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Worst to First

WORST TO FIRST is a feature-length documentary that portrays the against-all-odds inspirational story of the launch of the iconic and most successful radio station in history, New York City's Z100.

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Mitchell Stuart

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I'm a radio programmer
and radio deejay. - Worst to First

I'm a radio programmer and radio deejay.

I'm standing in
333 Meadowlands Parkway - Worst to First

I'm standing in 333 Meadowlands Parkway

Because this is where
the story began. - Worst to First

Because this is where the story began.

- The top of
the Empire State Building. - Worst to First

- The top of the Empire State Building.

- Z100, New York. - Worst to First

- Z100, New York.

[ "Wanted Dead or Alive"
by Bon Jovi playing ] - Worst to First

[ "Wanted Dead or Alive" by Bon Jovi playing ]

I was driving across
the Driscoll Bridge - Worst to First

I was driving across the Driscoll Bridge

Back then, the radio ratings - Worst to First

Back then, the radio ratings

People would stand
around the machine - Worst to First

People would stand around the machine

If we had taken this format, - Worst to First

If we had taken this format,

I see the number one station,
the R&B station, WRKS. - Worst to First

I see the number one station, the R&B station, WRKS.

So I look down in the next 10,
no Z100. - Worst to First

So I look down in the next 10, no Z100.

- And I get down to like 40
and 45. - Worst to First

- And I get down to like 40 and 45.

- The biggest radio stations
had a reputation that went back - Worst to First

- The biggest radio stations had a reputation that went back

- There are stations
from Philadelphia - Worst to First

- There are stations from Philadelphia

- And at number 51, W-H-T-Z. - Worst to First

- And at number 51, W-H-T-Z.

We were in last effing place - Worst to First

We were in last effing place

My wife said, what's wrong?
We suck. That's what's wrong. - Worst to First

My wife said, what's wrong? We suck. That's what&#...

Malrite's chairman and CEO
was Milton Maltz. - Worst to First

Malrite's chairman and CEO was Milton Maltz.

One day he popped his head
in my office and said, - Worst to First

One day he popped his head in my office and said,

"Just outside the city limits - Worst to First

"Just outside the city limits

Now it was time to go find
just the right person - Worst to First

Now it was time to go find just the right person

This person had to be
just a little bit screwed up - Worst to First

This person had to be just a little bit screwed up

[ Static ] - Worst to First

- Today, it was a time to cry.
Scott Shannon was leaving. - Worst to First

- Today, it was a time to cry. Scott Shannon was leaving.

- Well, for thousands, others, - Worst to First

- Well, for thousands, others,

- As co-keeper of the Q Zoo, - Worst to First

- As co-keeper of the Q Zoo,

- New York City was an impossibly
saturated media market. - Worst to First

- New York City was an impossibly saturated media market.

It is the toughest market
in the world to break into. - Worst to First

It is the toughest market in the world to break into.

If you want to be on radio
in New York, - Worst to First

If you want to be on radio in New York,

- This guy kept
calling me from Cleveland - Worst to First

- This guy kept calling me from Cleveland

So then I got a call
from a buddy of mine - Worst to First

So then I got a call from a buddy of mine

Then I realized that they kept
asking me questions about you." - Worst to First

Then I realized that they kept asking me questions about you...

And they said, "Well, we did,
but he won't return our calls." - Worst to First

And they said, "Well, we did, but he won't return ...

It was really a daunting task,
to say the least. - Worst to First

It was really a daunting task, to say the least.

- There are a lot
of golden retrievers - Worst to First

- There are a lot of golden retrievers

You had the traditional
talk radio audience. - Worst to First

You had the traditional talk radio audience.

Listen to John A. Gambling
at W-O-R. - Worst to First

Listen to John A. Gambling at W-O-R.

And you still had WBLS and WKTU
being very popular. - Worst to First

And you still had WBLS and WKTU being very popular.

You had WPLJ, - Worst to First

You are WNBC,
which had Imus in the morning, - Worst to First

You are WNBC, which had Imus in the morning,

But those personalities
were so powerful - Worst to First

But those personalities were so powerful

See, in 1974,
when I started at WPLJ, - Worst to First

See, in 1974, when I started at WPLJ,

It encompassed Led Zeppelin, - Worst to First

It encompassed Led Zeppelin,

- * Oh, freak out - Worst to First

- * Oh, freak out

- Basically, what wound up
happening at radio - Worst to First

- Basically, what wound up happening at radio

- * About the new dance craze - Worst to First

- * About the new dance craze

- * The Q Zoo in the morning - Worst to First

- * The Q Zoo in the morning

- * Shannon, Cleveland,
Brooks, and Tedd Webb * - Worst to First

- * Shannon, Cleveland, Brooks, and Tedd Webb *

And I threw my little booklet
at him - Worst to First

And I threw my little booklet at him

So I'm at the elevator bank
and out comes Mr. Malrite. - Worst to First

So I'm at the elevator bank and out comes Mr. Malrite.

And he said,
"Where are you going?" - Worst to First

And he said, "Where are you going?"

[ Horn honks ] - Worst to First

- Serving middle Tennessee - Worst to First

- Serving middle Tennessee

- I originally met Scott in 1972, - Worst to First

- I originally met Scott in 1972,

- * Super Shan, WMAK - Worst to First

- * Super Shan, WMAK

He had big hair, that big chin,
and he was bigger than life. - Worst to First

He had big hair, that big chin, and he was bigger than life.

Privately, Scott is very demure
and very quiet. - Worst to First

Privately, Scott is very demure and very quiet.

And as soon as that
microphone goes on, he's on. - Worst to First

And as soon as that microphone goes on, he's on.

- Scott's passion
is being on the air. - Worst to First

- Scott's passion is being on the air.

He will do anything
to be on the air. - Worst to First

He will do anything to be on the air.

Scott was hired
to be program director - Worst to First

Scott was hired to be program director

You know,
they basically said to him, - Worst to First

You know, they basically said to him,

Scott was driven out
of the WPGC - Worst to First

Scott was driven out of the WPGC

- WPGC FM and AM morningside.
It's 12:01. - Worst to First

- WPGC FM and AM morningside. It's 12:01.

- The day he left to interview
in Tampa, - Worst to First

- The day he left to interview in Tampa,

A few days later,
he calls me and he said, - Worst to First

A few days later, he calls me and he said,

- * Good morning from the Q
Morning Zoo * - Worst to First

- * Good morning from the Q Morning Zoo *

Two and a half years later, - Worst to First

Two and a half years later,

- Shannon has taken Q 105
and made it - Worst to First

- Shannon has taken Q 105 and made it

He's won an award for being
the top deejay in the country. - Worst to First

He's won an award for being the top deejay in the count...

He calls me into his office
one day and he goes, - Worst to First

He calls me into his office one day and he goes,

And he proceeds to tell me - Worst to First

And he proceeds to tell me

You're making good money
and you just met a girl. - Worst to First

You're making good money and you just met a girl.

I traveled to New York
for business, which was great, - Worst to First

I traveled to New York for business, which was great,

And I loved everything
that New York City had to offer, - Worst to First

And I loved everything that New York City had to offer,

I was a southern girl,
grew up in Louisville - Worst to First

I was a southern girl, grew up in Louisville

- She did agree to go with me
on my first trip - Worst to First

- She did agree to go with me on my first trip

- We flew into Newark
and Scott's so excited. - Worst to First

- We flew into Newark and Scott's so excited.

It's nighttime and he looks up
and he goes, - Worst to First

It's nighttime and he looks up and he goes,

I'm going to be talking, - Worst to First

I'm going to be talking,

It's always --
I get a big kick out of it. - Worst to First

It's always -- I get a big kick out of it.

It's like, hear one of our
records come on, I crank it. - Worst to First

It's like, hear one of our records come on, I crank it.

* I hate myself for loving you - Worst to First

* I hate myself for loving you

- When we made that transition
on WPLJ - Worst to First

- When we made that transition on WPLJ

We were about to enter Top 40's - Worst to First

We were about to enter Top 40's

And then out of nowhere
came Scott Shannon. - Worst to First

And then out of nowhere came Scott Shannon.

And I ran into two new friends
down the block. Two brothers. - Worst to First

And I ran into two new friends down the block. Two brothers.

And they had a big sister
who loved music, - Worst to First

And they had a big sister who loved music,

And one day we just got into it
and I said, - Worst to First

And one day we just got into it and I said,

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WORST TO FIRST is a feature-length documentary that portrays the against-all-odds inspirational story of the launch of the iconic and most successful radio station in history, New York City's Z100.

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Director: Mitchell Stuart

Writer: Mitchell Stuart

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Year: 2022

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ImdbRating: 7.4

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Released: 11 Feb 2022

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