Radio Radio

"...this is very much an essential text." - Todd Berryman, The Great Curve Erik Randal is a popular night jock at WLAM in Lamasco. His best friend is about to get married, and his career and love life are going nowhere. Erik decides what he needs is to manage the music of a radio station. The trick is to find a station that will let him. When a large corporation buys WLAM, he realizes it won't happen there. Erik rethinks his priorities when he meets a beautiful local singer/songwriter named Myra. As WLAM's new owners are turning the station into his worst nightmare, an old friend makes Erik an offer he can't refuse. He's faced with the cruelest choice an on-air personality must make...his dream job, or his dream girl. Ian Shane states his case for earning the title "America's Nick Hornby" in his debut novel. His take on corporate radio during the height of the consolidation era shines the light on radio executives who ignore their audience, select terrible music, and execute stupid radio stunts. Ian's rapier-sharp dialogue paints a humorous and often poignant picture of male bonding, love, and music. Prepare yourself to gather the other villagers, light the torches, storm the iHeart castle, and demand better radio.