Surprised they didn't include "Tune In Tomorrow", a 1990s film based on the novel "Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter" by Nobel Prize winning author Mario Vargas Llosa. The novel was set in South America, while the movie shifts the setting to New Orleans in the 1950s. It featured an outstanding performance by Peter Falk, with capable assistance from Barbara Hershey and Keanu Reeves. Although it didn't do much at the box office, it's remained a favourite of mine for many years. Here's a sample:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WJAwNiA7_M&list=PLDJ46LuDzJdCBz0hls-uzLO6nPjce0KBz
 

This thread actually jolted my memory about a very weird radio-related film that came out in the 50s but I saw in those pre-cable TV days when stations would show a "late late movie" around midnight. It was called "The Next Voice You Hear," and it was tremendously bizarre and definitely a creature of its time. 

James Whitmore and future First Lady Nancy Reagan (then Davis) starred as the typical American couple who became increasingly intrigued by a strange phenomenon on their radio. Their regular programming was interrupted on every channel by the supposed voice of God, who came on the air at the exact same time every night for a week, with the exception of Sunday. (Because on the 7th day He rested!) 

Those in North America heard the voice speaking English. For the people in France, it came out in French, while Tokyo radio listeners heard it at the exact same time in Japanese. It even came over the radio in a pilot's cockpit. The conceit of the film was that the movie audience never actually heard the voice, but some character would inevitably repeat the daily divine "message." 

I have no real memory of how this thing ended but the odd plotline has stayed with me all these years. It really was incredibly strange and I'm pretty sure today's audiences would never go for it. But in an era of white picket fences, affordable suburban bungalows, a nuclear family and Joseph McCarthy, it proved fairly popular. 

RadioActive wrote:

Can't say I've heard about all of these before, but I've seen a few of them. They left out others that could be listed, including "FM," which had a great cast and a great soundtrack.

FM, which admittedly had a great cast and soundtrack and a few funny lines here and there, ultimately struck me as being kind of silly. The whole premise of "We don't want these big bad sponsors bringing money into the station and making it sound corporate" comes off as seeming somewhat laughable and pretentious, especially when the station is playing the likes of Linda Ronstadt, The Doobie Brothers and The Eagles, just to name a few. (Some of my favourite artists, but there's no denying they epitomized corporate rock in the '70s).

Also, it could give people that weren't in the biz the wrong impression as to how things worked; namely, you can be a cool, laid-back rock jock and do whatever the hell you want, and your mass of followers will always be there to save you. I'm pretty sure Jeff Dugan's rogue antics would've gotten his sorry ass tossed out the door, even back in 1978.


PJ
 

The Vast of Night is a tremendous little sci-fi film (budget was $700K)- available on Amazon Prime.  Pontypool is a great Canadian horror film.  It’s essentially about a zombie virus that spreads through the English language.  The story centres around the radio station in the small town of Pontypool Ontario.

This radio related movie is my favourite since I grew up during the last years of network radio and the dawn of TV.
it is Woody Allen's "Radio Days".and is based on his own childhood and how he relied on radio to provide an escape for him from his dysfunctional family life.  Very funny and heartwarming film.

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