Annual Long Island Radio & TV Day at C.W. Post
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| Dan Cox, director of broadcasting at campus radio station WCWP, organizes Long Island Radio Day in cooperation with the Long Island Wireless Historical Society. |
Brookville, NY - The Long Island Wireless Historical Society and WCWP Radio, the campus radio station of C.W. Post, are once again joining forces to honor the rich history and current issues of radio.
Long Island Radio & TV Day will take place on Saturday, April 18 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Atrium of the Tilles Center for the Performing Arts on the C.W. Post Campus of Long Island University.
Featured speakers will include John Leita, an investigative reporter, who will present a lecture on “L.I. radio history, including Camp Hero legends” at 12 noon; as well as Marc Seifer, the author of “The Life & Times of Nikola Tesla - Biography of a Genius,” who will be speaking at 1 p.m.
The event will feature various performances including musical glasses concerts at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. by Miss Gloria Parker, swing-era songwriter, bandleader, musician, and famed advocate for musicians’ radio rights. Kip Rosser will perform on the Theremin, the first electronic music instrument, at 12 noon and 2 p.m. Also at 2 p.m., Herb Norman will perform “Prime Time Radio,” a look back at the Golden Age of Radio.
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| Antique radios and equipment are for sale as one of the many exciting exhibits at the event. |
Visitors are invited to a “Meet and Greet” with radio and TV personalities, as well as people behind the scenes, from 10 a.m. to 12 noon. Guests will include Richard Rose & Michelle Imperato, WLNY TV10/55; Ken Grimball, News12; Bonnie Grice, WLIU/88.3; John Bohannon; Ray Adell; John Mullen; Will Hutchins from the 1950s TV Western “Sugarfoot”; Betsy Palmer, “I’ve Got a Secret”; Ted David, 1010 WINS, News 12 ; Mitch Lebe; Kathy Cunningham; Roger Luce, WBAB/102.3; Johnny Donovan, WABC; Victoria Crosby, WHPC; Jack Kratoville, WLTW; Ron Parker, WCBS-FM; Russ Skadl, WXBA; Mark Laura, WSHR; Keith Allen, WBZO; Mike Erickson, CBS Radio; Howie Zeidman, Alan Needleman, “One Life to Live”; Barbara Stein, Model Agent; Rich Conaty, WFUV; Eliot Goshman, News12 Traffic; Chris Kozak, “The Voice that Sells”; Bill Sobel, Sobel Media; Don Tandler, “The Survey Guys”; Ellis Henican, Newsday; Martin Phillips ABC 20/20; Ed Ingles; Bill Diehl, ABC Radio News; Jerry Zeller, 77/WABC; David Weiss, WLNY & 1010 WINS; Marc Coppola, Q103.4, Lite-FM; Lee Harris, 1010 WINS; Ed Newlands, Bloomberg Radio; Sal Giangrasso; and Denise Oliver.
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| Special guests, such as Miss Gloria Parker, will perform at the event. There will also be a “meet and greet” session with stars of radio and TV, as well prominent people behind the scenes. |
At the event, various exhibitors and displays will be set up, including Long Island wireless, radio and television history (a collaboration of Long Island Wireless Historical Society, Sayville Historical Society, Rocky Point Historical Society, Freeport Historical Society, and WGBB), Antique radios and equipment for sale, Friends of Science East, Sarnoff Library, Telecare, Old-time radio shows for sale, Ham Radio (Long Island Mobile Amateur Radio Club, Great South Bay Amateur Radio Club, The Radio Club of Junior High School 22), Telephone history display (Long Island Telephone Pioneers), American Red Cross Mobile Disaster Communications Van, Crystal Radio Display, WLIU/88.3, and Fire Island Lighthouse, as well as tours of the WCWP Radio Studios in the Benjamin Abrams Communications Center, located next to the Tilles Center.
Admission to the event is $10. For more information, please contact the Long Island Wireless Historical Society at 631-378-4564 or visit www.liwhs.org
Posted: March 8, 2009
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