Today we're sharing a classic from the WNYC Archives - an unnamed reporter goes on the hunt to interview Beat poets in the Village, but has a hard time finding anyone willing to admit to being one.   Selects Live at Tribeca Festival (Limited seating, RSVP Required): eventbrite.co.uk/e/radiotopia-and-selects-present-new-york-stories-tickets-1989237542037********The original WNYC Municipal Archive discs of this program are missing. The old catalog indicates there were 2 - 16" discs. The recording on CD 993 was taken from a Rhino Records reissue of an excerpt of the longer work. Municipal Archives # LT 9089.  Based on the Peabody archive # this dates from February 8, 1959.  WNYC archives id: 12099


        Today we're sharing a classic from the WNYC Archives - an unnamed reporter goes on the hunt to interview Beat poets in the Village, but has a hard time finding anyone willing to admit to being one.   

Selects Live at Tribeca Festival (Limited seating, RSVP Required): eventbrite.co.uk/e/radiotopia-and-selects-present-new-york-stories-tickets-1989237542037

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The original WNYC Municipal Archive discs of this program are missing. The old catalog indicates there were 2 - 16" discs. The recording on CD 993 was taken from a Rhino Records reissue of an excerpt of the longer work. Municipal Archives # LT 9089.  Based on the Peabody archive # this dates from February 8, 1959.  WNYC archives id: 12099
      

Footloose in Greenwich Village (WNYC, 1959)

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