I was fortunate to begin my radio career at 13 years old in the second-largest radio market in the country, Los Angeles. Having “grown up” working at MOR, classical and talk stations, I was ...

Elton Spitzer, the radio executive who built the former WLIR-FM into an internationally known powerhouse and etched the slogan “Dare to be different!” into the consciousness of generations of Long ...

New Wave: Dare to be Different, the documentary about much-loved Long Island radio station WLIR which championed new wave in the ’80s, premiered at the 2017 Tribeca Film Festival and has found a home ...

Directed by Ellen Goldfarb, Dare to Be Different teases the importance and influence of WLIR, specifically the role it played in laying the groundwork for MTV. Billy Idol notes in the clip, when WLIR ...

The legend of WLIR, the small, but influential Hempstead radio station that helped bring British new wave to America in the ’80s, is about to grow much, much bigger. “New Wave: Dare to Be Different,” ...

Discover What’s Streaming On: I hate putting on my old man shoes (A.K.A. New Balance 992s), but lemme tell ya, when it comes to discovering cool new music, you kids got it easy. Everything in the ...

Directed by Ellen Goldfarb, New Wave: Dare To Be Different is an engrossing, emotional and educational remembrance of the frequency 92.7 FM that powered the youth of the New York City suburbs during… ...

“They say nothing lasts forever,” sang A Flock of Seagulls lead singer Mike Score during a live set after Thursday night’s Tribeca Film Festival premiere screening of the documentary “Dare to be ...

New Wave: Dare to Be Different, the documentary about much-missed ’80s Long Island radio station WLIR, will be the next film in Nitehawk Cinema’s “Music Driven” series which is presented by ...

Long Island radio lost a fixture at noon Friday when Hispanic WZAA replaced rock institution WLIR at 92. 7 FM. But WMJC (94. 3 FM) was right there, hoping to keep some of the pieces intact. WMJC, ...