FM (1978) Reviews

If you lived in Los Angeles during the 60's and 70's, you'll definitely understand and relate to this wonderful "un-official" send-up of what happened to shut down real rock 'n roll at radio station KMET-FM, the last surviving "underground" FM radio station of the 70's. Conglomerate KLOS-FM and independent KMET-FM were in a ratings and cultural battle that pushed the envelope of radio decency and the right to free speech unlike no other. The radio personalities: B. Mitchell Reid, Mary "Mounds" Turner, etc. Situations like "Champagne PayDays" where the DJ's would drink while spinning records, as well as "suspected" pot-smoking while on-the-air, along with playing as few commercials as possible, helped to bring down the station at the middle of the seventies. If you were there, or, if you wanna see what it was like during a time when the people controlled the airwaves, FM is the movie for you!
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The description of this movie is partially incorrect...the management wasn't going to make a format change...on the contrary...the format was so successful that they were going to whore it out by overselling commercial time to the Army which would have made the station seem like it was owned by the Army which would have lost them listeners. This is a must see for any Disc Jockeys or any fans of music period! The music in this movie is worth owning the movie if for no other reason than to see live performances by Linda Ronstadt and Jimmy Buffett and an interview with Tom Petty...but the sneak peak behind the scenes at how radio was run in the 70's (as an ex DJ...I know it WAS like this) makes this a piece of music history!!
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