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Worst to First

"Just outside the city limits just across the riverin New Jersey." And that radio...

"Just outside the city limits just across the river
in New Jersey." And that radio station
had the approval of the FCC to move its tower
and transmitter to the Empire State Building

Full Transcript

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"Just outside the city limits
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just across the river in New Jersey."
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And that radio station had the approval of the FCC
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to move its tower and transmitter
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to the Empire State Building.
Duration
13 seconds
Views
24
Timestamp in Movie
00:03:45
Uploaded
Apr 30, 2025
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Movie Summary

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.
Now it was time to go find just the right person - Worst to First 00:10
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 00:12
This person had to be just a little bit screwed up
[ Static ] - Worst to First 00:06
[ Static ]
- Today, it was a time to cry. Scott Shannon was leaving. - Worst to First 00:05
- Today, it was a time to cry. Scott Shannon was leaving.
- Well, for thousands, others, - Worst to First 00:05
- Well, for thousands, others,
- As co-keeper of the Q Zoo, - Worst to First 00:06
- As co-keeper of the Q Zoo,
- New York City was an impossibly saturated media market. - Worst to First 00:05
- New York City was an impossibly saturated media market.
It is the toughest market in the world to break into. - Worst to First 00:04
It is the toughest market in the world to break into.
If you want to be on radio in New York, - Worst to First 00:10
If you want to be on radio in New York,
- This guy kept calling me from Cleveland - Worst to First 00:08
- This guy kept calling me from Cleveland
So then I got a call from a buddy of mine - Worst to First 00:09
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 00:06
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 00:08
And they said, "Well, we did, but he won't return ...
It was really a daunting task, to say the least. - Worst to First 00:05
It was really a daunting task, to say the least.
- There are a lot of golden retrievers - Worst to First 00:04
- There are a lot of golden retrievers
You had the traditional talk radio audience. - Worst to First 00:04
You had the traditional talk radio audience.
Listen to John A. Gambling at W-O-R. - Worst to First 00:04
Listen to John A. Gambling at W-O-R.
And you still had WBLS and WKTU being very popular. - Worst to First 00:05
And you still had WBLS and WKTU being very popular.
You had WPLJ, - Worst to First 00:06
You had WPLJ,
You are WNBC, which had Imus in the morning, - Worst to First 00:07
You are WNBC, which had Imus in the morning,