WBAI

WBAI
 
 
WBAI,  a part of the Pacifica Radio Network, is a non-commercial, listener-supported radio station, broadcasting at 99.5 FM in New York City.  The station has a transmitter atop the Empire State Building.  Its programming is leftist/progressive, and a mixture of political news and opinion from a leftist perspective, tinged with aspects of its complex and varied history, such as Freeform radio, which WBAI played a role in developing, as well as various music.  (More from Wikipedia)
 
 

In a radio interview on New York radio station WBAI in June 1962 (which, if I am remembering this right, is included in part on Great White Wonder – or at least, one just like it is), legendary folksinger Pete Seeger described Bob Dylan as "the most prolific songwriter on the scene" and then asked Dylan about his songwriting; he replied in part:  "I might go for two weeks without writing these songs.  I write a lot of stuff.  In fact, I wrote five songs last night [chuckling can be heard in the background], but I gave all the papers away in some place called the Bitter End" – one of the most famous music clubs in the City I might add. 

 

(June 2013/2)

 

Last edited: March 22, 2021