The Airwaves of New York: Illustrated Histories of 156 Am Stations in the Metropolitan Area, 1921-1996 (Paperback)
From its inception in New York City, radio dramatically changed the city. The five boroughs became, in some ways, more united through the medium, as common concerns were aired and given wider attention. But as radio focused more on entertainment, the city lost the last of its small town origins, as people left the front stoop for the living room. This heavily illustrated history traces the development and influence of AM radio in the New York metropolitan area, as well as providing technical data and program schedules of the stations.
Bill Jaker is senior producer for WSKG Public Broadcasting in Binghamton, New York. The late Frank Sulek was a radio producer for the Catholic Archdiocese of Newark. Peter Kanze co-produced the BBC/Billboard series Twenty-five Years of Rock, managed WARY-FM at Westchester Community College and is retired as a studio engineer for the ABC Radio Network.