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Airplay The Rise and Fall of Rock Radio
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- Airplay The Rise and Fall of Rock Radio
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- JC2579
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- Product Dimensions
- 7.5 x 0.7 x 5.4 inches; 2.72 ounces
- Director
- mpt
- Media Format
- Color, Multiple Formats, NTSC
- Run time
- 1 hour and 35 minutes
- Release date
- April 3, 2012
- Actors
- Dick Clark, Murray the K, The Beatles, Tom Donahue, Wolfman Jack
- Studio
- Topics Entertainment
- Number of discs
- 1
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The Rise and Fall of Rock Radio from the Deejays that Lived it. Product Features As aired on public television Relive the rise and fall of rock radio with footage from all the eras Hear from deejays Casey Kasem, Jerry The Geator Blavat, Dick Biondi, Raechel Donahue, Cousin Brucie Morrow and many more! See vintage footage and sound of Alan Freed, Dick Clark, Wolfman Jack, Tom Donahue, Murray the K, Martha Jean The Queen Steinberg and others, plus The Beatles and Elvis! Alan Freeds son talks about his dads involvement in the payola scandal Product Description: Maybe video didnt kill the radio star after all. Airplay: The Rise and Fall of Rock Radio documents the history of rock and roll radio -- from the introduction of The Devil s Music by 1950s AM deejays to the FM pioneers who brought Rated 4.4 out of 5. Customers find this documentary to be a wonderful production that is very informative and entertaining.
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The Rise and Fall of Rock Radio from the Deejays that Lived it. Product Features As aired on public television Relive the rise and fall of rock radio with footage from all the eras Hear from deejays Casey Kasem, Jerry The Geator Blavat, Dick Biondi, Raechel Donahue, Cousin Brucie Morrow and many more! See vintage footage and sound of Alan Freed, Dick Clark, Wolfman Jack, Tom Donahue, Murray the K, Martha Jean The Queen Steinberg and others, plus The Beatles and Elvis! Alan Freeds son talks about his dads involvement in the payola scandal Product Description: Maybe video didnt kill the radio star after all. Airplay: The Rise and Fall of Rock Radio documents the history of rock and roll radio -- from the introduction of The Devil s Music by 1950s AM deejays to the FM pioneers who brought sex-drugs-and-rock to the airwaves in the 60s. Then witness the silencing of rock radio by government and big-business interests and, finally, see its promise of rebirth via satellite. Hear from radio stars, and watch historic film footage in this award-winning documentary previously seen on public television. Featured deejays include Jerry The Geator Blavat, Dick Biondi, Raechel Donahue, Cousin Brucie Morrow, Martha Jean The Queen Steinberg, Dan Ingram, Meg Griffin and more. Plus, Lance Freed talks about his father Alan Freeds
Key details: Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 0.7 x 5.4 inches; 2.72 ounces | Director: mpt | Media Format: Color, Multiple Formats, NTSC | Run time: 1 hour and 35 minutes | Release date: April 3, 2012 | Actors: Dick Clark, Murray the K, The Beatles, Tom Donahue, Wolfman Jack | Studio: Topics Entertainment | Number of discs: 1 | Customer Reviews: 4.4 4.4 out of 5 stars (66)
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Customer feedback: 4.4/5 average rating.
Customers say: Customers find this documentary to be a wonderful production that is very informative and entertaining.
Review snippets: Airplay: The Rise and Fall of Rock Radio is a very insightful look into the birth of Rock n Roll Radio in the 50's, starting with the WDIA (Memphis) DeeJays (which included the one and only BB King) all the / Very interesting, I don't think anybody with any interest in radio will be disappointed. I grew out of AM radio in my early teens. So the 1st half really wasn't all that interesting to me. It was the 2nd half