   george gimarc (born 1957) is an american disc jockey, record and radio program producer and author based in texas. he is known for his extensive and authoritative knowledge about the classic rock radio format, recorded music in general, and specifically the era of punk rock. his broadcast programs have been heard in various formats in the us, europe and new zealand, via licensed stations and unlicensed pirate radio transmitters. ==early life== after attending wallace elementary school in dallas, george gimarc graduated from lake highlands high school in the class of 1975. ===dj career=== gimarc began his career as an intern at wrr am in dallas, then worked at college as a disc jockey on the university of north texas radio station kntu. in the spring of 1977, he started a new weekly show, that eventually became known as the rock & roll alternative. this was one of the first regular new wave or punk radio shows in the united states. the rock & roll alternative program was responsible for introducing acts such as r.e.m., the go-go's, u2, the psychedelic furs, the sex pistols, devo, the b-52's, xtc, the smiths, the cult, and hundreds of others to the listening audience of the dallas and fort worth metroplex listening area from 1977 onwards. it went through three different theme songs, but its most familiar was the one provided by new friends the bangles when they were recording their first album. the rock & roll alternative program moved to commercial radio on may 18, 1980 and continued for 14 years until it was retired. along the way, it was heard on four different licensed stations throughout its run in texas - kntu / kzew / knon/ kdge. after the show moved to kzew (the zoo) in dallas, george gimarc in association with john england began to promote the ideology of free radio (as opposed to government censored radio) within the show. gimarc announced the show as being heard on the flagship station kzew and the four freedoms world service (4fws) which relayed the program via recordings for retransmission by a network of unlicensed pirate radio stations that transmitted on am, fm and shortwave in europe, and shortwave from new zealand via kiwi radio, to australasia. a texas network of public-access television cable tv channels called 4ftn, also aired special editions of gimarc's programs. while gimarc was hosting the rock &
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