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Radio in the Movies

Posted by Hunter <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/chicagomediachat/info/user=Hunter' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on July 17, 2024, 9:30 pm

This is not Chicago related, but I recall watching the 1978 movie: FM. The movie didn't do well at the box office, but the soundtrack was terrific!

I own this film on DVD. The story is somewhat unrealistic. Nevertheless, the concert footage of Linda Ronstadt and Jimmy Buffett were sensational.
I nearly forgot Tom Petty is seen here as well.

I haven't watched this movie in over ten years or longer.

"FM" is a movie about a fictional Los Angeles rock station. What's fascinating is way back in 1978, the programmers were concerned about too much advertising diluting the sound of the music.

Fast forward to 2024 and what do we have? Radio stations owned by huge corporations which have no problem playing eight-minute commercial blocks.

Has any Chicago rock station been featured in a movie? It could be past or present.

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Posted by WYTZZ95FM <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/chicagomediachat/info/user=WYTZZ95FM' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on July 17, 2024, 11:49 pm, in reply to "Radio in the Movies"

I had a PD tell me, I am not here to play music, I am here to play commercials with music in between. Didn't even try to sugarcoat it!

Except for WLS jingle and Fred Winston's voice in Ferris Bueller's Day Off, I can't think of another in recent history!

FM was a great soundtrack, title song is solid, one of my fave Steely Dan songs.

Z

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Posted by Rockola <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/chicagomediachat/info/user=Rockola' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on July 18, 2024, 2:38 am, in reply to "Re: Radio in the Movies"

Yes indeed. Steely Dan can't really do wrong though! I was born 10-15 years too late~ I was born 2 months before Dark Side of The Moon was released. What I wouldn't give to see the majority of the '60s/'70s bands and artists in their prime. I know Fagen bowed out of touring quickly, and others were under the influence of performance-dulling chemicals at various stages, but music will never be what it was. So much variety, and so much talent.

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Posted by ChiTownGal <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/chicagomediachat/info/user=ChiTownGal' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on July 19, 2024, 11:08 pm, in reply to "Radio in the Movies"

Check out the Dolly Parton flick "Straight Talk." It takes place in a fictional talk station in Chicago, where Dolly "accidentally " gets hired as a relationship counselor. Cute rom-com!

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