WNYC Preservation and Archive Donations

If you have WNYC older recordings, even those you've copied off the radio, they may be of interest to us. They can be on tape or disc. We are looking for WNYC produced materials, not programs from NPR or other public radio outlets. Annual reports, letters, photographs of people in front of WNYC microphones, old WNYC American Music Festival program listings, posters and other promotional items used by the station over the years are also of interest.

WNYC has a rich broadcast legacy that reflects the history of New York City for the better part of the 20th Century. Broadcasts and the various documents, like those mentioned above, help tell the station's and the city's story. For example, we would use any back issues of the WNYC program guide, like the Masterwork Bulletin from 1935 to 1982. Many of these and other items have long since disappeared. Since the creation of the WNYC Archives as a department in 2000, we've been working hard to organize and properly preserve and store the older recordings, documents and station artifacts. Now, we're looking to repatriate materials that have long since left the station. You can help!

If you have something we would like to add to our collection, we will make a preservation copy, give it a new safe home, and acknowledge your donation in writing. If you have something you'd think we'd like, but you can't part with, let's talk. Perhaps we can arrange for a copy to be made.

If you think you have something you would like to donate to the WNYC archives, please contact station archivist Andy Lanset.
or you can write to him at the WNYC Archives
160 Varick Street
New York, NY 10013

Thanks for your interest!

• Introduction to WNYC Preservation and Archive Unit
• Listen to An Audio Archive
• Read Andy Lanset's Bio
• More about WNYC History
• Launch the WNYC 80th Anniversary Timeline
• WNYC's WPA Murals Rediscovered multimedia slideshow