Pump Up the Volume

Name: Pump Up the Volume
Director: Allan Moyle
Genre: Music, Drama
Released: 1990-08-22
Rating: 7.1
Cast: Christian Slater, Samantha Mathis, Annie Ross, Scott Paulin, Mimi Kennedy

“TALK HARD. STEAL THE AIR.”

Mark Hunter, a lonely high school student, uses his shortwave radio to moonlight as the popular pirate DJ "Hard Harry." When his show gets blamed for a teen committing suicide, the students clash with high school faculty and the authorities.