New York City’s iconic Empire State Building will provide a festive backdrop for the celebration. It will be illuminated in WNYC’s signature red at approximately 8:30 p.m. to commemorate this once-in-a-century occasion.

On July 8, 2024, at 8:54 p.m. ET, it will be exactly 100 years since WNYC came on the air for the very first time. Join us at 8:45 p.m. as we mark this historic moment with a reimagining of that first broadcast.

WNYC’s long-running, award-winning public affairs host Brian Lehrer throws an on-air birthday party!

Artist and New Yorker, Katie Merz has created a public art piece on the street-facing windows of The Greene Space, inspired by a century of stories that define our city and listeners’ contributions of what’s iconically New York.

The Public Song Project from WNYC's All Of It with Alison Stewart invites anyone to create art by drawing from the public domain. This year the project is brought to the stage as part of Lincoln Center’s Civic Saturdays.

A free concert in Brooklyn Bridge Park celebrating a century of hope, protest and change through American music. Featuring renowned pianist Lara Downes performing her exuberant new project, Rhapsody in Blue Reimagined.