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BROADCAST ON WNYC TODAY IN…
1946: The Hebrew Culture Council presents a game show quiz. Among the questions: "Palestine, not including Trans-Jordan, is approximate in size to the state of? - Answer: Vermont."
1951: After an atomic attack, experts say there won't be much traffic but there will be ambulance and taxi services. All this and more on Plan for Survival.
1968: Attorney Martin Garbus talks about integration, Cesar Chavez and the ACLU for this episode of Patricia Marx Interviews.
1988: New Sounds with John Schaefer presents new music for bass including works by Eberhard Weber, Michal Manning, Charlie Haden and others, as well as a live work for processed electric bass performed in the studio by Mark Egan.
2003: The truth about cats and dogs on this edition of The Next Big Thing.
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87 Years Ago Today on WNYC
Parade and City Hall Reception for Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh upon his return from first non-stop solo flight to Paris from New York: WNYC's Earliest Identifiable Recording. Pictured here are Lindbergh and Mayor Jimmy Walker at radio microphones (WNYC Archive Collections)
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LITTLE-KNOWN FACTS
WNYC and the National Anthem
"Girl About Town--Mrs. Elizabeth Faff upset our Mayor La Guardia the other day with a distracted squawk that our municipal radio station, WNYC, played the national anthem far too often, and at difficult hours. Mrs. F. wanted to know specifically whether she had to hop from bed or bathtub whenever the speaker gave out the tune. Hizzonner was stumped. Finally the flag association ruled that when sitting in the living room, one should stand--but whenever the action would be forced or unnatural, such as eating at table or when splashing in the tub, one should let it go."
Source: Alice Hughes, "A Woman's New York" in The Washington Post, October 25, 1938.
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WNYC to Hold Off on 'The Hot Stuff'
"When Fiorello H. La Guardia first ran for Mayor in 1933, he called for the elimination of the station as an unnecessary frill. However, after he took office, he became convinced that it was a municipal treasure. He sent for Mr. Neuman and said: 'Maestro, we're gonna keep that damn station and you're on the right track with that good music. Leave jazz to the other stations. I don't want any hot stuff.' "
Source: Obituary for "Herman Neuman, Early Leader in Classical Music on Radio, 80," The New York Times, May 5, 1976, pg. 43. Note: Herman Neuman was WNYC's Music Supervisor from 1924 to 1967. Actually, between 1940 and 1943, there was quite a bit of 'hot stuff' hitting the WNYC airwaves with Ralph Berton and Art Hodes' Jazz Institute of the Air and Metropolitan Review.
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The 1931 Files
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