Talk:Larry Josephson

Celeste Aida
Didn't he once play every known recording of Celeste Aida; one after the other? Or is that my imagination? — Preceding unsigned comment added by TRIKER (talk • contribs) 18:30, 26 September 2009 (UTC)
 * If so, there is no mention of it on-line. -- &#x2611; Sam uelWantman 06:15, 27 September 2009 (UTC)

That's why I brought it up. I think it's worth mentioning, if true.TRIKER (talk) 02:40, 1 October 2009 (UTC)
 * It may be true, but it is an unverified statement which can remain on the talk page, but unless verified should not be added to the article. -- &#x2611; Sam uelWantman 03:27, 2 October 2009 (UTC)

Anarchyte, I found this one, althought I worry that the autor is sourcing Wikipedia. The info was added in, and a Google search limiting time from 1900 to 17 days ago only brings up that article. Unless TRIKER1 does remember his source from 10 years ago I'll say it is safe to remove. (Was going to reply to you at WP:ITN/C but this is more apt. Also just found this discussion. AdrianHObradors (talk) 10:47, 2 August 2022 (UTC)


 * One would hope that the NYT wouldn't use uncited Wikipedia claims in their articles, so it may be safe to re-add. Anarchyte  ( talk ) 12:05, 2 August 2022 (UTC)

WNCN show and the WBAI church building
Josephson did a morning program on classical-music commercial radio station WNCN in New York City in the early-to-mid 1970s, and there was a write-up on it in The New Yorker magazine, but he lasted only about a week. I don't know his program's format.

WBAI's move to a new facility, if what is meant is the one in a former church (since demolished) at 359 E. 62 St., New York, N.Y., was in 1970 or 1969, not 1971. The source cited later in the paragraph does not support this point (and perhaps was not meant to).

Nick Levinson (talk) 01:10, 8 September 2018 (UTC)


 * I am unsure where to put material on Josephson's work on stations other than WBAI, so for now I put sourced material on shows on KPFA and WNYC in the "WBAI" section. I don't want to start a new section of my own and would like guidance. Thank you. HeddaLettis (talk) 19:56, 31 July 2022 (UTC)

Association of Independents in Radio
Larry was also a founding member of AIR, the Association of Independents in Radio, in 1988. (https://current.org/2018/12/radio-pioneer-larry-josephson-turns-to-creative-community-for-support/) -- I'd like to add that to his bio! Amanda bee (talk) 15:39, 28 July 2022 (UTC)

Possible small anachronism in "WBAI" section
This section begins, "Unhappy with his lonely life as an engineer in a cubicle at IBM...". I admit that this is a bit of a picky point, but I wonder whether calling Josephson's IBM workplace a "cubicle" is an incorrect assumption by a writer who was thinking of a modern corporate working environment. Things would have looked rather different in the early 1960s. Josephson's IBM job was from 1962 to 1964, which appears to be during the very infancy of the modern cubicle's development at Herman Miller. A look at the "History" section of the Cubicle article and the history of the cubicle's modern progenitor, Herman Miller's Action Office, gives the impression that the modern office cubicle did not begin to become popular until the late 1960s at the earliest, and possibly later. -- Colin Douglas Howell (talk) 04:25, 3 August 2022 (UTC)
 * Colin Douglas Howell, I don't have access to the source, but would be interesting to see it. If it is like a direct quote from Larry, could be kept, otherwise it might just be miss-timed editorializing. AdrianHObradors (talk) 08:49, 3 August 2022 (UTC)