Great find, Ed! Mostly Receiving
> On May 23, 2020, at 12:13, Ed <bern...@panix.com> wrote: > > John, thanks for sharing that interesting history about WNYC. Last spring > a memorial service for our departed SWLfest friend Michael Pool (the 'Radio > Professor') was fittingly held outdoors at the former transmission site of > WNYC-AM in what's now known as 'Transmitter Park' in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, > New York City. > > Note the link below to the audio and transcript of a 1937 broadcast by WNYC > about the dedication of its new transmission facility there, during which the > New York City "Police and Sanitation Bands" played live on the air! > > https://www.wnyc.org/story/dedication-of-wnyc-transmitter-site-in-greenpoint/ > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WNYC_Transmitter_Park > > -Ed > > > At 11:28 AM 5/23/2020, John A. Figliozzi wrote: > >> The 1960s were pre-NPR by a significant measure. WNYC then was municipally >> owned by the City of New York (WNYE was and may still be owned of the New >> York City Board of Education) and it’s output more resembled that of present >> day Pacifica (which owns WBAI today) than present day NPR. Mayor Fiorello >> LaGuardia famously used WNYC to read the comic pages to children during one >> of the city’s lengthy mid century newspaper strikes. >> >> John Figliozzi >> >> May 22, 2020, at 4:51 PM, Richard Cuff <rdc...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > >> >  >> > https://rijmenants.blogspot.com/2020/05/radio-moscow-and-cold-war.html?fbclid=IwAR0h0PM8BDQB6vbdMJXsqJPxblp96MhlzxylbRlPAQuSmQDR68kXIJI2wFI >> > >> > >> > Note the existence of archives at WNYC! >> > >> > RC > _______________________________________________ > Swlfest mailing list > Swlfest@hard-core-dx.com > http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/swlfest > > To unsubscribe: Send an E-mail to > swlfest-requ...@hard-core-dx.com?subject=unsubscribe, or visit the URL shown > above. > > For more information on the Fest, visit: > > http://www.swlfest.com > http://swlfest.blogspot.com
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