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Worst to First

* Z100 * WHDZ Whee!

* Z100 * WHDZ Whee!

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* Z100
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* WHDZ
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Whee!
Duration
7 seconds
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27
Timestamp in Movie
00:15:32
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.
- * Z100 WHTZ - Worst to First 00:13
- * Z100 WHTZ
WABC, which had been doing it for years and years and years, - Worst to First 00:10
WABC, which had been doing it for years and years and years,
- There were several attempts with a few stations - Worst to First 00:09
- There were several attempts with a few stations
They were just playing records, so they failed. - Worst to First 00:04
They were just playing records, so they failed.
- There were openings for small -- well, at the time, - Worst to First 00:10
- There were openings for small -- well, at the time,
The odds of any mainstream format coming in to -- - Worst to First 00:09
The odds of any mainstream format coming in to --
- There was a segment of New York radio that had gotten lazy. - Worst to First 00:04
- There was a segment of New York radio that had gotten lazy...
They just gotten kind of, - Worst to First 00:05
They just gotten kind of,
There were no real sort of - Worst to First 00:06
There were no real sort of
Obviously, the couple of the greatest R&B stations - Worst to First 00:15
Obviously, the couple of the greatest R&B stations
- So I walk into the fifth floor of the Meadowlands Hilton - Worst to First 00:08
- So I walk into the fifth floor of the Meadowlands Hilton
But what stopped me in the middle of the room - Worst to First 00:19
But what stopped me in the middle of the room
And this was Scott Shannon - Worst to First 00:08
And this was Scott Shannon
- He got not only the soul of New York, - Worst to First 00:12
- He got not only the soul of New York,
- So I come up with this plan - Worst to First 00:05
- So I come up with this plan
Well, that's good because there's about 10 million people - Worst to First 00:12
Well, that's good because there's about 10 million...
I said, "That's what I'm going to do." - Worst to First 00:13
I said, "That's what I'm going to do."
It's at that point that I knew this was going to be something - Worst to First 00:07
It's at that point that I knew this was going to be som...
- I'll tell you what, babe... [ speaks indistinctly ] - Worst to First 00:05
- I'll tell you what, babe... [ speaks indistinctly ]
I flew to New York City, - Worst to First 00:05
I flew to New York City,