Fm: The Rise and Fall of Rock Radio - Rilegato

Neer, Richard

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ISBN 10: 0679462953 ISBN 13: 9780679462958

Casa editrice: Villard Books, 2001

Riassunto

A behind-the-scenes history of the golden era of free-form rock-and-roll radio traces its origins, growth, and fall; discusses radio's influence on the early careers of such artists as Bruce Springsteen; and explores the role of DJs in influencing the music world.

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Informazioni sull?autore

Richard Neer started in radio while attending Adelphi University and pioneered progressive radio on Long Island after graduation. In 1971, he joined the staff of WNEW-FM and worked there as a disc jockey and programmer for over twenty-eight years. In 1986, he became a sports talk-show host at WNEW-AM. He moved to WFAN in July of 1988, where he is currently a weekend personality and pre- and postgame host for New York Giants football. He is the sports editor for <i>Talkers </i>magazine and appears regularly on various syndi-cated radio and television shows. He lives in New Jersey with his wife, Vicky, and their willful golden retriever, Lindsay.

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It was all so honest, before the end of our collective innocence. Top Forty jocks screamed and yelled and sounded mightier than God on millions of transistor radios. But on FM radio it was all spun out for only you. On a golden web by a master weaver driven by fifty thousand magical watts of crystal clear power . . . before the days of trashy, hedonistic dumbspeak and disposable three-minute ditties . . . in the days where rock lived at many addresses in many cities."</i><br>–from <b>FM</b><br><br>As a young man, Richard Neer dreamed of landing a job at WNEW in New York–one of the revolutionary FM stations across the country that were changing the face of radio by rejecting strict formatting and letting disc jockeys play whatever they wanted. He felt that when he got there, he’d have made the big time. Little did he know he’d have shaped rock history as well.<br><br>FM: The Rise and Fall of Rock Radio chronicles the birth, growth, and death of free-

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Villard Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2001
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0679462953
• ISBN 13: 9780679462958
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 367
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• Persona responsabile: non disponibile