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It was an absolute honor to be joined by NYC Mayor's Office of Media and Entertainment (MOME) Commissioner Pat Kaufman at our WNYC Centennial kick off! She spoke alongside our President and CEO LaFontaine E. Oliver and Executive Director of The Greene Space & Centennial Co-Chair Kristina Newman-Scott. We look forward to serving the City for another 100 years!

LISTEN: The holiday weekend is an excellent opportunity to dive into "If This Hall Could Talk," WQXR's podcast produced with Carnegie Hall capturing the iconic concert hall's incredible history through artifacts in its archives. Javier Hernandez of The New York Times takes readers on a delightful tour through some of the objects highlighted in the series. https://lnkd.in/ebGV3FWe

WELCOME BACK ALISON! Following an extended medical leave, "All of It's" Alison Stewart is back in the host's chair. In the first episode of her return, Alison speaks with her neurosurgeon Dr. Randy D'Amico of Lenox Hill Hospital about what happened, what was at risk, and the emergency brain surgery (while awake!) that brought her back. A moving, inspiring, and educational listen. https://lnkd.in/eJD9yA24

"From Pearl Harbor to 9/11 to Hurricane Sandy to COVID, we've always been there for the city," Oliver said. "We plan on always being here." Great to hear our President and CEO LaFontaine E. Oliver and our Archivist Andy Lanset talk about the past, present, and future of WNYC in this excellent piece by Austin Fuller for Current: News for Public Media.

Thanks to NPR securing rights to broadcast tonight's Presidential debate, WNYC will air it live on 93.9 FM, AM 820, and wnyc.org tonight at 9pm. Free access to political debates is a critical public service and vital to democracy. Tune in.

It's Primary Day in New York! WNYC/Gothamist reporter Brigid Bergin has all you need to know about the key races, how to find your voting site, and how to report voter intimidation. https://lnkd.in/g6Y5haM7

In honor of Juneteenth, WNYC and WQXR are presenting work that invites reflection, deepens understanding, and celebrates Black liberation. Notes From America continues its tradition of broadcasting its Juneteenth special from Texas, where the holiday originated.  This year, host Kai Wright was joined by Mary Ellen Curtin, biographer of Texas Congresswoman Barbara Jordan, the first Black woman elected to the Texas Senate after Reconstruction. Together they explore Jordan’s legacy and the ongoing project of securing and protecting the rights of Black Americans to vote and lead.  The special was recorded live this past weekend at Good Hope Missionary Baptist Church, a historically Black house of worship in Houston where Jordan was a member. View the conversation here: https://lnkd.in/eKbqxPz3 WQXR celebrates Juneteenth with an all-day marathon spotlighting music by Black composers and performers, including Joseph Boulogne (Chevalier de St. Georges), Florence Price, Duke Ellington, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, Margaret Bonds, Scott Joplin, and Adolphus Hailstork, among many others. Listen at wqxr.org.

JUST ANNOUNCED: WNYC is turning 100, and the whole city is invited to the party! The months-long Centennial festivities kick off on our anniversary, July 8, with an on-air birthday celebration hosted by Brian Lehrer at 7pm, followed by a live re-imagining of our first broadcast beginning at 8:54pm, the exact time we first went on air in 1924. Tony Award-winning actress Sarah Jones, "On the Media" host Brooke Gladstone, "New Sounds" host John Schaefer, and President and CEO LaFontaine E. Oliver will perform the roles of Mayor John Hyland, City Commissioner Grover Whalen, a variety of city officials, and well wishers. Musical accompaniment by Arturo O’Farrill, @J’Nai Bridges, and Lucía Gutiérrez Rebolloso.  The Empire State Building will light up in WNYC’s signature red at approximately 8:30, providing a festive skyline across the city. Other highlights throughout the summer and fall include: **A public radio variety show at Central Park’s SummerStage broadcast with Brian Lehrer, Ira Glass, Brooke Gladstone, Micah Loewinger, Alison Stewart, and storytelling from The Moth, with music from Freestyle Love Supreme and mxmtoon. **A Centennial digital music collection from All of It’s “Public Song Project” featuring renditions of 1920s songs by Rhiannon Giddens, The Lemon Twigs, Rosanne Cash, They Might Be Giants, Nellie McKay, and many others. **Audio gems from the WNYC archives including the voices of Amelia Earhart, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Martin Scorses, Gloria Steinem, Marian Anderson, and a future President Barack Obama. **A public art piece by acclaimed artist Katie Merz on the windows of The Greene Space, , inspired by a century of stories that define our city and listeners’ contributions of what is iconically New York. Read more here: https://lnkd.in/e_EVZdpy

Hats off to the "On the Media" team for an incredible showing at last night’s Mirror Awards! Host Brooke Gladstone won Best Story on Media Coverage of the Israeli-Hamas Conflict for her piece “The Fog of War Shrouds a Devastating Conflict,” which first aired at the outset of the war. Micah Loewinger’s three-part series on the collapse of digital media was a finalist in the Best Commentary category. These stories cover two of the biggest issues shaping our world today. We are incredibly proud of Brooke, Micah, and the rest of the "On the Media" team Katya Rogers, Eloise Blondiau, Molly Schwartz Rosen, Rebecca Clark-Callender, Candice W., and Jennifer Munson for this this recognition. Established by the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University in 2006, the Mirror Awards recognize excellence in media reporting. https://lnkd.in/eckZdXqA