WKCR-FM is a radio station licensed to New York, New York. The station is owned by Columbia University and serves the New York metropolitan area. Founded in 1941, the station traces its history back t
CURC broadcasting in 1942
From 1985 to 2001, WKCR broadcast from the antenna atop the World Trade Center
DJ Stretch Armstrong and Bobbito Garcia
Pan Am Flight 103 was a regularly scheduled Pan Am flight from Frankfurt to Detroit via stopovers in London and New York City. Shortly after 19:00 GMT on 21 December 1988, the Boeing 747 Clipper Maid
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…and was followed by silence, then by a woman reciting obituaries, including those of Frank Oppenheimer and Barry Valentino, one of the victims of the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103. The woman reading the names would occasionally be interrupted by the sound of a bell. After a couple of minutes, the station came back on air as usual…
The remains of the forward section
N739PA, the aircraft involved, seen in 1987
Air Accident Investigation Branch model showing fuselage and tail fracture lines and ground locations of parts: Green—southern wreckage trail; red—northern wreckage trail; grey—impact crater; yellow—Rosebank (Lockerbie); white—not recovered/identified.
Dryfesdale Cemetery memorial stone dedicated to Bernt Carlsson