Poll: Radio Is a Sound Salvation!

Results of 420 votes:

1. 1.
   

   Robin Williams in Good Morning, Vietnam (1987)

    

   Airman Adrian Cronauer, humor and rock music - Armed Forces Radio, Saigon, Vietnam
2. 2.
   

   Kelsey Grammer in Frasier (1993)

    

   Frasier Crane, talk therapy - KACL, Seattle
3. 3.
   

   Dan Butler in Frasier (1993)

    

   Bob "Bulldog" Briscoe, sports - KACL, Seattle
4. 4.
   

   Howard Hesseman in WKRP in Cincinnati (1978)

    

   Dr. Johnny Fever, AKA John Caravella, AKA Rip Tide, rock music - WKRP, Cincinnati
5. 5.
   

   Wolfman Jack in American Graffiti (1973)

    

   Wolfman Jack, rock music - XERB, Modesto, CA
6. 6.
   

   John Corbett in Northern Exposure (1990)

    

   Chris Stevens, wide-ranging format - KBHR, Cicely, AK
7. 7.
   

   Clint Eastwood in Play Misty for Me (1971)

    

   Dave Garver, rock and pop music - KRML, Carmel, CA
8. 8.
   

   Howard Stern in Private Parts (1997)

    

   Howard Stern, talk - WTBU, Boston; WCCC, Hartford; WWWW, Detroit; WWDC, Washington, DC; and WNBC, New York City
9. 9.
   

   Philip Seymour Hoffman and Ralph Brown in The Boat That Rocked (2009)

    

   "The Count", rock music - Radio Rock, anchored in the North Sea
10. 10.
    

    Janeane Garofalo in The Truth About Cats & Dogs (1996)

     

    Dr. Abby Barnes, animal expert - KRWW, Los Angeles
11. 11.
    

    Minnie Driver in Grosse Pointe Blank (1997)

     

    Debi Newberry, '80s new wave music - WGPM, Grosse Pointe, MI
12. 12.
    

    Christian Slater in Pump Up the Volume (1990)

     

    Mark "Hard Harry" Hunter, wide-ranging pirate radio format - HHH, suburb of Phoenix, AZ
13. 13.
    

    Samuel L. Jackson in Do the Right Thing (1989)

     

    Mister Señor Love Daddy, music and news - WE LOVE Radio, Brooklyn
14. 14.
    

    Lynne Thigpen in The Warriors (1979)

     

    The lady DJ, news and opinion - unnamed underground station, New York City
15. 15.
    

    Eric Bogosian in Talk Radio (1988)

     

    Barry Champlin, opinion - KGAB, Dallas
16. 16.
    

    Meryl Streep, Lily Tomlin, Garrison Keillor, Lindsay Lohan, and Prairie in A Prairie Home Companion (2006)

     

    Garrison Keiller and the musicians, singers, comedians and actors from American's most celebrated live radio show - WLT, St. Paul, MN
17. 17.
    

    THAT '70s SHOW: Randy (Josh Meyers, L) watches Donna (Laura Prepon, R) as she experiences minor difficulties raising money for children's books in the "Who Needs You" episode of THAT '70s SHOW airing Thursday, Jan. 19 (8:00-8:30 PM ET/PT) on FOX.

     

    "Hot Donna" Pinciotti, rock music - WFPP, Point Place, WI
18. 18.
    

    Khandi Alexander and Phil Hartman in NewsRadio (1995)

     

    Evelyn William "Bill" McNeal and Catherine Duke, news - WNYX, New York City
19. 19.
    

    Wallace Shawn in Radio Days (1987)

     

    The Masked Avenger, adventure serial - station unknown, New York City
20. 20.
    

    Andy Griffith in A Face in the Crowd (1957)

     

    Larry "Lonesome" Rhodes, live music and folksy humor - KGRK, Pickett, AR
21. 21.
    

    John Malkovich in Changeling (2008)

     

    Rev. Gustav Briegleb, religion and politics - KGP, Los Angeles
22. 22.
    

    Joe Mantegna in Airheads (1994)

     

    Ian "The Shark", rock music - KPPX, Los Angeles
23. 23.
    

    Kevin Bacon in Telling Lies in America (1997)

     

    Billy Magic, rock music - WHK, Cleveland
24. 24.
    

    Tim Reid in WKRP in Cincinnati (1978)

     

    Venus Flytrap AKA Gordon Sims, R&B music - WKRP, Cincinnati
25. 25.
    

    Cleavon Little in Vanishing Point (1971)

     

    Super Soul - WOK, Goldfield, NV
26. 26.
    

    Don Cheadle in Talk to Me (2007)

     

    Ralph "Petey" Greene, talk - WOL-AM, Washington, DC
27. 27.
    

    Rhys Ifans and Tom Sturridge in The Boat That Rocked (2009)

     

    Gavin Kavanagh, rock music - Radio Rock, anchored in the North Sea
28. 28.
    

    Tessa Thompson in Dear White People (2014)

     

    Samantha White, opinion - Winchester University Student Radio
29. 29.
    

    Richard Sanders in WKRP in Cincinnati (1978)

     

    Les Nessman, news - WKRP, Cincinnati
30. 30.
    

    Dolly Parton in Straight Talk (1992)

     

    "Doctor Shirlee" Kenyon, advice - WNDY, Chicago
31. 31.
    

    Martin Lawrence in Martin (1992)

     

    Martin Payne, opinion - WZUP, Detroit
32. 32.
    

    Karin Viard in On Air (2012)

     

    Claire Martin AKA Mélina, advice - station unknown, France
33. 33.
    

    Dina Spybey-Waters, Tom Beckett, John Bedford Lloyd, Amanda Naughton, and Kevin O'Rourke in Remember WENN (1996)

     

    The various actors and singers, including Hilary Booth, Mackie Bloom, Tom Eldridge and Mr. Foley, multiple serials - WENN, Pittsburgh
34. 34.
    

    Tim McIntire in American Hot Wax (1978)

     

    Alan Freed, rock and pop music - WJW, Cleveland, later WINS, New York City
35. 35.
    

    Alison J. Forest, Barbara Lucchi, Marco Luisi, and Tommaso Ramenghi in Working Slowly (Radio Alice) (2004)

     

    The Italian champions of autonomist Marxism, politics and other free-flowing content - Radio Alice, Bologna, Italy