NYPR History Notes

NYPR Archives & Preservation
May 7, 2021 - Volume 20 Issue 19

"WNYC, in the city where more than seven million people live in peace and enjoy the benefits of democracy."

Edition # 969

BROADCAST ON WNYC TODAY IN:

1945: F. H. La Guardia on the VE Day mix-up. While it appears that the war in Europe is won, out of respect for those still fighting in the Pacific theater, the Mayor asks listeners to remain at work when the official victory is declared. He also asks people to conserve paper and not to throw it out of windows.

1952: Nathaniel Goldstein, New York State Attorney General speaks at a dinner held in his honor. He chairs the national campaign for the medical college of Yeshiva University, which eventually became the Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University. The evening is emceed by Ed Sullivan.

1965: Radio Moscow's English service brings listeners a program marking the 125th birthday of Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky. It is one of a series of cultural programs in the WNYC Radio Moscow collection.

1973: Mimi Poser is joined by curator Margit Rowell to discuss the current retrospective of 351 works by French artist Jean Dubuffet now on display at the Guggenheim. The broadcast is part of the series, Round and About the Guggenheim.

1992: Piano Duo Schnabel, Karl Ulrich Schnabel, and Joan Rowland, are John Schaefer's guests on this edition of Around New York.

Back in the Day, May 7, 1930

WNYC airs city welcome to commander & sailors of the U.S. fleet

Acting Mayor Joseph V. McKee (l) welcomes Admiral William V. Pratt (c) to City Hall. To the right of Pratt is Police Commissioner Grover A. Whalen. Pratt is accompanied by his staff officers. (Photo courtesy Naval Historical Foundation, William V. Pratt Collection, U.S. Naval Historical Center).

Back in the Day, 1934-1942

Q: What do you get when the New York City Sanitation Department embarks on a radio show and anti-litter campaign that enrolls thousands of children as its shock troops?

A: The Junior Inspectors Club.

Members of the Junior Inspectors Club performing over WNYC in the 1930s. (Photo courtesy of the NYC Municipal Archives)

WNYC first day of broadcast, July 8, 1924 (Municipal Archives Collection)

Broadcast on WQXR Today in:

1987: The Weilerstein Duo, violinist Donald Weilerstein and pianist Vivian Hornik, join host Robert Sherman in a program of chamber music. Works include Bartok's Violin Sonata No. 2, Schumann's Violin Sonata No. 1 in A minor, Op. 105, and Ravel's Violin Sonata No. 2. The broadcast is part of the Chamber Music Festival series.

96+ Years Young!

In 3 years WNYC will mark its centennial. In this space we'll be linking to various historical WNYC champions, broadcasts and milestones celebrating nearly a century on the air in the public interest. This week: The WNYC Commissions Volume One.

Gone but not forgotten. The list of WNYC and WQXR past productions finding new life on the web continues to grow!

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