Nanette Rainone

Nanette Rainone (December 4, 1942 – May 23, 2016) was an American reporter and programmer at the New York radio station WBAI in the 1960s and 1970s.

She worked on the mayoral campaign of Bella Abzug and founded Brooklyn Information & Culture (BRIC).

[1] Rainone created “Womankind,” a feminist news and information radio show that included interviews.

In 1970, Rainone the program “Consciousness Raising,” a discussion-format show in which seven women gathered to talk about a variety of topics.

She later married Harvey W. Schultz, who was New York City's commissioner of environmental protection during Edward I. Koch's last mayoral term.