90 years ago this month WNYC's first employees were assembled and prepared to get to work.
The Sun newspaper reporterd, "The new personnel of the new municipal broadcasting station WNYC will consist of seventeen persons, including three women as clerks and stenographers..." The annual payroll totaled $42,840. Below are their names, titles and salaries.
Raymond Asserson - Radio Engineer-$5,000
Christie R. Bohnsack - Program Director - $4,000
Roger B. Lunn- Asst. Program Director - $3,000
Thomas Cowan -Broadcasting Supervisor - $3,000
Herman F. Neuman - Announcer - $2,700
George F. Oliver - Announcer - $2,700
Harry E. Hiller - Announcer - $2,700
Bert L. Davies - Public Address Operator - $2,400
Frank Orth, Jr. - Public Address Operator - $2,400
Isaac Brimberg -Public Address Operator - $2,400
Joseph A. Bryan - Radio Operator - $2,100
George E. Wilbicon - Radio Operator -$1,800
To Be Filled - Radio Operator - $1,800
Mildred M. Kelly - Clerk - $2,160
Matthew E. Brown - Messenger - $1,560
Edna L. Broadhurst - Stenographer - $1,560
Elfrieda Wilhelm - Stenographer - $1,560