Martha Foley, reporter for North Country Public Radio, in the station’s tape room. Canton, NY. Late 1980s to early 1990s. Photo courtesy of the North Country Public Radio archives. Check out our story on working during the early days of NCPR.
Lamar Bliss, announcer for WSLU (which later became NCPR) in the Payson Hall Control Room. 1985. Canton, NY. Photo courtesy of the North Country Public Radio Archives. Check out our story on working during the early days of NCPR.
Interior of the room that housed Parson’s radio station (W8B7Y) in Old Forge. 1931. Old Forge, NY.
Parson’s radio station broadcast room (W8B7Y) in 1920. Old Forge, NY.
Alcoa worker being recorded for “Army Hour,” an NBC radio broadcast. Circa 1940-1950. Massena, NY.
Norris Soper at his Attwater-Kent radio. His Franklin automobile, from the 1910s and manufactured in Syracuse, is behind him. Circa 1920s. Hammond, NY. Related story, here.
Secretary Muriel Beseth, who worked at WNBZ for 45 years at the WNBZ studios located at the Berkeley Hotel. Circa 1970. Saranac Lake, NY. Photo donated by Chris Brescia, who was a radio engineer at the station. Related story here.
Longtime radio engineer Joe Williams at WNBZ in Saranac Lake. He’s pictured here in the recording/production studio, featuring a record-cutting device. He began working at WNBZ in the 1930s. Circa 1963. Photo donated by Chris Brescia (who was also a radio engineer at WNBZ). Saranac Lake, NY. Related story here.
Announcer Neil Drew in the main control room of WNBZ. Drew went on to work as news director and anchor for Channel 5 TV in Plattsburgh. Circa 1963. Photo donated by Chris Brescia. Saranac Lake, NY. [Editor’s note: Chris Brescia is a radio engineer who worked at WNBZ and who also did some volunteer work […]
Interior of Harold Storie’s Radio Shop, taken in 1925. Note Sonora Radio speakers at bottom right and in center, on top of radio with five dials. Gouverneur, NY.
