Andy Lanset appears in the following:
Ready or Not, Listeners Hear John Cage Composition Over WNYC in 1945
Thursday, December 11, 2014
One of the earliest known broadcast recordings of a John Cage work.
The Poet Laureate of Radio: Norman Corwin on WNYC and WQXR
Thursday, November 06, 2014
Radio's greatest dramatist leaves his mark on both WNYC and WQXR.
Josephine, the Talking Jeep
Thursday, October 30, 2014
During World War II, WNYC was cranking out war-related programming on a full-time basis. In this classic radio play, a G.I. falls in love with the "smooth, straight lines" of his Jeep.
Mary Perot Nichols: Guiding WNYC's Rebirth and Renewal - Part 2
Monday, October 27, 2014
WNYC gets a new facility and wins a Peabody. A lot of change for WNYC in 6 years.
Mary Perot Nichols: Guiding WNYC's Rebirth and Renewal - Part 1
Monday, October 27, 2014
In 1979, when the city owned WNYC, then-Mayor Ed Koch demanded the station air the names of men who patronized prostitutes, and it cost director Mary Perot Nichols a fortune in funding.
Ring Around the Rosey: A Tony Schwartz Investigation
Wednesday, October 15, 2014
Ring around the rosey, a pocket full of posies.
Shirley Zak Hayes: WNYC's First Woman Staff Announcer
Thursday, October 09, 2014
She broke into the Boy's Club here in 1966, but she'd already distinguished herself as a community activist—thanks to her, there's no four-lane highway through Washington Square Park.
We Gave Joan Rivers a Tape-Lift
Thursday, September 04, 2014
Even tape of Joan Rivers needs a face lift, of sorts. Our archivists restored this 1999 recording of Rivers cracking wise on The Leonard Lopate Show.
Before Portable Electronic News Gathering: Re-enactments in the Studio
Monday, August 11, 2014
Before reality TV, there was reality radio - well, sort of.
Jimmy Hoffa Speaks Out on His Way to Jail
Wednesday, July 30, 2014
Nearly 40 years later the bones have disappeared but the voice is still defiant.
The Flexner Incident: Not One of Our Finer Moments
Monday, July 21, 2014
James Flexner's appearance on WNYC in 1931 could have gone better. He tells the story of the announcer with the wandering hands.
WNYC and WQXR: Pioneer Broadcasters of Latin American Music
Thursday, July 17, 2014
It started at WNYC, ended up at WQXR and packed a south of the border beat.
Losing a Husband to the Freedom Summer
Tuesday, June 24, 2014
Rita Schwerner's husband Michael was one of three civil rights workers murdered by the KKK during Freedom Summer. Hear her talk about staying the course after his death.
Thomas B. Morgan, Former Head of WNYC, Dies
Tuesday, June 17, 2014
Thomas B. Morgan, the President of the WNYC Communications Group from April 1990 to April 1994, died today. Morgan was an honorary trustee of New York Public Radio. He had not been well for some time.
How Geopolitics Shaped WNYC’s Iconic Station Identification
Friday, June 13, 2014
NBC had tones. We had a statement of hope for the world.
Kurt Vonnegut: "Fates Worse Than Death"
Wednesday, June 11, 2014
His edgy 1982 “sermon” took on the question of whether hydrogen bombs would deliver us from more terrifying circumstances. The full audio recording is now available for the first time.
Hear the Men Who Saw D-Day from Both Sides
Friday, June 06, 2014
Today marks the 70th anniversary of the largest amphibious invasion in history, where 156,000 Allied troops landed on five French beaches. But there’s a lot to learn from individual s...
Listen to the First Detailed Account of the Tiananmen Square Massacre
Monday, June 02, 2014
Shen Tong was one of China's most famous dissident leaders. Six days after the bloody suppression of student protesters at Beijing's Tiananmen Square, he walked out of the country, ca...
The Man Who Fought For and Founded WNYC
Thursday, May 29, 2014
WNYC's founding: A story from the dawn of the Radio Age.
Leader of American Anthropology Launches WNYC Series
Tuesday, May 13, 2014
American scientists and intellectuals in the fight against fascism before World War II.
