Nov 20, 2023
John Kannenberg is the man and the mind behind the Museum of Portable Sound. Based in Portsmouth, England, the Museum is actually found wherever John has his iPhone 4S. Visitors sit down with John, don their headphones, and enter the Museum by listening to the curated galleries of MP3s on the device.
We talk to John...
Sep 17, 2023
We were saddened to learn of the passing of Bob Lundquist. Bob was a long-time member of the Long Island Radio & Television Historical Society who spent much of his professional life as an engineer at the RCA "Radio Central" facility in Rocky Point.
This interview between Bob and Connie Currie was recorded in 2015.
Our...
Jun 7, 2023
We're revisiting our Long Island Home Front oral history project! Although most of our interviews foccused on people who experienced the years of World War II on Long Island, we also met a few current Long Island residents who, in the 1940s, were living nearby.
So today we're bringing you excerpts of our talk with Jo...
Mar 13, 2023
In the late 1980s, WFAN was on the rise as the first all-sports radio station in the country. They brought a fast-paced, rowdy style to the air, epitomized by the likes of Don Imus, Steve Somers, and Mike Francesa.
At the same time the New York Islanders, years past their glory days and playing in an aging barn of a...
Feb 19, 2023
Listen to LIRTVHS board member Connie Currie relate some of the radio-related stories and personalities from the town of Islip, Long Island. Including:
- Edwin H. Armstrong in Bayport and Sayville
- Norman Brokenshire in Lake Ronkonkoma
- Clarence Mackay
- WRST in Bay Shore - Suffolk County's first radio station
Music from...