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Bob Dylan’s Rolling Thunder Revue, As RATW Told It
In the spring of 1976, Rock Around The World devoted an entire two-part broadcast to one of the most legendary tours in rock history: Bob Dylan’s Rolling Thunder Revue.
Two Weeks, One Story
The story was big enough that RATW couldn’t fit it into a single hour. Show #90 (April 25, 1976) carried Part 1, and the following week’s Show #91 (May 2, 1976) completed the coverage with Part 2 — a rare two-episode arc that gave RATW’s national audience an extended look at the sprawling, unpredictable traveling tour that had become one of the defining rock stories of the mid-1970s.
A Newspaper Footnote
Dylan’s presence extended into RATW’s print coverage as well — Issue #15’s “RATW Press Conference” column referenced Dylan alongside the Sex Pistols, capturing a moment when old-guard rock royalty and the emerging punk movement were both making news at once.
Listen to the Story
The full two-part broadcast breakdown, along with Dylan’s other RATW appearances, is cataloged in the Rock Around The World Artist Archive.
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Rock Around The World aired weekly on more than 160 radio stations coast-to-coast from 1974 to 1980, pairing syndicated radio programming with a companion print newspaper.
