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BROADCAST ON WNYC TODAY IN…
1926: Governor Alfred E. Smith speaks to the De Witt Clinton Dinner held at the Plaza Hotel.
1938: Mayor La Guardia and Admiral Clark Woodward inaugurate WNYC's re-transmission of radio time signals from the Naval Observatory in Arlington, VA.
1945: City Council President Newbold Morris stands in for Mayor La Guardia receiving a joint Peabody Award with WNYC.
1951: Arthur W. Wallander, city director of civil defense, and Col. Sidney H. Bingham, chairman of the city's board of transportation, discuss evacuation in the event of an atomic attack.
1969: Ruth Bowman interviews ARTnews editor Thomas Hess about Willem de Kooning's exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City for this edition of Views on Art.
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WNYC Director Seymour N. Siegel's pipe tray. Except for time in the Navy during WWII, Siegel was at WNYC from 1934 to 1971. (Marc Siegel Collection)
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A Few Notable Tributes
June 21, 1954: The New York Times reported that the Goldman Band would premiere the ' WNYC March' on July 9th in Central Park to mark the station's 30 years of broadcasting. The work was scored for brass instruments and drums. The composer, Dr. Edwin Franko Goldman, said it was written "as a tribute to WNYC for the fine work it has been doing."
December 17, 1941: Variety's Citations for Advancing the Art of Radio had this to say about WNYC: "...That an atmosphere of zip and enterprise proceeds from WNYC is doubtless, due to the refereshing philosophy of the management...the station has proceeded to operate with a flair for showmanship that many a commercial station might well envy. Lacking is the usual red tape. Not in evidence, the pompous stuffiness. WNYC doesn't subscribe to membership in the 'give 'em culture even if it kills 'em' school...In a specialized field, WNYC has recognized the limitations of that field and its facilities without admitting any limitations to its opportunities to amuse, interest and inform its listeners..."
July 27, 1987: New York Magazine lauds Tim Page's program New, Old, and Unexpected: "One recent program I recall as being especially powerful, courageous, and moving was devoted to musicians who have died from AIDS. There was nothing morbid or sensational about the program, just two hours of good music. As in other fields, AIDS has had a devastating effect on the classical music community, and this poignant statement, made in purely musical terms, was one that both Page and WNYC can be proud of."
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All the News That's Fit to Flash: The voices behind the Times zipper circa, 1960. _________________________________________
Mad Men and the End of Cigarette Advertising
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Are you a smooth talker? Up on current events? Knowledgeable about music? Got a mindset like it's 1948 all over again? Then maybe, just maybe, you could be a WNYC announcer. Take the original 1948 test and find out: ANNOUNCER TEST.
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