THE QUEENS NEW YORKER
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HELLO EVERYONE IM JASON DECANIO A NATIVE NEW YORKER RESIDING IN OVIEDO FLORIDA, AND THE HOST OF THIS GREAT CHANNEL, THAT FOCUSES ON THE HISTORY OF THE BOROUGH OF QUEENS AND NEW YORK CITY. EACH WEEK FOR 15-20 MINUTES WILL LOOK BACK AT WHAT MAKES QUEENS NOT ONLY THE BIGGEST BOROUGH OF THE 5 BUT HOW IT CAME ABOUT. THIS CHANNEL WILL ENTERTAIN, INFORM, INSPIRE AND CONNECT WITH RICH HISTORY THAT MADE QUEENS THE TALK OF THE TOWN. JOIN ME TUESDAY, THURSDAY AND SATURDAY FOR A LOOK AT ALL THAT QUEENS HAS TO OFFER.
- Update frequency
- every 3 days
- Average duration
- 26 minutes
- Episodes
- 429
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
THE LEGACY OF QUEENS EPISODE 64: PENNY MARSHALL(actress, director and producer)
Carole Penny Marshall[1] (October 15, 1943 – December 17, 2018)[1] was an American actress, director and producer. She is known for her role as Laverne DeFazio on the television sitcom Laverne & Shir…
THE LEGACY OF QUEENS EPISODE 63: BILLY JOEL(American singer, pianist and songwriter)
William Martin Joel (born May 9, 1949) is an American singer, pianist and songwriter. Commonly nicknamed the "Piano Man" after his signature song of the same name,[5][6] he has led a commercially suc…
THE QUEENS NEW YORKER EPISODE 218: THE HISTORY OF WBLS 107.5 FM
WBLS (107.5 MHz) is an urban adult contemporary formatted FM radio station, licensed to New York City. It is currently owned by Mediaco Holding and operated by Emmis Communications under a shared ser…
THE LEGACY OF QUEENS EPISODE 62: BILLY CRYSTAL(actor, comedian, and filmmaker)
THE QUEENS NEW YORKER EPISODE 217: THE HISTORY OF WBBR 1130 AM
WBBR (1130 AM) is a Class A clear-channel radio station licensed to New York, New York. It serves as the flagship station of Bloomberg Radio, Bloomberg L.P.'s radio service. The station offers genera…
THE QUEENS NEW YORKER EPISODE 216: THE HISTORY OF WBAI 99.5 FM RADIO
WBAI (99.5 FM) is a non-commercial, listener-supported radio station licensed to New York, New York. Its programming is a mixture of political news, talk and opinion from a left-leaning, liberal or p…
THE LEGACY OF NEW YORK EPISODE 61: HENRY WINKLER( actor, comedian, author, executive producer, and director)
Henry Franklin Winkler, OBE (born October 30, 1945), is an American actor, comedian, author, executive producer, and director. After rising to fame as Arthur "Fonzie" Fonzarelli on the American telev…
THE QUEENS NEW YORKER EPISODE 215: THE HISTORY OF 77 WABC PART 3
Brady left WABC in July 1980 and soon became general manager of WYNY, which by then had a similar format to its sister station WNBC, as well as WABC. That fall, Jay Clark took over as program directo…
THE LEGACY OF QUEENS EPISODE 60: GARRY K MARSHALL( filmmaker and actor)
Garry Kent Marshall (November 13, 1934 – July 19, 2016)[2] was an American filmmaker and actor. He started his career in the 1960s writing for The Lucy Show and The Dick Van Dyke Show before he devel…
THE QUEENS NEW YORKER EPISODE 214: HISTORY OF 77 WABC PART 2
In 1942, the FCC ruled that no broadcaster could own more than one AM, one FM and one television station in a single market. On January 23, 1942, the FCC approved the transfer of WJZ's operating lice…
THE LEGACY OF QUEENS EPISODE 59: RITA MORENO(Puerto Rican actress, dancer, and singer)
THE LEGACY OF QUEENS EPISODE 58: CONRAD JANIS(American actor and jazz trombonist)
Conrad Janis (February 11, 1928 – March 1, 2022) was an American actor and jazz trombonist. He played the role of Mindy McConnell's father, Frederick, on television's Mork & Mindy.
Janis was born in …
THE LEGACY OF QUEENS EPISODE 57: JACK BARRY(American game show host, television personality and executive)
Jack Barry (born Jack Barasch; March 20, 1918 – May 2, 1984) was an American game show host, television personality and executive who made a name for himself in the game show field. Barry served as h…
THE QUEENS NEW YORKER EPISODE 213: THE HISTORY OF 77 WABC AM RADIO
WABC (770 AM) is a commercial radio station licensed to New York, New York, carrying a conservative talk format known as "Talkradio 77". Owned by John Catsimatidis' Red Apple Media, the station's stu…
THE LEGACY OF QUEENS EPISODE 56: MADELINE KAHN( American actress, comedian and singer)
Madeline Gail Kahn (née Wolfson; September 29, 1942 – December 3, 1999) was an American actress, comedian and singer, known for comedic roles in films directed by Peter Bogdanovich and Mel Brooks, in…
THE LEGACY OF QUEENS EPISODE 55: ROB REINER(actor and filmmaker)
Robert Norman Reiner (born March 6, 1947) is an American actor and filmmaker. As an actor, Reiner first came to national prominence with the role of Michael "Meathead" Stivic on the CBS sitcom All in…
THE LEGACY OF QUEENS EPISODE 54: ABE VIGODA(actor)
Abraham Charles Vigoda[1] (February 24, 1921 – January 26, 2016) was an American actor known for his portrayals of Salvatore Tessio in The Godfather (1972) and Phil Fish in both Barney Miller (1975–1…
THE QUEENS NEW YORKER EPISODE 212: THE HISTORY OF WAXQ 104.3 FM
WAXQ (104.3 FM) is a classic rock-formatted radio station licensed to New York City. WAXQ is owned by iHeartMedia and broadcasts from studios in the former AT&T Building in the Tribeca neighborhood o…
THE QUEENS NEW YORKER EPISODE 211: THE HISTORY OF WCBS-FM 101.1 PART 2
ON THIS PART 2 WE LOOK AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE HIGHEST RATED RADIO STATION COMING OUT OF THE 5 BOROUGHS: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WCBS-FM
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