Today on WNYC in 2002: Jad Abumrad hosts his first episode of Radiolab, a weekly series looking at and listening to radio documentaries.

Today on WNYC in 1956: The station announces the closing prices of the stock exchange will be read by woman reporter, Catherine Whittemore, from the NYSE floor for the first time. wnyc.org/story/first-li…

Today on WNYC in 1950: The World Stood Still, a docu-drama tribute to Franklin Roosevelt on the 5th anniversary of his passing. wnyc.org/story/the-worl…

Today on WNYC in 1962: John Howard Griffin disccuses his book, Black Like Me at the Anisfield-Wolf book award winners. wnyc.org/story/1962-ani…

Today on WNYC in 1938: The inauguration of WNYC's retransmission of radio signals from the Naval Observatory in Arlington, VA. WNYC is the only NYC station allowed to do so. wnyc.org/story/dedicati…

Today on WNYC in 1939: Attorney Dorothy Kenyon talks about women and the law. She recently completed a two-year term as New York City's First Deputy Commissioner of Licenses.

Today on WNYC in 1964: Josephine Baker, the legendary entertainer talks about her family to the Overseas Press Club. wnyc.org/story/192729-j…

Today on WNYC in 1929: Radio's first serious review of commercial recordings begins. The program is a weekly 40-minute forray with Peter Hugh Reed who would later found The America Record Lover magazine, today's The American Record Guide. Peter Hugh Reed. wnyc.org/story/radios-f…

Today on WNYC in 1925: George Cherrie on traveling with 'the great white hunter.' Cherrie accompanied Theodore Roosevelt on his long trip through South American jungles at the time they discovered the 'River of Doubt.'

Today on WNYC in 1944: Distinguished composer and singer Harry T. Burleigh is Mayor La Guardia's guest on Talk to the People. wnyc.org/story/concert-…

Today at WNYC in 2004: The Archives Dept. discovers a rare photo of Rolf, the mandolin-playing terrier who was featured regularly on Art Nudnick's Musical Menagerie, Sundays in 1925.

Today on WNYC in 1938: Mary Dublin, newly appointed head of the League, says, 'Only as the rights and securities of the millions who labor in industry and agriculture are safeguarded and advanced can our society as a whole progress”

Today in 1949: Mayor William O'Dwyer gives Professor Albert Einstein a free lifetime subscription to the WNYC Masterwork Bulletin program guide. wnyc.org/story/einstein…

Today on WNYC in 1942: Hyman H. Goldsmith of the City University of New York talks about the role of atomic physics in the war effort. Goldsmith was later a co-founder of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. wnyc.org/story/h-h-gold…

Today on WNYC in 1938: A round table discussion on propaganda & democracy with journalists Robert Spears, Ferdinand Lundberg, Clyde Beales and Claude Robinson. Clyde Miller is the moderator. wnyc.org/story/propagan…

Today on WNYC in 1934: Frances Foley Gannon embarks upon 29 years of consumer talks on food preparation & prices. The Deputy Commissioner for the Dept of Public Markets routinely greets her audience with an energetic, 'Good Morning, Housewives!'
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Today on WNYC in 1961: Ceremonies for the 50th anniversary of the Triangle Shirtwaist fire with Eleanor Roosevelt and Frances Perkins. wnyc.org/story/119940-l…

Today on WNYC in 1994: WNYC-TV's six-part weekly series looking at New York City's grassroots local heroes and hosted by JFK Jr. The Heart of the City series hopes to inspire viewers to undertake similar activities in their communities.

Today on WNYC in 1941: Dr. Hortense Powdermaker on prejudice faced by African Americans. 'Today with a war being waged against democractic ideas we cannot afford to be tolerant of those discriminations which are fundamentally contrary to the sense & spirit of American democracy.'

Today in 1995: Mayor Rudolph Giuliani announces the sale of WNYC AM & FM to the WNYC Foundation. The Mayor says the radio licenses will cost the foundation $20 million, payable over 6 years without interest. WNYC-TV, Channel 31, is to sold by auction to commercial bidders.