Airdate: New Wave: Dare To Be Different

Music doco New Wave: Dare To Be Different tells the story of a small suburban radio station on Long Island, WLIR and how they broke the New Wave sound in America, including
U2, Talking Heads, Depeche Mode, Duran Duran, Tears for Fears, The Clash and Blondie.

In 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.

Wednesday, 3 April at 9.35pm on SBS VICELAND.