EXCLUSIVE: The story of a plucky Canadian station within the golden period of other radio is headed to PBS.
CFNY: The Spirit of Radio will broadcast on PBS in September and be out there to stream by way of PBS Passport and on BPTM+. That follows a PBS Docs deal struck with Canadian producer-distributor HighballTV.
The doc, from director Matt Schichter, will roll out within the U.S. with a community-based screening tour previous to its PBS debut. In Canada, it launched earlier this 12 months through TVO Docs following an acquisition deal.
CFNY: The Spirit of Radio chronicles how CFNY, also referred to as 102.1 The Edge, went from a tiny station launched out of a modest suburban home north of Toronto in 1976 to changing into one of the influential locations for punk, new wave and different music. The station nonetheless exists right this moment and is owned by Canadian large Corus.
Musical acts who function by way of interviews embrace Geddy Lee and Jim Kerr from Rush, Steven Web page from Barenaked Girls, Emily Haines from Metric, Ben Kowalewicz from Billy Expertise, Peter Hook from New Order/Pleasure Division, Lol Tolhurst from The Remedy, Andy McCluskey from OMD and Deryck Whibley from Sum 41.
The movie options an unique rating by Damaged Social Scene’s Brendan Canning and Ohad Benchetrit that was recorded on the likes of Abbey Street Studios, EastWest Studios, Grant Avenue Studio and Toronto’s El Mocambo.
Matthew Campagna is the producer for HighballTV, with Alan Cross, Barbara Corridor, Chantal Jackson, Ivar Hamilton and Scot Turner the manager producers. Campagna negotiated the take care of Kathryn Larsen on behalf of TBS.