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Don't Touch That Dial

Thursday, May 03, 2007

With DVD versions of classic TV shows invading the retail market, fans of the late 1970s show WKRP in Cincinnati wondered when they would get their due. But the real-life rock songs heard on the fictional radio station presented tricky music-licensing issues. Star Tribune reporter Randy Salas reveals how Twentieth Century Fox solved its dilemma and why some fans are tuning out.

Randy Salas' story on 'WKRP' DVD
List of changes in DVD release
Video compilation of deleted scenes and music


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