Biography

Born in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, New York in 1960. raised on the music of The Beatles and rock and roll radio. Pirate radio exploits on radio stations WFAT and WCPR as Disk Jockey Hank Hayes served as the inspiration for the motion picture character "Happy Harry Hardon" in "Pump Up The Volume."
- IMDb mini biography by: Johnny Calabro

Brooklyn, NY native, Johnny Calabro grew up listening to rock and roll radio disc jockeys playing music of The Beatles. Johnny decided that he should have a radio station of his own, so he helped build one in the bedroom of the NYC Housing Projects he lived in. His "Pirate Radio" exploits as a teen (using the names Hal Hall and Hank Hayes) served as the inspiration for the motion picture character "Happy Harry Hardon" in "Pump Up The Volume."
- IMDb mini biography by: Marie Mohamad