Take A Dive into the WNYC Archives
As part of WNYC's centennial celebration, each week we'll share on-air key moments from the vast WNYC and NYC Municipal archives.
From the Archives selections include press conferences, events and interviews with notables such as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (1964), Martin Scorsese (1970), and Barack Obama (2007). Listeners will also hear key historical news reports that aired on WNYC, including the announcement of the attack on Pearl Harbor (1941), a broadcast of a town hall meeting on the Atom Bomb (1951), and WNYC journalists running toward the Twin Towers to report on 9/11 (2001).
Bobby McFerrin on Kids America in 1987
Amelia Earhart at City Hall in 1932
Steve Post Pledge Drive Pitching in 1995
Senator Barack Obama with Brian Lehrer in 2007
Dedication of the Brooklyn Promenade in 1950
La Guardia's Last Broadcast in 1945
Rachel Carson at Book and Author Luncheon in 1951
Lester Young Band at the American Music Festival in 1941
9/11/2001
Food Prices & Music During the Great Depression in 1931
Althea Gibson Gets Key to the City in 1957
Gloria Steinem on Insight in 1982
Jack Kerouac at Hunter College in 1958
Ravi Shankar with John Schaefer in 1991
Bob Dylan with Oscar Brand on the Folksong Festival in 1961
Richard Wright's Love Letter to Paris from Paris in the early 1950s
Joe Papp at the Dedication of Delacorte Theatre in 1962
Charles Lindbergh at City Hall Following His Famous Flight in 1927
The Reverend William Sloane Coffin in 1968
You can also listen to the From the Archives spots on our YouTube channel.
As we celebrate our 100th birthday and beyond, check out our full calendar of on-air and live centennial events, listen to more historical audio gems from our archives, share your own New York story, and learn about our first century of serving New York at wnyc.org/100.
