Andy Lanset

An opportunity to catch Vonnegut's keen observational skills as a reporter from a distant place, where neither before, nor since, WNYC has had a stringer.  

Dramatization of the news started long before television!

When WNYC began broadcasting, there was a certain mystique and mystery to radio.

Surprise Yourself. Take the Test!

He was a regular guest on Lead Belly's show and sang the station's praises.

A reviewer's reviewer.

You could call them Lomax juniors.

His weekly show aired for 33 years on WNYC.

Mayor La Guardia said he could not find the words to thank her.

They were the most popular group of Irish entertainers in New York City between the early 1920's and the late 1930's. The WNYC studios were welcoming.  

Without him, the modern world wouldn't be the same.

Scripts but no shows.

Art and technology in harmony.

A lot of people think Mayor La Guardia saved WNYC, but it was really the Federal WPA.

He was an MIT grad who made all the difference.

WNYC host Gladys Petch aids in the struggle against the Nazi occupation of Norway.

A cold war was brewing well before the World War II.

WNYC reporters with backpack transmitters scoop NBC on local coverage.

The first Chinese-American broadcast technician in the New York-metro area.

He was an accomplished conductor and composer and oversaw the department from its beginning in 1924 to 1967.