Television &
Radio Appearances
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- February 5th, 2024 "SoundProofist" Interview
Alan Fierstein is interviewed on the topic of noise and vibration. Watch here
- March 18th, 2022 NPR Radio Podcast
The Pulse: "Noise Annoys". Reporter Jad Sleiman follows Alan Fierstein around for a day on several noise jobs. Listen Here (segment starts at 35:30)
- January 25th, 2020 AM970 Radio
Eye on Real Estate with Dottie Herman Conversation about Noise Problems. Click to listen.Scroll down and select the 1-25-20 show
- January 2020 - "Larry's Garage" by Corrado Rizza
Alan Fierstein of Acoustilog appears in this documentary film about the Paradise Garage Nightclub
- July 17th, 2018 - NBC 4 TV I Team
Noisy NYC Bars Avoid Fines 99 Percent of the Time - Click to watch.
- April 22, 2017 - AM970 The Answer Radio - Eye on Real Estate with Dottie Herman
Radio discussion about noise problems in NYC real estate - Click to Listen.
- September 10, 2016 - UPN9 - Inside Edition
Noise at US Open Tennis Stadium After New Roof is Installed.
- July 28, 2014 - CBS-2 - CBS Evening News
Summer Concerts Have Some NJ Residents Yelling 'Turn It Down'.
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February
04, 2014
- WNYC -
The Brian Lehrer Show
Coping
with NYC's Noise.
Listen to the show.
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November 9, 2011 -
CBS-TV New York
Measuring
"Occupy" Drum Sounds: Alan Fierstein, Acoustical Consultant
Watch
Video
- 2010
- Fuji TV (Japan)
"Tokudane"
(Morning News Show)
- June
17th 2010 -
American Morning: CNN
Vuvuzela
Noise: Alan Fierstein: Acoustical Consultant
- April
2010 -
New York on the Clock PBS
Thirteen
Interview:
Alan Fierstein: Acoustical Consultant.
Watch Video.
- May
1st, 2009 -
Soundcheck with Jon Schaefer
(WNYC Radio Show)
Sound
Off: Urban Noise.
Listen to the show.
- August
20th, 2008 -
Marketplace (Radio Show)
Soundproofing
the Noisy Kids Upstairs.
Listen to the show.
(Note:
Acoustilog does not necessarily agree with all of the opinions
expressed in the program)
- October
21st, 2007 - 8:30 am "Open House NYC",
TV Interview & Demonstration re: Common Noise Problems in NY
City.
NBC 4 TV / Lifestyle Television
- July,
2007 "On
the QT", Radio Interview re: N.Y. City's new Noise Code.
Q102 Radio, Dublin, Ireland. Host: Scott Wilkins
Play Audio (mp3)
- 2005
"Sounds Like Noise" Dir.: Skip
Duff.
Documentary about
noise problems distributed with the 2005 feature film "Noise"
- 3/05
Bar Noise in Tribeca-
Noise Expert
- 9/03
Subway Announcements Get Worse"- Noise Expert
- 4/03 Fox 5 Problem Solvers
Testing allegedly high-quality home stereo speakers
- 3/03 Talk Show: "Street
Talk"
Nightclub Safety
- 2/03 Fire Safety &
Soundproofing
Materials
Regarding the role of "soundproofing foam" in the Providence R.I.
nightclub fire.
- 2/03
Live Interview re: Providence Nightclub Fire
WSAR Radio, Warwick,
MA
- 2/03How safe are New York City clubs?
Marcia Kramer investigates.
Regarding the role of "soundproofing foam" in the Providence R.I.
nightclub fire.
- 5/02 Subway
Announcements:
Intelligibility
- 4/02 Fan Noise
- 11/93
"Love Thy Neighbor"-
Noise Expert
- 2/93
"Noise" - Acoustic
Consultant
BBC News Special
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Additional Articles With Quotes
by Jill Terreri Ramos
New York Times
8/20/2024 New York Today:
"New Yorkers Who Live Next to a Stadium Say They Can't Take It Anymore"
by James Barron
New York Times
4/11/2022: My neighbor plays his music really loud and with lots of bass. What can I do?
By Alanna Schuhbach
Brick Underground
Autumn 2021: The Gotham Cacophony
by Nicole Gelinas
City Journal
4/9/2021 Curbed:
"A Brooklyn Building Is Screeching. We Asked an Acoustician Why."
by Caroline Spivack
New York Magazine
11/28/2020 Ask Real Estate:
"My Neighbor's Dogs Are Driving Me Crazy. What Can I Do?"
by Ronda Kaysen
New York Times
7/4/2020Ask Real Estate:
"What's the Best Way to Make a Noise Complaint Against My Neighbor?"
by Ronda Kaysen
New York Times
10/26/2019 Ask Real Estate:
"Noise Complaint: The Bar Downstairs Blasts Music All Night!"
by Ronda Kaysen
New York Times
6/29/2019 Ask Real Estate:
"My Downstairs Neighbor Is Driving Me Crazy"
by Ronda Kaysen
New York Times
3/9/2019 "Ask Real Estate: Can My Upstairs Neighbor Really Make This Much Noise? "
by Ronda Kaysen
New York Times
January 2019 Stopping a Gym's Noise Interruption at a Television Studio
Adam Leiman Bailey, P.C.
12/27/2018 "Style/Domains: The Sound of Silence"
by Penelope Green
New York Times
9/23/2018 Mister Softee Music -
To some a delightful diversion, to others a noisy nuisance
by Zak Kostro
The Riverdale Press
7/19/2017 "N.Y. / Region: New York Becomes the City That Never Shuts Up"
by Winnie Hu
New York Times
4/8/2017 Ask Real Estate: "Noise Complaint: A Plague of Ice Cream Trucks"
by Ronda Kaysen
New York Times
2/22/2017 When a Neighboring Building Is Making Noise
Habitat
2/18/2017Ask Real Estate: "Noise Complaint: A Loud, Low-Frequency Hum"
by Ronda Kaysen
New York Times
2/2/2017 "Why you should prepare for noise issues when your neighbor renovates"
by J. C. Cohen
Brick Underground
12/3/2016 Ask Real Estate: "Can My Co-op Fine Me for Not Carpeting My Apartment?"
by Ronda Kaysen
New York Times
10/20/2016 Reality Bites: "Noisy construction vehicles are parking on my block and making my life miserable. What can I do?"
Brick Underground
10/2/2016 Ask Real Estate: "Construction Noise"
by Ronda Kaysen
New York Times
6/15/2016 740 Park Avenue Construction Noise Case
Two magazine articles detail the decision in favor of Acoustilog's client; limiting construction to specified times. Alan Fierstein of Acoustilog provided testimony to demonstrate the noise disturbance.
The Real Deal
Vanity Fair
5/28/2016 Ask Real Estate: "Nonstop Noise From a Neighbor's Place? "
by Ronda Kaysen
New York Times
5/12/2016 Jersey City’s new noise ordinance could hamper bar scene
by Jeannette Josue
Hudson County View
3/19/2016 Ask Real Estate: "Can I Break My Lease Over Subway Noise? "
by Ronda Kaysen
New York Times
2/24/2016 Daily Intelligencer: DIY Soundproofing
(Scroll down or seach for "DIY" in the article)
by S. Jhoanna Robledo
New York Magazine
12/19/2015 Ask Real Estate: "A Pianist Silenced"
by Ronda Kaysen
New York Times
12/11/2015 Soundproofing for New York Noise
by Roy Furchgott
New York Times
9/5/2015 Ask Real Estate: "When the Noisy Neighbor is a Church"
by Ronda Kaysen
New York Times
9/5/2015 Ask Real Estate:
"Opera School Noise Complaints"
by Ronda Kaysen
New York Times
7/13/2015 "What's the Loudest Art Museum in New York?"
Crain's New York Business
7/12/2014 Ask Real Estate:
"The D.J. Next Door"
by Ronda Kaysen
New York Times
6/28/2014 Ask Real Estate:
"Neighbors Acting Like Frat Brothers"
by Ronda Kaysen
New York Times
4/1/2014 "Does Roseland Ballroom's Demise End the Era of the Manhattan Megaclub?"
The Village Voice
12/22/2013
Living
With a Business Below
New York Times
12/18/2013
Fitness Facility Crosses
Upstairs Neighbors
Chelsea Now Magazine
August
2012 The Sound & The Fury
, a look at soundproofing
The Co-operator
4/12/2012
In NYC,
quality-of-life complaints
soaring, along with litigation
Metro
4/1/2012 "Sue Thy Neighbor"
The Real Deal: NY Real Estate News
12/13/2011
How to
Find a Quiet Apartment
Brick Underground
11/9/2011
Sound
Levels of "Occupy Wall Street" Drumming
NY Daily News
8/2010
"Co-op 1,
Obnoxious Bar 0"
Habitat Magazine
8/27/2010
"Noisy neighbors:
Turning up the volume against the uproar next door"
NY Daily News
11/11/2009 Standard Rolls Lucky Number Six
by Scott Solish
Eater NY
7/08
"The
Noise Children
Make"
Also features an audio
interview and slide show with Alan Fierstein
NY Times
7/08
"Getting a
Handle on Apartment
Noise"
NY Times
11/06
"Room
to Improve":
Residential Noise Problems
NY Times
4/06
"Now Hear This":
Acoustic Tests of Bluetooth Headsets
Money Magazine
4/06
"After harrowing cat rescue, merchant
now needs help"
The Villager
4/06
"The Sound
of Rescue"
Cat Fancy Magazine
4/06
"Lucky Molly's in
the Lap of Luxury"
Alan Fierstein uses
Acoustic gear to locate cat trapped between bldgs.
New York Post
05/05 Quiet
on the Set
(Soundproofing in Co-ops and Condos)
The Cooperator: Co-op
& Condo Monthly
04/24/05Big
money, big speakers, big sound
The News Journal
(Delaware)
2/11/2005 With all our costly appliances making noise
By Bradford McKee - Chicago Tribune
1/20/05
Is
Your Refrigerator Running? So Where's the Chugga-Chugga?
New York Times
3/04
Sound & Fury
at Time Warner Center
New York Post
2/04 For Musicians,
Solid Walls Make
Good Neighbors
N.Y Times
10/02 Noises Off:
Avalon, New York
Club Systems
International
10/02 Say What?
It's Loud Outside
New York Daily News
4/01"Best of New
York" Issue: Home
Soundproofing
New York Magazine
6/00
"Sounds
of Silence"
New York Post
1/00
"The Nature of Bass"
Bronx Bulletin
11/99
Noise Article,
Author: Ethan Smith
New York Magazine
11/99
Nightlife
'99: Nightclub Limbo
New York Magazine
4/98
Night
Life
(About the new China Club)
Sound & Video
Contractor Magazine
3/97
"The
Sounds of Silence-How
You Can Soundproof your Home"
New York Family
6/2/1996 THE GOAL OF MANY: ALL QUIET ON THE HOMEFRONT
By John S. Saladyga -
Orlando Sentinel/NY Newsday
12/95
"When Melody
Creates
Disharmony"-Featured Expert
New York Times
"Silencing the
Sounds of the
City" -Featured Expert
New York Times
11/93
"Turn Down
the Volume"
- Acoustic Consultant
New York Times
11/92
"Noises
Out" - Acoustic
Consultant
New York Magazine
9/92
Experience
and Planning: Keys To
Acoustician/Client Relationship
Pro Sound News
10/88
"A Little
Piece of Quiet"
Vogue Magazine
7/77
"Recording Man Hopes
to Hear Sweet Sound of Success"
New York Times
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