Airwaves

A Collection of Radio Editorials from the Golden Apple

William O'Shaughnessy

Communications and Media Studies

Pages: 391

Hardback
ISBN: 9780823219049
Published: 01 June 1999
$39.00
Fordham University Press
Fordham University Press

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.

"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

[O’Shaughnessy’s] editorials, like fine wine, become better with time.---—Joseph Reilly,, president, New York State Broadcasters Association

Bill O’Shaughnessy’s editorials make his New York TV counterparts look like so much mish-mash.---—The New York Times

His is an authentic voice.---—Louis Boccardi, President & CEO, The Associated Press

Gutsy! He’s like the most raucous voice on Hype Park Square . . . and he’s my neighbor.---—Ossie Davis

William O’Shaughnessy was President and Editorial Director of Whitney Global Media, parent company for WVOX and WVIP in Westchester County, New York.