave: Dare to be Different
2017U2, 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.
Acted in
Debbie Harry
as Self - Blondie - Singer / Songwriter
Joan Jett
as Self - The Runaways, Joan Jett and The Blackhearts - Singer / Songwriter
Billy Idol
as Self - Singer / Songwriter
Nick Rhodes
as Self - Duran Duran - singer / songwriter / keyboards
Nancy Abramson
as Self - WLIR - DJ
M. King Adkins
as Self
Ron Alexenburg
as Self - record executive
Sam Ash
as Self - Sam Ash Music - owner
Tom Bailey
as Self - The Thompson Twins - lead singer
Ivan Baker
as Self - Ivan Ivan - producer, manager, executive, DJ
Jeff Beck
as Self - WLIR - production director / DJ
Eric Bloom
as Self - Blue Oyster Cult - lead singer
Delphine Blue
as Self - WLIR - DJ
George Cheyne
as Self - APB
Vince Clarke
as Self - Producer, Depeche Mode / Yaz / Yazoo / Erasure - keyboards
Miles A. Copeland III
as Self - The Police - manager, IRS Records - founder
Paul Cramer
as Self - WXXP, Pittsburgh - DJ
Cy Curnin
as Self - The Fixx - lead singer
Gary Daly
as Self - China Crisis
John De Bella
as Self - WLIR / Greater Media Philadelphia - DJ
Gary Dell'Abate
as Self - Baba Booey, Howard Stern Show - producer
Ron Delsener
as Self - concert promoter
Rick Dobbis
as Self - executive
Peter Byrne
as Self - Naked Eyes - lead singer