Photos: The Early Days of WNYC
Features | Jul 2, 2014
Al Tropea started at WNYC as an engineer before moving on to work at City Hall, recording various events for 37 years. Over the course of that time, he took incredible photos of WNYC in its hey-day.
Master Control (Al Tropea)
WNYC announcer Shirley Zak Hayes (Al Tropea)
The WNYC van (Al Tropea)
WNYC studio (Al Tropea)
WNYC announcer Larry Orfaly in the 1960s. (Al Tropea)
Antenna base at the Greenpoint, Brooklyn transmitter. (Al Tropea)
Leonard Lopate and News Director Dick Hinchliffe with engineers Joe Curcio, Al Vitale and others (including freelancer Dan Lehrecke) at the 1986 Mets Parade (Al Tropea)
