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1,912,000. The written history of New York City began with the first European explorer, the Italian Giovanni da Verrazzano in 1524. European settlement began with the Dutch in 1608 and New Amsterdam was founded in 1624.
WNYC began as WNYC (AM), one of the oldest radio stations in New York. Funds for the establishment of the station were approved on June 2, 1922, by the New York City Board of Estimate and Apportionment. WNYC made its first official broadcast two years later on July 8, 1924, at 570 AM with a second-hand transmitter shipped from Brazil.
A look back at 100 years of New York sounds. On March 15, 1883, a party was held at McGlory’s Armory Hall, a dance hall on Manhattan’s Lower East Side owned by Billy McGlory, a former Five ...
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WCBS-TV's history dates back to CBS' opening of experimental station W2XAB on July 21, 1931, using the mechanical television system that had been more-or-less perfected in the late 1920s. [2] [3] Its first broadcast featured New York Mayor Jimmy Walker, Kate Smith, and George Gershwin. [4] .
- CBS New York; CBS 2 News
- July 1, 1941, (82 years ago)
Oct 14, 2022 · Decades before the twirling, hip-shaking grooves of salsa music exploded into a global phenomenon, it emerged from the glitzy New York mambo clubs in the 1940s and 1950s and made its way to...
- Iván Román
Mar 31, 2023 · New York became the national hub of music publishing by the late 1890s, and West 28th Street became known as “Tin Pan Alley.” At one time, “tin pan” was slang for “a decrepit piano.” Various...
MOMENTNYC | MOMENTNYC – The Meaning of Music & Entertainment in New York City. About. MOMENT is the past, present and future of music as seen through the unique lens of New York City. A collective archive and living museum of music, dedicated to the history of cultural diversity in NYC.