- HD 1080
- Runtime: 109m.
- Status: Released
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- Languages: en
- Country: United States of America
- Director: Michael Tollin
- Stars: Cuba Gooding Jr., Ed Harris, Alfre Woodard, S. Epatha Merkerson, Debra Winger
- keywords: mentally disabled, high school, friendship, sports, american football, 1970s, american football coach, biography, based on true story, inspiration, kindness, inspiring story, teenage daughter, disability, schoolteacher, mentor protégé relationship, racial issues, based on magazine, newspaper or article, father daughter relationship, uplifting
- Production_studio: Tollin/Robbins Productions, Revolution Studios, Columbia Pictures
- Slogan: His courage made them champions.
- providers: Max Amazon Channel
- The Radio is featured in the top rankings of 2003
- #39 in Top Drama Movies of 2003
In the racially divided town of Anderson, South Carolina in 1976, football coach Harold Jones spots a mentally disabled African-American young man nicknamed Radio near his practice field and is inspired to befriend him. Soon, Radio is Jones' loyal assistant, and he becomes a student at T.L. Hanna High School. But things start to sour when Coach Jones begins taking guff from parents and fans who feel that his devotion to Radio is getting in the way of the team's quest for a championship.
