Transcripts of radio speeches given over WNYC pertaining to the history and government of the City of New York starting on January 13, 1930 through June 24, 1937.
Includes manuscripts, notes, programs, schedules, correspondence and reports. The records document efforts to assemble information needed for a history of the station and a critique of its programming as part of the Federal Writres' Project. There is no evidence that the draft manuscript was ever published.
Contains several types of records documenting the activities of WNYC, including administrative files, 1948-1981, public relations files, 1967-1983, publications, 1938-1984, awards and plaques, 1949-1979, LaGuardia broadcasts, 1944-1945, and six phonodisks and scrapbooks, 1926-1971.
More than 20,000 tapes of programs representing the full range of programming offered at the station over the years. The most complete holdings are programs dealing with local historical and political events. A finding aid is available in the repository.
Consists of approximately 14,000 phonograph records of broadcasts, including event reports, interviews and speeches with mayors, city officials and other dignitaries as well as programs of drama and music.
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Department of Records and Information Services
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