Backtracks in Time: 20250530: May 30, 2025

"Backtracks in Time" aired monthly on WGXC from May 2016 to November 2020 and is now produced as a quarterly segment. Dedicated to the history of Greene County, its notable people and places and the...

Backtracks in Time: Lex Grey: Nov 15, 2024

This edition of "Backtracks in Time" features and interview with Lex Grey of Lex Grey and The Urban Pioneers about her upcoming performance "Women of the Blues" taking place this Sunday, Nov. 17...

WGXC Afternoon Show: Lex Grey: Nov 15, 2024

Today's "WGXC Afternoon Show" features an interview by Jack Sencabaugh of "Backtracks in Time" with Lex Grey of Lex Grey and The Urban Pioneers about her upcoming performance "Women of the Blues" taki...

WGXC Afternoon Show: Louis Timperio: Jun 17, 2024

Tune in during the 5 p.m. hour for a new edition of the "Backtracks in Time" segment produced by Jack Sencabaugh. In this edition, Sencabaugh interviews Louis Timperio from the Klyne Esopus Mueum. The...

Backtracks in Time: Louis Timperio: Jun 04, 2024

On this edition of "Backtracks In Time," host Jack Sencabaugh interviews Louis Timperio from the Klyne Esopus Mueum. They talk about the history of the Esopus and how it is known as the "gem of the Hu...

Backtracks in Time: Cyndi LaPierre: Jan 31, 2022

Cyndi LaPierre of the Mountain Top Historical Society is the guest on this month's edition of "Backtracks in Time" from WGXC's Jack Sencabaugh.

Backtracks in Time: Catskill's Lost Hotels: Feb 08, 2021

Host Jack Sencabaugh discusses Catskill's lost Main Street hotels in this brief segment.

Backtracks in Time: Mayrose Coyle: Feb 27, 2020

Catskill resident Mayrose Coyle is the guest for the hour. Dedicated to the history of Greene County, its notable people and places and the Hudson River. The show features interviews with local histor...

Backtracks in Time: Meg Nowack: Jan 23, 2020

A conversation with Meg Nowack of Historic Catskill about the history of the Greene County Poorhouse in Cairo. The interview was recorded at the WGXC Hudson Studio, Mon., Jan. 19. Backtracks in Time i...

Backtracks in Time: Lex Grey: Aug 22, 2019

In this broadcast, host Jack Sencabaugh talks with Lex Grey, local blues legend and history buff, about the darker side of Greene County history, and an oral history of Catskill that she's currently w...

Backtracks in Time: Cyndi LaPierre: Jul 25, 2019

In this broadcast, host Jack Sencabaugh talks with Cyndi LaPierre, President of the Mountain Top Historical Society, based in Haines Falls, about Hunter’s three famed residential parks – Onteora, Twil...

Backtracks in Time: Tom Satterlee: Jun 27, 2019

Jack Sencabaugh talks with Tom Satterlee, Trustee of the Greene County Historical Society, about the barn and hay press that are being moved onto the property of the Bronck Museum in Coxsackie, with a...

Backtracks in Time: Jonathan Palmer, Peter Fedoryk: May 23, 2019

In this broadcast, host Jack Sencabaugh talks with Jonathan Palmer, archivist at the Vedder Research Library in Coxsackie, snd Peter Fedoryk, research fellow at the Thomas Cole National Historic Site,...

Backtracks in Time: Bob Knighton: Apr 25, 2019

In this broadcast, host Jack Sencabaugh talks with Bob Knighton, president of the Greene Land Trust, about the history and ongoing restoration of the Willows, an 18th-century farmhouse in the town of...

Backtracks in Time: Eseck G. Wilber: Mar 28, 2019

In this broadcast, host Jack Sencabaugh shares his own commentary while reading excerpts from the book “May God in His Mercy Spare Our Lives: The Civil War Letters and Diary of Eseck G. Wilber, 120th...

Backtracks in Time: Rob Gelles: Feb 28, 2019

For this special Radio for Open Ears pledge drive broadcast, host Jack Sencabaugh talks with WGXC programmer Rob Gelles, whose show "Rob Around the County" explores the history, notable people and pla...

Backtracks in Time: Ron Gabriele: Jan 22, 2019

Ron Gabriele, a local history buff from Catskill, discusses the many-layered history of the Brooks Opera House (now home to Crossroads Brewery) in the village of Athens, NY. Backtracks in Time is dedi...

Backtracks in Time: Bob Hallock: Dec 25, 2018

In this broadcast, Bob Hallock of the Greene County Historical Society discusses Christmas traditions today and during the 17th century. Backtracks in Time is dedicated to the history of Greene County...

Backtracks in Time: Richard Muggeo: Nov 27, 2018

In this broadcast, local historian Richard Muggeo discusses World War I and Greene County's contributions to the war effort, from the homefront to the front lines. Dedicated to the history of Greene C...

Backtracks in Time: Tom Illari: Oct 23, 2018

In this special pledge drive broadcast, local memorabilia collector Tom Illari discussed the origins of the Catskill Mountains as a vacation destination. Dedicated to the history of Greene County, its...

Backtracks in Time: Bob Hoven: Sep 25, 2018

A conversation with Bob Hoven, board president of the Friends of Beattie-Powers Place, about the history of the house and how it’s been preserved over the years. With revised intro and outro.

Backtracks in Time: Tom Satterley: Jul 24, 2018

In this broadcast, we talk with Tom Satterley, a trustee of the Green County Historical Society, about a new barn and hay press currently being installed on the property of the Bronck House in Coxsack...

Backtracks in Time: Eugene Edwards: Jun 26, 2018

In this Radio Everywhere! pledge drive edition, Town of Catskill historian Eugene Edwards discusses the tanning industry in Greene County in the early 1800s. Dedicated to the history of Greene County,...

Backtracks in Time: Eugene Edwards: Jun 26, 2018

Radio Everywhere! pledge drive edition. Eugene Edwards, historian for the Town of Catskill, discusses the tanning industry in Greene County in the early 1800s.

Backtracks in Time: Bob Hallock: May 22, 2018

We talk with Bob Hallock, president of the Greene County Historical Society, about the Bronck House and Museum and the Vedder Research Library in Coxsackie.

Backtracks in Time: Dede Terns-Thorpe, Cyndi LaPierre: Apr 24, 2018

Town of Hunter historian Dede Terns-Thorpe and Mountain Top Historical Society president Cyndi LaPierre discuss the history of Hunter, some of the Mountain Top industries, and the famous hotels that m...

Backtracks in Time: Joe Capobianco: Mar 27, 2018

Backtracks in Time: Sybil Ludington: Feb 27, 2018

Host Jack Sencabaugh tells the true story of Sybil Ludington, the teenage Revolutionary War heroine remembered as the "female Paul Revere", who ended up settling in Catskill.

Backtracks in Time: Roger Liller, Sylvia Hasenkopf: Jan 23, 2018

Host Jack Sencabaugh talks with Roger Liller and Sylvia Hasenkopf of the Cairo Historical Society, about the railroads of Greene County and the ongoing reconstruction of the Cairo railroad station.

Backtracks in Time: Tom Illari: Dec 26, 2017

Host Jack Sencabaugh talks with Tom Illari of Catskill, who has a wonderful collection of local history memorabilia. In this broadcast, we hear about Tom’s background, how his collection was acquired,...

Backtracks in Time: David Dorpfeld: Sep 26, 2017

Host Jack Sencabaugh talks with David Dorpfeld, the Greene County Historian, who has spent more than half of his life learning about the county's notable figures and events. Born in Catskill, he has s...

Backtracks in Time: Matt Luvera: Jul 25, 2017

Host Jack Sencabaugh talks with Matt Luvera about the history of St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in the Village of Catskill, and about the Friends of St. Patrick’s, a group working to get the church bui...

Backtracks in Time: Betsy Jacks: May 23, 2017

Betsy Jacks, executive director of the Thomas Cole House at Cedar Grove in the Village of Catskill, talks about how Cole came to Catskill, the history of the house and efforts to preserve it, and ongo...

Backtracks in Time: Ron Gabriele: Apr 25, 2017

Ron Gabriele, a local history buff from Catskill, talks about the Imperial Lifeboat and Davit Co. in Athens, a manufacturer of lifeboats during World War II; how the boats were made and what the build...

Backtracks in Time: Bob Hoven: Mar 28, 2017

A conversation with Bob Hoven, board president of the Friends of Beattie-Powers Place, about the history of the house and how it’s been preserved over the years.

Backtracks in Time: Marie Bitter: Jan 24, 2017

Marie Bitter, whose family owned and operated Sunnybrook Resort in Catskill for many years, shares her memories about a typical day at the resort, the entertainment provided, and other local attractio...

Backtracks in Time: Sylvia Hasenkopf, Linda Cole-Larsen: Dec 27, 2016

Sylvia Hasenkopf, president of the Cairo Historical Society, and co-author Linda Cole-Larsen talk about their new book, Cairo’s Hometown Heroes: One Small Town’s History of Patriotism and Sacrifice.

Backtracks in Time: Ron Gabriele: Nov 22, 2016

Backtracks in Time: Harry Vincent: Oct 25, 2016

Harry Vincent, a life-long resident of the Village of Catskill, shares special memories about growing up in the village and things that have changed. Special Dead Air 2 Resurrection pledge drive editi...

Backtracks in Time: Mapping Catskill: Sep 27, 2016

Backtracks in Time: Francine Matalon-Degni, Bob Degni: Aug 23, 2016

Backtracks in Time: Legendary Hotels: Jun 28, 2016

Backtracks in Time: The Catskill Railways: May 24, 2016