Sunday, May 16, 2010

Pirates of the Radio

It's hard to believe I've been in radio for 16 years, but I can't help to think how cool it must have been to be on the radio during the 60's when radio was king, and the DJ's were as big as movie stars.  Looks like I can only relive some of the moments with stories from some of the 'old school' DJ's I know and movies.

We all know how exaggerated movies and TV can be when it comes to professions.  I'm sure doctors cringe when they see shows like ER or Gray's Anatomy.  But, anytime a radio movie comes out,  I flock to it.  Good Morning Vietnam and Howard Stern's Private Parts are my favs.  I watched a little movie that didn't quite make the box office splash that they did.  It's called 'Pirate Radio,' about the offshore rock n' roll radio stations in the UK... These pirate radio boats broadcasted the rock n' roll music that Britain's BBC network did not and would not play; at a time when bands like The Beatles, and The Rolling Stones made their 'invasion' here in the U.S.  It was radio by the DJ's rules.

These Pirate Boat DJ's were big names and, at the time, spoke to 20 million listeners in the UK.  'Pirate Radio' certainly captured the spirit of why some radio people got into the biz... the music and girls!  Ha!  But, I also saw in the movie how radio probably was back in the day, where the DJ's actually picked the music for whatever mood they were in, played requests, and talked about things other than being the '12 in a row' radio station.   It was big personality and music radio.

Would I have loved to been a part of something bigger than life like being a pirate DJ on a boat doing whatever I wanted on the air??  Got a boat?

Sunday, May 02, 2010

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