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Airwaves: A Collection of Radio Editorials from the Golden Apple

William O'Shaughnessy

AirWAVES!, a collection of more than thirty years of editorials and commentary given by William O'Shaughnessy, encompasses a wide spectrum of Westchester life, from politics to just plain citizens.

O'Shaughnessy, hailed The Squire of Westchester, by former governor Mario Cuomo, brings together a retrospective for the Golden Apple, Westchester County, providing the reader with not only a slice of his articulate style and graceful persona, but also an historiography of events and happenings in and around the county.

Book Details

  • Publisher: Fordham University Press
  • Publish Date: Jun 1st, 1999
  • Pages: 391
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 9.35in - 6.33in - 1.20in - 1.54lb
  • EAN: 9780823219049
  • Categories: Radio - History & Criticism

About the Author

O'Shaughnessy, William: - William O'Shaughnessy is president and editorial director of Whitney Global Media, parent company of Westchester community stations WVOX and WVIP. In addition to The Townies, he is the author of Radio Active (2019), AirWAVES (1999), It All Comes Back to Me Now (2001), More Riffs, Rants and Raves, VOX POPULI: The O'Shaughnessy Files (2011), and Mario Cuomo: Remembrances of a Remarkable Man (2017).

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Praise for this book

[O'Shaughnessy's] editorials, like fine wine, become better with time.-----Joseph Reilly, president, New York State Broadcasters Association
His is an authentic voice.-----Louis Boccardi, President & CEO, The Associated Press
Bill O'Shaughnessy's editorials make his New York TV counterparts look like so much mish-mash.-- "--The New York Times"
The squire of Westchester is an intelligent and a gifted writer of great eloquence and charm.-----Former Governor Mario M. Cuomo
O'Shaughnessy is widely heard and heralded in Westchester--and beyond.-----Walter Cronkite
Anything Bill O'Shaughnessy touches or writes turns to gold. His book is something I'm going to want to buy. And I'm sure every New Yorker will want to read it too.-----Governor George E. Pataki
Gutsy! He's like the most raucous voice on Hype Park Square . . . and he's my neighbor.-----Ossie Davis