Once upon a time, before our lives went fully digital, radio entertained, informed and dictated what was cool through theater of the mind - and with that Houston's 101 KLOL played a big role in the lives of rock radio listeners. The forthcoming documentary "Runaway Radio" focuses on the legendary outfit - starting in 1970 as a progressive rock station, where DJs played whatever they wanted, to how it evolved into one of several wild Album Oriented Rock (AOR) stations across the country, where on-air personalities were sometimes bigger than the music itself. In the film acclaimed musicians such as Lyle Lovett, ZZ Top's Dusty Hill, Melissa Etheridge and Sammy Hagar along with top radio DJs from across the US reflect on how the medium changed their lives and the lives of devoted listeners. Yet in the end, changes and pressures from Washington, the music industry and Silicon Valley led to the station's, and much of the format's, demise in the 2000s.
Runaway Radio
February 27, 2024
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Lyle Lovett
Self
Sammy Hagar
Self
Melissa Etheridge
Self
Dusty Hill
Self
Carmine Appice
Self
Doug Pinnick
Self
Mike McGuff
Director
Robert Kozar
Associate Producer
Dayna Steele
Executive Producer
Michael Repsch
Executive Producer
Doug Harris
Executive Producer
Vince Foster
Executive Producer
Mike McGuff
Producer
Jeffrey Brown
Producer
Pat Fant
Executive Producer
Felicitas Funke
Associate Producer
Veronica Rushing
Executive Producer
Allen Gilmer
Executive Producer
Amy DeVoge
Sound
Sam Kužel
Music
Alex Walker
Colorist