John, thanks for sharing that interesting history
about WNYC. Last spring a memorial service for
our departed SWLfest friend Michael Pool (the
'Radio Professor') was fittingly held outdoors at
the former transmission site of WNYC-AM in what's
now known as 'Transmitter Park' in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, New York City.
Note the link below to the audio and transcript
of a 1937 broadcast by WNYC about the dedication
of its new transmission facility there, during
which the New York City "Police and Sanitation Bands" played live on the air!
https://www.wnyc.org/story/dedication-of-wnyc-transmitter-site-in-greenpoint/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WNYC_Transmitter_Park
-Ed
At 11:28 AM 5/23/2020, John A. Figliozzi wrote:
The 1960s were pre-NPR by a significant
measure. WNYC then was municipally owned by the
City of New York (WNYE was and may still be
owned of the New York City Board of Education)
and its output more resembled that of present
day Pacifica (which owns WBAI today) than
present day NPR. Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia
famously used WNYC to read the comic pages to
children during one of the citys lengthy mid century newspaper strikes.
John Figliozzi
May 22, 2020, at 4:51 PM, Richard Cuff <[email protected]> wrote:
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https://rijmenants.blogspot.com/2020/05/radio-moscow-and-cold-war.html?fbclid=IwAR0h0PM8BDQB6vbdMJXsqJPxblp96MhlzxylbRlPAQuSmQDR68kXIJI2wFI
>
> Note the existence of archives at WNYC!
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> RC
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