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Airplay: The Rise and Fall of Rock Radio

Airplay: The Rise and Fall of Rock Radio (2008)

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Originally aired on public television, this look back at the history of rock and roll radio tells the story of the brave deejays who fought to bring vital music to the masses, and the efforts of government and big business to silence a medium that encouraged rebellion and non-conformity. It was back in the 1950s that white America got its first taste of rhythm and blues, and thanks to AM deejays like Alan Freed and Wolfman Jack, radio quickly became an indelible part of the cultural landscape.

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I am leaving the rating as incomplete for Airplay, considering the version show on PBS ran just 90 minutes-with a considerable chunk taken out for the pledge drive. Online sources say the doc runs anywhere between 110 to 150 minutes. If true, that would explain my major beef with the film: it runs through the information far too fast for anyone to really keep up with. Events and people are not given proper context while the editing and pacing is thrown out the window in an attempt to just "get through it." I assume these problems-and others-are remedied in the full version-if the full version even exists and the internet isn't lying.
June 28, 2012
I am leaving the rating as incomplete for Airplay, considering the version show on PBS ran just 90 minutes-with a considerable chunk taken out for the pledge drive. Online sources say the doc runs anywhere between 110 to 150 minutes. If true, that would explain my major beef with the film: it runs through the information far too fast for anyone to really keep up with. Events and people are not given proper context while the editing and pacing is thrown out the window in an attempt to just "get through it." I assume these problems-and others-are remedied in the full version-if the full version even exists and the internet isn't lying.
July 17, 2011
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