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^ yeah but most of us didn`t care about the ratings part then.we just knew what we liked.
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Radio Wars--The History of Rock and Roll in Indianapolis
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tmorris said:
I speak on line, time from time, to the producer of the movie, and it has not yet been released. From what I understand, they decided to take their time to do it right, and now are trying to dot the i's and cross the t's as far as the legal things go. My feeling is it will be released on the local PBS before it it makes a big screen. DVD is a different story and further down the road. Here's hoping for sooner than later, as I was intrumental in getting them hooked up with Roger W Morgan to be in the movie
Looks like it is finally being released on the BIG screen in January...
WORLD PREMIERE OF "NAPTOWN ROCK RADIO WARS"
IMAX THEATER, WHITE RIVER STATE PARK,
INDIANAPOLIS, IN JANUARY 14, 2012 7:00PM
TICKETS ON SALE: DEC. 19, 2011 10:00AM
My understanding is the delay was due mainly to music clearance rights.
WORLD PREMIERE OF "NAPTOWN ROCK RADIO WARS"
IMAX THEATER, WHITE RIVER STATE PARK,
INDIANAPOLIS, IN JANUARY 14, 2012 7:00PM
TICKETS ON SALE: DEC. 19, 2011 10:00AM
My understanding is the delay was due mainly to music clearance rights.
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Indianapolis radio may have been exciting for the Elvis generation. But, for those of us
who grew up in the 70's it really left something to be desired to say the least. While British
invasion progressive rock was sweeping the nation. You could not hear it in Indy. I put up
an antenna so I could hear Dayton, Cincinnati, St louis, Detroit, Chicago, Louisville, and
Cleveland on FM. The rest of America had some cool stations. We had mostly disco and
elevator music on FM. The good ole days just weren't really so good after all.
But, wait a minute. Indy did have some cool pirate radio stations like Radio Free Naptown.
Not much good on legal radio however!
who grew up in the 70's it really left something to be desired to say the least. While British
invasion progressive rock was sweeping the nation. You could not hear it in Indy. I put up
an antenna so I could hear Dayton, Cincinnati, St louis, Detroit, Chicago, Louisville, and
Cleveland on FM. The rest of America had some cool stations. We had mostly disco and
elevator music on FM. The good ole days just weren't really so good after all.
But, wait a minute. Indy did have some cool pirate radio stations like Radio Free Naptown.
Not much good on legal radio however!
Dave Fulton created the program because so much about Indy radio history was on the brink of being lost. Music clearance was only part of the reason for the delay in finishing Radio Wars. I hear the show ends up at over 100 minutes in length, up from what was expected to be 60 minutes. That's a lot of of radio history.
Rumor has it that Radio Free Naptown will be included in Radio Wars. Looking around the internet about Radio Free Naptown I find a site at www.wrfn.org that has pictures and commentary about this Indy bootleg station.
Rumor has it that Radio Free Naptown will be included in Radio Wars. Looking around the internet about Radio Free Naptown I find a site at www.wrfn.org that has pictures and commentary about this Indy bootleg station.
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i doubt if they're going to make Speilberg money on this, in fact they probably won't make squat, BUT i applaud them for taking their time to create something, if for nothing else can show others what the GOLDEN AGE OF RADIO WAS ALL ABOUT. because there's nothing to cheer about out there now. :'(
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media1170 said:
i remember and enjoyed radio free naptown.
it was what the rock stations should have been and should be in my opinion.
WNAP in its early day had its times it was close but those non-pros put out good radio.better then the commercial stations.
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Boy, I sure Art Vuolo is heavily involved. He has enough video-airchecks and audio-airchecks of that era to make it even better!
Would love to have a promo to run on air to promote the opening of the movie.
WLS was by far the best thing to easily listen to that was consistently entertaining in Indianapolis over many years.
When WNDE went adult and WIFE went away was so close to the start of WFBQ. WNAP was absolutely great when it was great. It absolutely sucked when programming changes to protect WIBC took place. By the end it was so often that it had the WTPI feel. (Hello, anyone home?)
Shirk had the best jingles over time because he bought more good jingles, longer. Anyone who never heard "Space Station Shirk" can't claim the radio heritage.
WIBC had Heller, yawn. Old people love those. Some had shining points but as a whole, yawn. When WFBQ came o be there was a period of no jingles on any station Top 40ish. WIRE had a great jingle package but again no contemporary music.
There was probably more great talent in Louisville over a longer period of time than Indianapolis on more stations. There were more AM stations that were in play than Indianapolis. WAKY, WHAS, WTMT, the old New Albany frequency that kept trying to get into Louisville, WKLO, all were doing top 40 with competitive talent for years.
Indy had WIBC but it moved away from Top 40. This left only WNDE and WIFE that had signal problems at night. And because there were only 2 stations with a night signal they were more of a duplicate of each other than the variety Louisville offered. WXLW wasn't on at night. This is why RFN did well. The lack of variety.
It has been years since Indy has had anything slightly entertaining in a contemporary format. I note that Bill Shirk and Radio Mom in Lebanon have higher ratings than any Indy station in Boone County and the station doesn't cover the whole county well.
WLS was by far the best thing to easily listen to that was consistently entertaining in Indianapolis over many years.
When WNDE went adult and WIFE went away was so close to the start of WFBQ. WNAP was absolutely great when it was great. It absolutely sucked when programming changes to protect WIBC took place. By the end it was so often that it had the WTPI feel. (Hello, anyone home?)
Shirk had the best jingles over time because he bought more good jingles, longer. Anyone who never heard "Space Station Shirk" can't claim the radio heritage.
WIBC had Heller, yawn. Old people love those. Some had shining points but as a whole, yawn. When WFBQ came o be there was a period of no jingles on any station Top 40ish. WIRE had a great jingle package but again no contemporary music.
There was probably more great talent in Louisville over a longer period of time than Indianapolis on more stations. There were more AM stations that were in play than Indianapolis. WAKY, WHAS, WTMT, the old New Albany frequency that kept trying to get into Louisville, WKLO, all were doing top 40 with competitive talent for years.
Indy had WIBC but it moved away from Top 40. This left only WNDE and WIFE that had signal problems at night. And because there were only 2 stations with a night signal they were more of a duplicate of each other than the variety Louisville offered. WXLW wasn't on at night. This is why RFN did well. The lack of variety.
It has been years since Indy has had anything slightly entertaining in a contemporary format. I note that Bill Shirk and Radio Mom in Lebanon have higher ratings than any Indy station in Boone County and the station doesn't cover the whole county well.
Do the tickets go on sale December 9th or 19th? Here is a link that states the tickets go on sale December 9: http://radiopd.wordpress.com/2011/11/22/radio-wars-indianapolis/
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Still nothing on the Indiana State Museum's IMAX website.
Any updates?
Any updates?
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i hope the dvd is available soon.
Tickets for the movie were supposed to go on sale Dec 19th at 10:00am, however, the IMAX somehow opened ticket buying for the movie a day early, so, they are available RIGHT NOW at their website. The producers of the movie are also offering a special VIP package that includes a get together at the Hard Rock Cafe, a who's who so to speak of WIFE and WNAP jocks, a poster, a tshirt, and of course your movie ticket, that gives you first entry to chose your seat. Here is a link to their website
[urlhttp://www.naptownrockradiowars.com/][/url]
[urlhttp://www.naptownrockradiowars.com/][/url]
If I can give a testimonial, I was one of 10 who had the honor to see this movie in a special screening a few months ago. From that screening the producers took our feedback of what we felt was great, what might need tweaked, and, what should go to a deleted scene on a DVD. Dave and his crew took our feedback and from what I hear, its even better. The anticipation is exciting.
As far as a DVD...maybe one day I am told, but, do not hold your breath...it goes back to all that music licencing and legal stuff. They are hoping the Fair Use act will benefit them...Lawyers are talking...in the meantime, make it to the Premiere. If they get a good showing, then perhaps the IMAX will have a limited run of the film
As far as a DVD...maybe one day I am told, but, do not hold your breath...it goes back to all that music licencing and legal stuff. They are hoping the Fair Use act will benefit them...Lawyers are talking...in the meantime, make it to the Premiere. If they get a good showing, then perhaps the IMAX will have a limited run of the film
media1170 said:
Are you serious? Do you think there are that many people at all interested in this stuff?
I hope there is a massive turnout so that future showings will happen--either way, THANK YOU to all who had a hand in what's going to bring a lot of nostalgic joy to the audience. I know I'm interested, even though I didn't grow up in this area. What concerns me though is when a great effort to put on an AM re-creation of a legendary top 40 station takes place with some of the original legendary jocks and it pulls less than a 1 share. One spot on the dial with non-stop 24/7 'showings' or 1 theater in 1 city for 1 showing--to me, that seems less impactful than the AM example that often pulls a 0.4 share. Are we fooling ourselves (once again) into thinking that radio is more important to people than we think it is/was? We'll (me included) find out first hand on Jan 14.
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