Andy Lanset

Director of Archives, New York Public Radio

Andy Lanset appears in the following:

Isaac Stern On His 1956 Tour of the Soviet Union

Wednesday, September 19, 2018

In addition to his achievements as a performer, violinist Isaac Stern was also the first in a series of cultural envoys to the USSR during the Cold War.
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Introducing Andy in the Archives

Monday, September 17, 2018

New York Public Radio's director of archives Andy Lanset joins Alison Stewart to debut a new series that brings us deep into the station's audio archives.

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Eileen Press Kairys

Tuesday, June 26, 2018

Accomplished contralto performs on WNYC in the late 1940s.
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The WQXR Listener Advisory Committee

Thursday, April 26, 2018

"People told Mr. Hogan and me when we started WQXR...that we were crazy if we thought a radio station such as we had in mind could ever succeed. Maybe we were crazy..."
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Hambro and Zayde: A Piano Duo Like No Other

Wednesday, April 04, 2018

A long lost studio performance has recently been added to the collection.
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Carlos Montoya in the WQXR Recital Studio

Wednesday, March 28, 2018

On May 12, 1951 guitar virtuoso Carlos Montoya came to the WQXR recital studio and performed flamenco music from Granada.
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75 Years of WNYC-FM

Friday, February 23, 2018

It's 75 years since WNYC-FM went on the air, a milestone that expanded the station's wealth of music, cultural, and news programming.
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The 'Dean' of Radio Commentators Celebrates WNYC's 20th Anniversary

Monday, December 18, 2017

A ringing endorsement from one of the most respected voices in radio.
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WNYC at the 1939-1940 New York World's Fair

Tuesday, December 12, 2017

"We are going to do everything humanly possible to bring you the most interesting, the most important and the most entertaining features of the Fair."  
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WNYC's Vintage Microphones

Wednesday, December 06, 2017

Some of the ways we reached the air.
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Rebecca B. Rankin: Early Advocate for Public Access to Government Information

Thursday, November 30, 2017

A pioneer in the use of the radio for public outreach and education.
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Paul Robeson Hosts WQXR Program

Thursday, August 17, 2017

Singer, actor, and activist Paul Robeson in the WQXR studio in 1940.
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V-J Day at WNYC: A Behind the Scenes Look

Monday, August 14, 2017

A rare glimpse of WNYC's news coverage of the end of World War II. 
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WQXR Co-Founder and Radio Pioneer John Vincent Lawless Hogan

Thursday, July 27, 2017

Long before WQXR, Hogan was a leader in the field.
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The Night in 1924 When WNYC Became Real

Thursday, July 06, 2017

WNYC’s first official broadcast began just before 9 p.m. on July 8, 1924, and lasted a mere three hours and 26 minutes.
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New York Mayor John F. Hylan on WNYC's Opening Night

Sunday, May 21, 2017

The station was born of good intentions and a survivor of abuse.
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Art Hodes and The Metropolitan Revue

Saturday, April 15, 2017

"He has been a New York voice of the jazz cognoscenti."
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Eric Bentley

Monday, April 03, 2017

He has had a long and distinguished career.
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First Protests at the Miss America Pageant

Thursday, March 16, 2017

It was the first of many protests as the women's movement became organized and mobilized.
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The Perils of Poetry, Promotion and Postage

Saturday, March 04, 2017

Sometimes poetry works well to promote things. Sometimes not. Just don't ask for payment in stamps.
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