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New Wave: Dare to be Different

68 %|Apr 27, 2017|Documentary, Music

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.

Featured Crew

Ellen Goldfarb
Director
Jay Reiss
Writer
Denis McNamara
Executive Producer
Gregg Goldfarb
Executive Producer
Max Leinwand
Associate Producer
Roger Senders
Executive Producer
Ellen Goldfarb
Producer
Allan Holzman
Editor

Cast

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