Rob Tannenbaum

Rob Tannenbaum appears in the following:

The First True Hip-Hop Super Bowl Halftime Show

Friday, February 11, 2022

Rob Tannenbaum joins us to talk the Super Bowl Halftime show, based on his reporting in the article, 'How Hip-Hop Inched Its Way to the Super Bowl Halftime Stage.'

Comment

MTV Turns 40

Thursday, July 29, 2021

Celebrating MTV's 40th anniversary, plus taking listeners' calls. 

Comments [1]

30 Years Ago, MTV Hosted The First VMAs

Wednesday, September 10, 2014

The 30th anniversary of MTV's Video Music Awards is coming up on September 14. We look back at that momentous first broadcast of the awards ceremony.

Comment

Greil Marcus' Ten Songs That Embody Rock 'N' Roll; Vampire Weekend's Rostam Batmanglij Scores For Broadway; MTV's VMAs At 30

Wednesday, September 10, 2014

Veteran rock critic Greil Marcus discusses songs that embody rock history; Vampire Weekend's Rostam Batmanglij scores for theater; looking back on MTV's first VMAs.

Comment

Rise of the Video Star

Monday, February 20, 2012

The book called “I Want My MTV” chronicles the boom – and bust – of the one-time videocentric cable channel. The “father of MTV,” John Lack (who voiced the opening words of the channel on August 1, 1981: “Ladies and gentleman… rock and roll”), joins us along with co-author Rob Tannenbaum to discuss the channel’s formative days and heady times that led up to the end of MTV’s “Golden Era.”

Comment

Rise of the Video Star

Tuesday, November 01, 2011

A new book called “I Want My MTV” chronicles the boom – and bust – of the one-time videocentric cable channel. The “father of MTV,” John Lack (who voiced the opening words of the channel on August 1, 1981: “Ladies and gentleman… rock and roll”), joins us along with co-author Rob Tannenbaum to discuss the channel’s formative days and heady times that led up to the end of MTV’s “Golden Era.”

Listeners: Do you remember the first time you watched MTV? What role did the channel play in your musical life? Call us at 212-433-WNYC or leave a comment.

Comments [15]

Selecting the Song of the Summer

Thursday, June 14, 2007

Every June around this time, candidates for the year's "Song of the Summer" start to appear. Those are the songs that blast from car windows, beach radios and cell phone speakers. Today, we talk with Rob Tannenbaum, editor at Blender magazine, and Maura Johnson, editor at Idolator.com about makes ...

Comments [60]