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Talk Radio (1988) More at IMDbPro »

• In his research for the film version, actor Eric Bogosian often watched the on-air production of Tom Leykis' talk show, then originating from Los Angeles station KFI. Bogosian's fictional character in the film shares many speech patterns and mannerisms with real-life talker Leykis.
  
  
• Eric Bogosian wrote the screenplay with help from director Oliver Stone. The screenplay was almost entirely based on Bogosian's original play and some biographical information about Alan Berg, a talk show host in Denver who was murdered in 1984 by white supremacists.
  
  
• The Playboy that John C. McGinley is reading has an interview with Oliver Stone in it.
  
  
• Eric Bogosian's play, on which the film is based, was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize.
  
  
• Michael Wincott also played the role of Kent in the stage version.
  
  
• The radio tower seen at the end of the film is the tower for KDFW, Dallas' Fox affiliate (although at the time of the film, KDFW was the affiliate for CBS).
  
  
• The announcer for the radio station is the voice of Chip Moody, who was the news anchor for WFAA, Dallas' ABC affiliate.
  
  

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