AROUND THE QUADS
Celebrating WKCR's 60th Anniversary

Gary Cohen '81 (far left), play-by-play announcer for the New York Mets, joins (left to right) Jessica Tait '02 of WKCR, CCAA President Jerry Sherwin '55, Peter Schweitzer '60, Susan Schweitzer and Dean Austin Quigley at the dedication of WKCR's new Peter and Susan Schweitzer Studio. PHOTO: MICHAEL DAMES

Around the Quads

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Gary Cohen '81, radio voice of the New York Mets, was the featured speaker as more than 200 alumni and guests gathered on October 12 to celebrate the 60th anniversary of WKCR and the dedication of the station's Peter and Susan Schweitzer Studio in Lerner Hall. Cohen reminisced about his WKCR days, including a soccer game he once broadcast with George Stephanopoulos '82, and drew a laugh when he talked about "the highs, like 1978–79 when Alton Byrd '79 and Ricky Free '80 set the Ivy League on fire, and the lows, like Columbia football..." Dean Austin Quigley, Peter Schweitzer '60 and CC Alumni Association President Jerry Sherwin '55, the latter two both WKCR alumni, also spoke at the event, which celebrated the opening of WKCR's new facilities in the student center after broadcasting from Riverside Church the past several years. Guests had the opportunity to tour the new studios, and many remarked on how things have changed "since the days of rewinding Ampex tape by hand," as one put it.