LITTLE-KNOWN FACTS
A Casualty of Wartime
"Over a thousand bobby pins have poured into WNYC New York's municipal station, because a ballerina in an interview on that station had casually mentioned the difficulty in obtaining them. Ted Cott, m.c. gallantly suggested that listeners help out the dancer by sending her one or two of the now scarce hair clips. Extra pins will be donated to the salvage drive, the ballerina promises."
Source: "Thousands of Pins," Broadcasting, April 19, 1943, pg. 18.
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Music to Swim By
"With the arrival of warm weather, WNYC, New York's municipal station has resumed its half-hour summer daily program, Music to Swim By, which features popular music piped through public address systems to New York's public swimming pools and beaches."
Source: Broadcasting, August 1, 1940, pg. 115.
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WNYC's First Documentaries
"Copying the methods used in motion picture production, whereby a scene is 'shot' and recorded, then subjected to editing, New York City's municipal station. WNYC, is experimenting with 'on-the-spot' sound in transcribed broadcasts. The first of a series of test programs on the various city departments has been completed and is ready for broadcast. It depicts a day in a neighborhood health center. The actual conversations were recorded."
Source: "Radio Station Uses Film Editing Method," Motion Picture Herald, February 4, 1939, pg. 43.
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Recently exposed to a trove of vintage recordings Archive Intern Byrd Pinkerton does some thinking, slicing and dicing. A little context with your content?
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