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The WNYC archives are home to a treasure trove of historic recordings featuring notable broadcasts throughout the station's nearly 80-year history. Below are ten of the most memorable clips dating back to the 1920s. JFK on Marx—And We Don't Mean Groucho Senator John F. Kennedy comments on the newspaperman and economist Karl Marx before the Overseas Press Club on May 31, 1957. Famous Folkie Huddie "Leadbelly" Ledbetter was a regular on WNYC in the 1940s. Here he sings for the 2nd annual WNYC American Music Festival on February 14, 1941.

From the Frontlines A sample of the WNYC news reporting on the war in Korea, July 9, 1950. The Evils of Radio In 1947 members of the United Parents Association got together for a discussion about radio programs that are a bit too over-the-top for children. This material consists of 1/4" WNYC broadcast recordings from the years 1938 through 1970, and a corresponding card catalog set describing the recordings. The tapes represent the full range of programming offered at the station over the years, but the most complete holdings are programs dealing with local historical and political events. Some of the politicians, performers, and prominent figures who appear on the tapes include: Leona Baumgartner, Abe Beame, Harold Birns, Oscar Brand, Willie Brandt, McGeorge Bundy, Eddy Cantor, Mario Cariello, John Carton, Pablo Casals,... Dewey, Bernard Donovan, Robert Dowling, John Foster Dulles, Dwight D.

Eisenhower, Merle Evans, James Felt, Arthur Goldberg, Le Graham, Dag Hammarskjold, Averell Harriman, August Heckscher, Hubert Humphrey, Vincent Impellitteri, Hulan Jack, Jacob Javits, Lyndon Johnson, Maxine Keith, John F. Kennedy, Robert Kennedy, Harris Klein, Anna Kross, Fiorello La Guardia, Herbert Henry Lehman, Trygve Lie, John Lindsay, Stanley Lowell, Henry McCarthy, Newbold Morris, Robert Moses, William O'Dwyer, William Peer, Nelson Rockefeller, Eleanor Roosevelt, Franklin... Roosevelt, Seymour Siegal, Marvin Sleeper, Francis Cardinal Spellman, Abe Stark, Adlai Stevenson, Walter Terry, U Thant, Harry S. Truman, Robert F. Wagner, Robert C. Weinberg, Grover Whalen, T.T.

Wiley. Progam titles include: American story, Around New York, Books in profile, Britain's pleasure parade, By heart, Campus press conference, Citizens' searchlight, City center interview, City close up, Civil defense, Community action, Cooper Union forum,... story, The University of Chicago roundtable, and The World of the arts. In addition to original programming, a variety of groups that sponsored programs are also represented in the tapes, including: The American Music Festival, The Books and Authors Luncheon, The British Broadcasting Corporation, Brooklyn College,... (the information above was paraphrased from the NYPL catalog record). 295 cubic feet (295 cubic feet, consisting of 9,441 7" reels, 194 10" reels, 47 5" reels, 30 4" reels, and corresponding card catalog.)

Unprocessed collections may include protected information related to personal privacy, health information, and minors, as well as attorney-client privilege. In accordance with laws and regulations, this material will be reviewed prior to providing public access and certain records may be subject to redaction or other measures that restrict access. Archival and library collections may also be restricted or limited based on physical condition, technical requirements, or format. Established in the year 2000, the New York Public Radio Archives are the station's physical link to its rich and storied past. Below you can check out WNYC's digitized radio legacy, selected from thousands of lacquer transcription discs and tapes in the Municipal Archives WNYC collection as well as thousands of recordings on every format (except... These broadcasts feature arts programming, panel discussions, notable interviews, WWII coverage, and much more.

Many WNYC broadcast recordings were digitized with generous support from the Leon Levy Foundation, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Grammy Foundation, the New York State Department of Education, The National Recording Preservation... The NYPR Archives especially acknowledges the early support and encouragement we received from the late, great, Alexander (Lex) Kaplen and the Kaplen Foundation. Learn more about the NEH Digitization project here. Learn more about the NYPR Archives Department here and the New York City Municipal Archives WNYC Collection here. We hasten to add, you can find vintage WQXR program series on this page as well as at: WQXR Archives! In the wake of the tragic events of 9/11 and its aftermath, WNYC produced a series of documentary, features, musical tributes and even diary entries.

We've gathered some of them here. Rare early WNYC recordings on uncoated aluminum discs found in the FCC collection at the National Archives Since these materials were only available during the two days of the Open Audio Weekend, audio files and transcripts are no longer available to download. These repositories will remain up for posterity. Please visit the Open Audio Projects page to view the projects that were created. Please direct any questions to togetherwelisten@nypl.org.

This repository contains all the materials contributed by WNYC Archives for Open Audio Weekend. It contains audio files and computer-generated transcripts. You can download this entire repository as a zip here or download individual files below. A .csv file and python script has also been provided to access this files programmatically. Click here to view more collections and example scripts. Click here to view additional resources.

Use of these materials is restricted to participants of Open Audio Weekend during that two day event. Please direct any questions to togetherwelisten@nypl.org. To pull the audio files you will need to install git-lfs Patricia Marx Interviews is a series of interviews done for WNYC and other stations between 1961 and 1969 that include talks with: Woody Allen, Dick Gregory, William Golding, General Omar Bradley, Arthur C. Clarke, David Halberstam, Bob Hope, George Balanchine and others. Established in the year 2000, the New York Public Radio Archives are the station's physical link to its rich and storied past.

Victory celebrations, Times Square, August 15, 1945. Department of Sanitation Collection, NYC Municipal Archives. When Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia received word of the Japanese surrender late in the day on Tuesday, August 14, 1945, he rushed home to Gracie Mansion where he delivered a fifteen-minute broadcast on WNYC. Anticipating the end-of-war news, WNYC equipment had been installed at the Mayor’s residence the preceding Friday. According to the report in the next day’s Herald Tribune, LaGuardia, “his voice hesitant and choked with emotion,” said that the “Japanese capitulation had thrust upon the United States the greatest responsibility that has... The Mayor’s clerical staff pasted the Tribune news story, along with several others into a scrapbook.

Preserved in the Municipal Archives, the news clipping scrapbooks have served as an important research resource for topics in mayoral administrations from Mitchel to Koch. Mayor LaGuardia scrapbook 282, p. 24. NYC Municipal Archives. WNYC, the City’s first radio station first broadcast in 1924. Through their original programming and recordings made at City Hall events and press conferences, WNYC Radio reporters, engineers and producers captured a wide range of important cultural and political personalities.

The Archives collection of sound recordings comprises lacquer phono-discs and audio tapes from 1937 to 1970. Dating from 1949 to 1996, the WNYC TV moving image collection includes mayoral press conferences, dignitaries visiting City Hall, and educational films about city government.

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