Dare to Be Different (2017)
The story of the most influential radio station in America
95 min
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.
- Release date
- April 27, 2017
- Country of origin
- United States
Cast
- Nancy Abramson as Self - WLIR - DJ
- M. King Adkins as Self
- Ron Alexenburg as Self - Record Executive
- Sam Ash as Self - Owner, Sam Ash Music
- Tom Bailey as Self - Lead Singer, The Thompson Twins
- Ivan Baker as Self - Ivan Ivan - producer, manager, executive, DJ
- Jeff Beck as Self - WLIR - production director
- Jeff Beck as DJ
- Eric Bloom as Self - Lead Singer, Blue Oyster Cult
- Delphine Blue as Self - WLIR - DJ
- DJ Byrd as Self
Crew
- Ellen Goldfarb · Director
- Jay Reiss · Writer
- Ellen Goldfarb · Producer
- Roger Senders · Producer
- Greg Daniels · Cinematographer
- Allan Holzman · Editor