[BC] Saving NY history

[Scott Fybush]

I do - Bill O'Shaughnessy at WRTN/WVOX, who was the driving force behind 
the book, sent me a copy a few weeks ago. I've glanced through it but 
haven't given it a comprehensive reading yet.

It's less a history of NYS broadcasting in general than a history of the 
NYSBA, so it doesn't cover anything earlier than 1955.

It's a nicely-done 242-page hardcover. "Serving Their Communities: 50 
Years of the New York State Broadcasters Association," by Stephen 
Warley, published by NYSBA and distributed by Fordham U. Press. Cover 
price is $29.95. ISBN is 0-9776-117-0-1. Should be available through 
Powells or Amazon or wherever, or from NYSBA at nysbroadcastersassn.org.

Another history of NYS broadcasting that I read recently is a short 
piece in the recently-published "Encyclopedia of New York State," from 
Syracuse U. Press. I forget who wrote the piece, but it was quite well 
done for the relatively small space it was given. (The book itself is 
enormous.)

I'm still plugging away on my history of NY City FM, the eventual sequel 
to the Kanze/Jaker/Sulek "Airwaves of New York" that chronicled New York 
City's AM history. Hoping for a 2008 publication date at this point...

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Barry Mishkind wrote:
> I understand there is a recent book put out by the NY assn of 
> Broadcasters on the history of broadcasting in the state.
> 
> Does anyone have it?
> 
> At 03:41 AM 2/23/2006, RRSounds at aol.com wrote
>> Barry, Donna, Rob, Harold, Mr. Peabody and all other lovers of history...
>>
>> When I arrived at Z100, roughly five years after its inception, I became
>> aware of the serious regard the employees had for its place in NYC 
>> radio history.
>> The management maintained a series of scrapbooks, the big, 
>> newspaper-sized
>> ones, filled with every article about Z100 they found published either 
>> locally or
>> nationally.
>>
>> Although I'm sure Z100 is/was not unique in this exercize, it was the 
>> first
>> time I had seen such diligence. What a treasure trove!
>>
>> One hopes they continue the practice today, and that those books are 
>> kept in
>> a safe place.
>>
>> Kind Regards,
>>
>> David P. Reaves, III
> 
> 
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