Film

Runaway Radio

2024 · 1h 23m · Documentary

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.

Lyle Lovett

Self

Sammy Hagar

Self

Melissa Etheridge

Self

Dusty Hill

Self

Carmine Appice

Self

Doug Pinnick

Self

• Mike McGuffProducer · Director
• Jeffrey BrownProducer
• Allen GilmerExecutive Producer
• Michael RepschExecutive Producer
• Doug HarrisExecutive Producer
• Riki RushingExecutive Producer
• Vince FosterExecutive Producer
• Pat FantExecutive Producer
• Dayna SteeleExecutive Producer

Official Trailer

Release date

February 27, 2024

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 23m

Genres

Documentary