WNYC (New York, NY)

Administrative History/Information:

• Grover Whalen persuaded Queens Borough President Maurice Connolly to call for creation of a Municipal Wireless Broadcasting Station: 1922
• Whalen convinced Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover to agree on change of call letters from CONY to WNYC: 1924
• WNYC begins broadcasting at frequency 570: 1924
• First program of recorded classical music, "Masterwork Hour": 1929
• WNYC becomes independent city agency: 1937
• Morris S. Novik becomes Director of WNYC: 1938-1946
• WNYC broadcasts the New York World's Fair: 1939-1940
• WNYC applies for 93.9 frequency of FM - gets antenna two years later: 1941
• WNYC-TV established on Channel 31: 1954

Related Collections:

• Burt Harrison Papers-Interviews:
  • Frank W. Norwood
  • Morris S. Novik
  • Jerrold Sandler
• Morris S. Novik Papers
• Jim Robertson Papers:Morris S. Novik Interview

Reference Shelf Materials:

By Request

Brown, Les.

• "Fate of the City's Broadcasting System is in Doubt. The New York Times. June 1, 1976. Folder: 620
• "WNYC-TV Studies Leasing Air Time." The New York Times. June 22, 1979. Folder: 623

Lyle, Jack and Donna Ellis.  A General Analysis of the Audience of Public Broadcasting in the New York Area.  1972. Folder: 534

Collections in Other Repositories:

• Ted Cott. Reminiscences: Oral History

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