#WNYC refering to Officer #EricAdams as if he's our soon to be ex mayor? Perfect.

The next ten days are the culmination of a huge project at my day job, as WNYC switches to a new audio playout and automation system for the first time since 2008. I am part of the team of engineers that has been installing, testing and customizing the new system and training new users. I have been working on it for about a year and a half, and today we put the thing on the air for the first time. By the middle of next week we'll be using the new system 24/7. A big f'n deal!

#WNYC radio schedule for this day, Thursday, May 29, 2098.

GTK, when making plans for the future.

https://www.wnyc.org/schedule/2098/may/29?scheduleStation=wnyc-fm939

Today in the office, Seun Kuti and Egypt 80 performing for a taping of WNYC's Soundcheck podcast.

It was another rough day in the radio business. My job is safe, but there are 21 colleagues of mine who can't say the same.

New York Times coverage: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/25/business/media/new-york-public-radio-layoffs.html?unlocked_article_code=1.zk4.flgW.ymxpaNsvF6W0&smid=url-share

And from indie NYC news site Hell Gate: https://hellgatenyc.com/more-layoffs-new-york-public-radio/

75 years ago yesterday, WNYC aired the Miles Davis Sextet performing live at the original Birdland in New York City. The band included J.J. Johnson, Stan Getz, Tad Dameron, Gene Ramey, and Art Blakey! Five songs from the set have survived - listen to it here: https://www.wnyc.org/story/miles-davis/

#WNYC licking elon's ass by referring to his "straight arm gesture"

Some great jazz has been coming through WNYC in recent days.

Pics 1 & 2: Orrin Evans and friends, live on air today
Pics 3 & 4: Igmar Thomas Revive Big Band recording for the Soundcheck podcast last week

#FWakeSchizophrenia "FWake Schizophrenia" #Schizophrenia

#FWakeY1970 "FWake Y 1970"

#FWakeJosephCampbell "FWake Joseph Campbell" #FWakeCampbell
#FWakeCooperUnion "FWake Cooper Union"
#WNYC //\\ #FWakeRadio
#FWakeReligion "FWake Religion"
#FWakeLevantMonoMyth "FWake Levant MonoMyth"
#SarahLawrence #SarahLawrenceCollege

https://www.wnyc.org/story/dr-joseph-campbell-inward-journey-schizophrenia-and-mythology/

Oh look, it's Ravi Coltrane playing live on the air at WNYC. Just another day at the office, ho hum.

The Avett Brothers played as a trio live on WNYC's All of It w/guest host Tiffany Hansen today. They talked about the new Broadway musical, "Swept Away," incorporating music from their album, "Mingonette." Here's a brief clip I captured from behind while mixing #theavettbrothers #wnyc #AllofItRadioProgram

I am so very glad I never donated to @NPR and now I will never donate to NPR. So much schadenfreude listening to #WNYC's fall pledge drive and their talking heads saying, "Oh no, we're not hitting our goals!"

"Good." was all that went through my mind. Play some Lake Woebegone slashfic about ketchup and wry, snarky """science"""" on #Radiolab.

This is a must-listen. #OnTheMedia #WNYC

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/on-the-media/id73330715?i=1000674495928

Support public radio! Support WNYC! I've donated, in fact I'm a sustaining member and I've even given some extra on the side. #wnyc #publicradio #support #pledge

https://pledge.wnyc.org/support/wnyc

"It Happened Here 2024" A new radio play starring Edie Falco and John Turturro

"And exclusive sneak peek of a brand new radio play starring Edie Falco, John Turturro and Tony Shalhoub. Inspired by Sinclair Lewis’ dystopian novel, It Can’t Happen Here, Richard Dresser’s novel, and now 6-part radio play called It Happened Here 2024, offers a glimpse of what could happen after the 2024 election if fascism creeps into the USA.

The story centers around the Weeks family as they brace for the election. Paul and Ruth’s family work to defeat the so-called Great Leader. Paul’s brother Garret and his family are on the other side. Family get-togethers are tense. When the Great Leader, with a giant boost from the Supreme Court, shockingly wins the quote, “most important election ever,” the family is thrown into chaos."

#NPR #WNYC #radio
https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm/articles/it-happened-here-2024-a-new-radio-play-starring-edie-falco-and-john-turturro

It was another awful day in the radio business. My job is safe, but the talent and institutional knowledge that walked out the door today (and in some cases, was shoved out) is devastating.

https://gothamist.com/news/new-york-public-radio-is-cutting-staff-and-programming-again

We have another round of layoffs coming to New York Public Radio (WNYC, WQXR and Gothamist) next month.

https://hellgatenyc.com/nypr-more-staffing-cuts-more-deficits/

This is wild. Rando crypto streamers as possible election influencers?

We are living in the upside down.

#WNYC @onthemedia

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/on-the-media/id73330715?i=1000664863655

Attn: NYC folks - you can now follow @Gothamist in the Fediverse thanks to Flipboard!

(Gothamist is written and published by the newsroom of WNYC, where I work.)

Hello from the top of the Empire State Building (79th floor to be exact) where I am participating in an overnight test of WNYC's disaster recovery systems. While our colleagues are downtown at the studios testing backup power generators, I'm up here running the station's programming from our little studio in the sky.