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BROADCAST ON WNYC TODAY IN…
1924: From the Mark Strand Theater in Brooklyn, live performances from: The Ritz Male Quartette, The Mark Strand Orchestra, tenor Carlo Ferretti, coloratura soprano Charlotte Berg, a xylophone duet by the Green Brothers, and violinist Sasha Kindle, perform live.
1947: Mayor William O'Dwyer addresses a crowd of children about the importance of the Friendship Food Train, which is ending its journey across the U.S. in New York City.
1959: I. Philip Sipser, labor lawyer and Chairman of the Waterfront Committee of the Urban League of Greater New York, is the guest on Campus Press Conference. Sipser talks about discrimination against African-American longshoremen.
1966: Mayor John Lindsay tells reporters he hopes the 20-cent subway fare will not have to go up.
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May 1, 1937
Communication & Broadcast Engineering Magazine Runs 3-Page Feature on WNYC's 100-watt PA Truck.
Aaron Nadell writes: "The truck itself is a 1937 Chevrolet, streamlined, and finished in aluminum with fenders and wheels of ultramarine blue...two-tone lettering. The flag of the city flies from the central staff. The number 810 at the rear of the body shows the frequency of Station WNYC."
The truck was used for "park concerts, parades and public celebrations. Its first use was in connection with the formal opening of the west side elevated highway for automobile traffic. The truck’s microphones and loudspeakers reinforced the speeches of the city officials. Afterward, it participated in the parade of vehicles that followed the cutting of the ribbon stretched across the new roadway." The truck also relayed the ceremony via shortwave to the station for general broadcast. (Photo courtesy of the NYC Municipal Archives)
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Kurt Vonnegut was interviewed on WNYC's Reader's Almanac no less than 5 times!
To listen to them all and more, see: Vonnegut.
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