In conjunction with the upcoming Red Bull Music Academy Festival New York, which takes place throughout the entire month of May, there will be the debut of a new mini-doc, Revolutions on Air. NYC radio during the ’80s featured the most dynamic and influential soundtrack the city has ever heard. Revolutions On Air is the story of mix show legends and studio wizards, innovators whose “anything goes” attitude pushed the emerging hip hop, electro, freestyle, and house music scenes and kept radio listeners citywide hooked to their tape decks for hours.
For more information about New York radio and pioneering DJs in the 80s, read Red Bull’s feature piece digging deeper into the New York radio scene.