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

New York City was an impossiblysaturated media market

New York City was an impossibly
saturated media market

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- New York City was an impossibly saturated media market.
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00:04:45
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Apr 30, 2025
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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.
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,
But those personalities were so powerful - Worst to First 00:07
But those personalities were so powerful
See, in 1974, when I started at WPLJ, - Worst to First 00:12
See, in 1974, when I started at WPLJ,
It encompassed Led Zeppelin, - Worst to First 00:08
It encompassed Led Zeppelin,
- * Oh, freak out - Worst to First 00:06
- * Oh, freak out
- Basically, what wound up happening at radio - Worst to First 00:15
- Basically, what wound up happening at radio
- * About the new dance craze - Worst to First 00:12
- * About the new dance craze
- * The Q Zoo in the morning - Worst to First 00:06
- * The Q Zoo in the morning