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Edward Irving Koch ( /kɒtʃ/   KOTCH ; [1]  December 12, 1924 – February 1, 2013) was an American politician, lawyer, political commentator, film critic, and television personality. He served in the  United States House of Representatives  from 1969 to 1977 and was  mayor of New York City  from 1978 to 1989. Koch was a lifelong  Democrat  who described himself as a "liberal with sanity"....

WNYE (91.5  MHz ) is a  non-commercial educational   FM   radio station   licensed  to  New York City . The station is operated, along with  WNYE-TV  (channel 25), by  NYC Media , a division of the Mayor's Office of Media and Entertainment. Studios are located at the City University of New York's  Graduate Center  at  365 Fifth Avenue , [2]  and the  transmitter  is at the former  Condé Na...

WNYC-FM (93.9 MHz) is a  non-profit ,  non-commercial ,  public   radio station  licensed to  New York City . It is owned by  New York Public Radio  along with  WNYC (AM) ,  Newark, New Jersey -licensed  classical music  outlet  WQXR-FM  (105.9 MHz),  New Jersey Public Radio , and the  Jerome L. Greene  Performance Space. [1] [2]  New York Public Radio is a not-for-profit corporation, incorporated...

Harry Belafonte (born Harold George Bellanfanti Jr.; March 1, 1927 – April 25, 2023) was an American singer, actor and activist, who popularized  calypso music  with international audiences in the 1950s. Belafonte is one of the few performers to have received an  Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony (EGOT) , although he won the  Oscar  in a non-competitive category. He earned his career breakthrough with...

Gerald Norman Springer (February 13, 1944 – April 27, 2023) was an American broadcaster, journalist, actor, producer, lawyer, and politician. [1]  Born in London, England, during  World War II  to refugees escaping the  Holocaust , Springer was raised in  Queens , New York City. He attended  Northwestern University School of Law , qualified as a lawyer, and first became actively involved in politi...

WNEW-FM (102.7  FM , NEW 102.7) is a  hot adult contemporary   formatted   radio station ,  licensed  to  New York, New York  and owned by  Audacy, Inc.  The station's studios are located at the Audacy facility in the  Hudson Square  neighborhood of  Manhattan . Its  transmitter  is located at the  Empire State Building . WNEW-FM is best remembered for one of its previous incarnations, a  prog...

WNEW-FM (102.7  FM , NEW 102.7) is a  hot adult contemporary   formatted   radio station ,  licensed  to  New York, New York  and owned by  Audacy, Inc.  The station's studios are located at the Audacy facility in the  Hudson Square  neighborhood of  Manhattan . Its  transmitter  is located at the  Empire State Building . WNEW-FM is best remembered for one of its previous incarnations, a  prog...

In the 1960s, WMCA's great competition was with rival WABC. Radio historians have tended to treat WMCA as a radio stepchild, the proverbial  David  going up against the  Goliath  that was corporate-owned, stronger-signaled WABC. For four consecutive years (1963 through 1966) WMCA had the highest ratings share of all radio stations in New York City, according to Arbitron, in spite of its direct...

Milton Berle (born Mendel Berlinger;  Yiddish : ‏מענדעל בערלינגער; July 12, 1908 – March 27, 2002) was an American actor and comedian. His career as an entertainer spanned over 80 years, first in silent films and on stage as a child actor, then in radio, movies and television. As the host of  NBC 's  Texaco Star Theatre  (1948–1953), he was the first major American television star and was know...

WMCA (570  AM ) is a  radio station   licensed  to  New York, New York . Owned by  Salem Media Group , the station programs a  Christian radio  format consisting of teaching and talk programs. The station's studios are in  lower Manhattan  and are shared with co-owned  WNYM  (970 AM). WMCA's transmitter is located along Belleville Turnpike in  Kearny, New Jersey . WMCA's programming is...

Stephen Valentine Patrick William Allen (December 26, 1921 – October 30, 2000) was an American television personality, radio personality, musician, composer, actor, comedian, and writer. In 1954, he achieved national fame as the co-creator and first host of  The Tonight Show , which was the first late-night television talk show. Though he got his start in radio, Allen is best known for his extensi...

WLTW (106.7 FM ) is an adult contemporary radio station licensed to New York City and serving the New York metropolitan area . WLTW is owned by iHeartMedia and broadcasts from studios in the former AT&T Building in the Tribeca neighborhood of Manhattan ; its transmitter is located at the Empire State Building . PICTURE:  By WLTW - WLTW, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...

John Hamilton Davidson (born December 13, 1941) is an American actor, singer, and game-show host known for hosting That's Incredible! , Time Machine , and Hollywood Squares in the 1980s, and a revival of The $100,000 Pyramid in 1991. PICTURE:  By Spacemountainmike - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=86194257 LISTEN AND SUBSCRIBE:  https://www.youtube...

WLIB (1190 AM ) is an urban contemporary gospel radio station licensed to New York, New York . WLIB is owned by Emmis Communications , along with sister stations WBLS (107.5 FM) and WQHT (97.1 FM). The three stations share studios in the Hudson Square neighborhood of lower Manhattan , and WLIB's transmitter is located in Lyndhurst, New Jersey . PICTURE:  Fair use, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/i...

From 1990 to 1998, WKCR broadcast The Stretch Armstrong and Bobbito Show , hosted by DJ Stretch Armstrong and Bobbito Garcia . The show served as an alternative to commercial hip hop radio, airing mostly obscure, unsigned artists, a number of whom would later dominate the hip hop scene in the late 1990s and early 2000s. The show has been credited with introducing the world to Biggie Smalls , Emine...

Jon " Bowzer " Bauman (born September 14, 1947) is an American singer, best known as a member of the band Sha Na Na , and game show host . Bauman's Sha Na Na character, "Bowzer", was a greaser in a muscle shirt . PICTURE:  By Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=68417091 LISTEN AND SUBSCRIBE:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzyAwZGTgAdonBKhTxUiC2...

WKCR-FM (89.9 FM ) is a radio station licensed to New York, New York , United States. The station is owned by Columbia University and serves the New York metropolitan area . Founded in 1941, the station traces its history back to 1908 with the first operations of the Columbia University Radio Club (CURC). In 1956, it became one of the first college radio stations to adopt FM broadcasting , which h...

Charles Nelson Reilly (January 13, 1931 – May 25, 2007) was an American actor, comedian, director, and drama teacher known for his comedic roles on stage, film, and television. Reilly performed in the original Broadway casts of Bye Bye Birdie , Hello, Dolly! , and How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying , for which he won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical . His televisio...

Estelle Harris ( née Nussbaum; April 22, 1928 – April 2, 2022) was an American actress and comedienne, known for her exaggerated shrill, grating voice. She was best known for her role as Estelle Costanza on Seinfeld . Her other roles included the voice of Mrs. Potato Head in the Toy Story franchise , Muriel in The Suite Life of Zack & Cody , and Mama Gunda in Tarzan II . During her career, Har...

WFUV (90.7 FM ) is a non–commercial radio station licensed to New York, New York . The station is owned by Fordham University , with studios on its Bronx campus and its antenna atop nearby Montefiore Medical Center . WFUV first went on the air in 1947. It became a professional public radio station in 1990 and is one of three NPR member stations in New York City. Its on-air staff has included radio...

WFME (1560 kHz ) is a non-commercial educational , religious-formatted AM radio station licensed to New York, New York , broadcasting at 1,000 watts , under a special temporary authority (STA). [1] The station is owned and operated by Family Radio , a Christian radio ministry based in Nashville, Tennessee . On February 15, 2021, at 11:16 AM, WFME went temporarily silent following the sale of the s...

Michael John McKean ( /məˈkiːən/ ; born October 17, 1947) is an American actor, comedian, screenwriter, composer, singer, and musician known for various roles in film and television such as Lenny Kosnowski in Laverne & Shirley , David St. Hubbins in This Is Spinal Tap , and Chuck McGill on Better Call Saul . McKean's breakout role was annoying neighbor Lenny Kosnowski on the sitcom Laverne &am...

The first voice heard on WFAN was that of Suzyn Waldman with a sports update at 3:00 pm, [11] followed by the first show, which was hosted by Jim Lampley . Waldman would report for the station, covering the Yankees and Knicks, for 14 years. Other personalities that hosted shows besides Lampley in the 1050 kHz years included Bill Mazer , Pete Franklin , Greg Gumbel and Ed Coleman . WFAN also i...

WEPN (1050 kHz ) is an all-sports AM radio station licensed to New York, New York . The station is owned-and-operated by Good Karma Brands and its transmitter site is located in North Bergen, New Jersey . The 1050 AM facility in New York signed on in 1922 as WHN. For the majority of its existence under these call letters, as well as during its 14-year stint as WMGM, the station broadcast several d...

Carole Penny Marshall [1] (October 15, 1943 – December 17, 2018) [1] was an American actress, director and producer. She is known for her role as Laverne DeFazio on the television sitcom Laverne & Shirley (1976–1983), receiving three nominations for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy for her portrayal. [2] Marshall made her directorial debut with...