Making Waves: Louisiana's Radio Story

Synopsis

Meet the voices and characters of Louisiana's radio waves-people like New Orleans Rhythm and Blues disc jockeys "Dr. Daddy-O" and "Poppa Stoppa," and country greats Frank Page and Hank Williams from the popular radio program The Louisiana Hayride. Listen and learn about WWL's big band sounds from the Roosevelt Hotel's Blue Room with Leon Kelner and His Orchestra and The Dawnbusters with radio star Margie O'Dair. From Acadiana comes the sounds of Rendezvous Acadienne from The Liberty Theater in Eunice and Revon Reed's broadcasts from Fred's Lounge in Mamou. Visit the studios of public radio's American Routes with producer and host Nick Spitzer plus many more. Making Waves: Louisiana's Radio Story combines rarely seen photographs and archival recordings with powerful videography and interviews with veteran announcers, radio program producers and listeners and lovers of that ever-lasting and growing medium we call radio.

Main Cast

John Larroquette

Narrator

Age : 76 | Popularity : 7%

Cosimo Matassa

Self

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Art Neville

Self

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Bob French

Self

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

George Jones

Self

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Ralph Sims

Self

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Kevin Fontenot

Self

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Nick Spitzer

Self

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Director	Tika Laudun
Editing	Editor	Tika Laudun Kevin Gautreaux Randy LaBauve
Production	Producer	Tika Laudun Kevin Gautreaux Randy LaBauve
	Executive Producer	Clay Fourrier
Crew	Cinematography	Tika Laudun Rex Q. Fortenberry Keith Crews
	Post Production Supervisor	Peggy Fields Todd Justice
Sound	Sound Effects	Rex Q. Fortenberry Kevin Gautreaux
	Music	Mike Esnault
	Audio Post Coordinator	Ben Williams
Writing	Writer	Kevin Gautreaux Randy LaBauve
Department	Role	Name

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