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Host Intro:
As familiar as the tune "Take the A Train" may be, few people have actually travelled the entire 32-mile stretch of it! On the occassion of the subway centennial, producer Julianne Welby of WFUV in New York took the A train its entire length in one sitting, starting in her neighborhood at the top of Manhattan.
Host Tag:
"Take the A Train" was produced by WFUV in New York for the subway centennial.
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Piece Description
Host Intro: As familiar as the tune "Take the A Train" may be, few people have actually travelled the entire 32-mile stretch of it! On the occassion of the subway centennial, producer Julianne Welby of WFUV in New York took the A train its entire length in one sitting, starting in her neighborhood at the top of Manhattan. Host Tag: "Take the A Train" was produced by WFUV in New York for the subway centennial.
Broadcast History
Aired locally on July 31, 2004
Will re-air locally during the week of October 25, 2004
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Sarah Elzas
Posted on October 11, 2004 at 01:35 PM | Permalink
Review of Take the 'A' Train
This piece has some great ambient sound, but not enough of the actual subway sounds! Where is the ring of the doors opening? Where is the conductor saying 'stand clear of the doors'?
This trip on the A train is very recognizable to me, a New Yorker who lives on the A line, but I wonder if someone who has never taken the train, or the NYC subway, would recognize the characters that we encounter. And as such, I would have liked to hear more from them--more from the conductor who was interviewed, more from the woman preaching, more from the boys doing flips on the train.
In general I enjoyed listening to this piece, and I could see it fit as an audio poscard from New york somewhere on a national show.