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The Auto Channel

The Auto Lab is an automotive broadcast series about the automotive industry, its history, and its culture, presenting the ideas of leading college faculty, authors, and automotive practitioners in a relaxed, conversational format.

New programs air Saturday mornings.

7 to 9 am on WNYM Radio AM 970


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Professor Harold Wolchok — Host of The AutoLab


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Show Archives

Listen to our archive of past shows going back to 1999.

Show Archives

Latest Available Show —
Jun 30, 2018

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  • Robert Erskine, Senior European Correspondent, Suffolk, England - PARIS MEURT DE VOITURES ELECTRIQUES - PARIS ELECTRIC CAR SHARING DIES
  • John Russell, Senior Correspondent - HYUNDAI FE. SPORT 2.0 T
  • Russ Rader, Senior Vice President, Insurance Institute for Highway Safety - NEW TESTS SHOW SOME BIKE HELMETS PROTECT BETTER THAN OTHERS
  • Robert Sinclair AAA NorthEast - APPLE, GOOGLE SOFTWARE REDUCE DRIVER DISTRACTION—A LITTLE; USING SMARTPHONES WHILE DRIVING STILL NOT VERY SMART

This Week’s Guest Automotive Experts

PHOTOHarold Bendell - Major World

PHOTOFred Bordoff - New York Center for Automotive Technology (NYCAT) and Bronx Community College, CUNY

PHOTORobert Erskine - Senior European Correspondent from Suffolk, England

PHOTOAudra Fordin - Great Bear Auto Repairs and Auto Body

PHOTODavid Goldsmith - Urban Classics

PHOTOJerry Pastore - D&J Diagnostic and The Consortium for Automotive Education

PHOTOJohanna Pastore - D&J Diagnostic Center

PHOTOMichael Porcelli - Central Avenue Info and I-Car

PHOTONick Prague - Metropolitan Transportation Authority Training Superintendent and Rockland Community College, SUNY