September 9, 1959: Rock 'n' roll is about to become big, but not in Peoria. That is, unless Sam, as DJ Howlin' Chick Howell, can manage to keep the radio station where he's employed from being shut down by overly conservative town elders.

Barbara Perry, Chubby Checker, Douglas Ibold, E.R. Davies, Hal England, J. Frank Stewart, Kurt Andon, Patricia Richardson, Richard McKenzie, Steve Bean, Steve Whiteford, Todd Merrill