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A live 45 minute set of Ronnie Spector at the Left Bank rock club on February 7th, 1981 in Mount Vernon, NY. Mixed and recorded by Frank Ostrander.

On 8/29/80 Ronnie Spector visited with WRNW DJ Gary Axelbank in their Briarcliff Manor studio to talk about the release of her first solo album, Siren. She also talked about her relationship with John Lennon and the Rolling Stones, the first time she met Bruce Springsteen and Southside Johnny, and much more. Recording and mixing by Bruce Figler, Creative Soundworks http://www.creativesoundworks.net/

Chapter Two covers 1977-1981, which included the promotion of a then-unknown Howard Stern to program director, the station's switch to a more “commercial” format, and the new team's (ultimately futile) attempts to maintain the creativity and spirit of the original WRNW.

Chapter One chronicles the years 1973-1977, during which station manager Donald J Barnett assembled a team of legendary “jocks” including Meg Griffin, who helped WRNW evolve by introducing new wave and punk to the Westchester airwaves.

Congressman Mondaire Jones of New York's 17th district talks about his journey to the House of Representatives and the issues he's most passionate about.