Malcolm X on WNYC
Malcolm X in front of the Teresa Hotel in Harlem when he was still a spokesperson for the Nation of Islam.If you look closely, you'll notice the WNYC mic flag on the podium. He's wearing the same...
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Woody Guthrie's New York Radio Debut on WNYC
Woody Guthrie's first New York radio notice from the tabloid PM on July 17, 1940, pg. 22.(WNYC Archive Collections)Woody Guthrie left California and arrived in New York early in 1940. That summer, two...
View ArticleKurt Vonnegut: WNYC Reporter on the Afterlife
The author Kurt Vonnegut (1922-2007) worked with WNYC producer Marty Goldensohn on a 1998 series known as Reports on the Afterlife. A year earlier, Vonnegut explained these reports would come as a...
View ArticlePioneering Language Classes Over WNYC
Between the summer of 1925 and spring 1932, Victor Harrison-Berlitz, the General Manager of 410 U.S. Berlitz language schools, taught French, Spanish, German and Italian over WNYC. The regular classes...
View ArticleDiving into the WNYC Audio Archives
Over the past 90 years, WNYC has had the honor of hosting some of the world's most prominent figures on our airwaves. From Robert Frost to Miles Davis and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. to Winston...
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Photos: The Early Days of WNYC
Al Tropea started at WNYC as an engineer before moving on to work at City Hall, recording various events for 37 years. Over the course of that time, he took incredible photos of WNYC in its hey-day....
View ArticleGreenwich Village in WNYC's History
As part of WNYC's 90th anniversary, historian John Strausbaugh offers context for some archival sound focused on Greenwich Village. He's the author of The Village: 400 Years of Beats and Bohemians,...
View ArticleWNYC At 90: Bob Dylan's First Radio Interview
Update: On October 13, 2016, Bob Dylan was named as the recipient of the 2016 Nobel Prize in Literature. One of the longest-running programs in radio history is the WNYC show Folksong Festival, which...
View ArticleKurt Vonnegut Talks to the Dead
As part of WNYC's 90th anniversary celebration, Marty Goldensohn, former WNYC news director, shares excerpts from the station's 1998 series "Reports on the Afterlife." It's based on Vonnegut's book God...
View ArticleCelebrating WNYC's 90th Anniversary
For 90 years, WNYC has reflected -- and reflected on -- our ever-changing city. Here are some of the sounds and voices that have defined New York and New York Public Radio since July 8, 1924.
View ArticleWNYC At 90: When Leadbelly Spoke With Woody Guthrie
WNYC was founded by the City of New York in 1924; Soundcheck celebrates the station's 90 years of broadcasting this week by listening back to some of its most important musical moments.Back in 1940,...
View ArticleLangston Hughes: In His Own Words
This week, WNYC celebrates its 90th anniversary and nine decades as a touchstone for information and culture in New York. One gem in that extensive archive is a recording poet and civil rights icon...
View ArticleJacobs vs. Moses in WNYC's History
As part of WNYC's 90th anniversary celebration, Kenneth T. Jackson, Editor in Chief of The Encyclopedia of New York City: Second Edition (Yale University Press; 2 edition, 2010) and president emeritus...
View ArticleWNYC At 90: Miles Davis And Stan Getz Play Birdland In 1950
WNYC was founded by the City of New York in 1924; Soundcheck celebrates the station's 90 years of broadcasting this week by listening back to some of its most important musical moments.On Feb. 18,...
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