RADIO

Beirut rock radio stations are riding a wave of popularity as teens look for an antidote to relieve the tensions of civil war, according to Reuters. Apart from 70-cent movies, night life in Christian East Beirut is expensive, so youngsters tend to stay at home and listen to one of 50 stations broadcasting in the area. Biggest current hit on the FM stations? Rick Springfield’s “Honeymoon in Beirut.” Lyrics: “I wake up every night to the sound of breaking glass/Got troops in the bed and tanks in the hall.”