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TWENTY YEARS OF WNEW-FM (RADIO)
Summary
This program celebrates WNEW-FM's 20th anniversary with a compilation of famous moments from the station's history. Highlights include the following: promos by some of the station's most popular disc jockeys, including Rosko, Scott Muni, Alison Steele and Jonathan Schwartz; Muni's on-air negotiations with a man who was holding hostages in a bank; brief moments from some famous concerts, including Bruce Springsteen, the Rolling Stones, and Jefferson Starship; deejay Vin Scelsa's sober announcement of John Lennon's assassination in 1980; Bob Geldof uses the station's airwaves to promote the Live-Aid benefit; and Dave Herman spins the station's two millionth record, "God Gave Rock 'n' Roll to You" by Argent.
Details
- NETWORK: WNEW-FM
- DATE: October 30, 1987
- RUNNING TIME: 0:18:20
- COLOR/B&W: N/A
- CATALOG ID: R:10469
- GENRE: Radio - Music
- SUBJECT HEADING: Rock music
- SERIES RUN: WNEW (New York, NY) - Radio, 1987
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- Bob Geldof
- John Lennon
- Scott Muni
- Rosko (Bill Mercer)
- Vin Scelsa
- Jonathan Schwartz
- Bruce Springsteen
- Alison Steele
- Jefferson Starship
- Rolling Stones, The
- Argent