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WQXR - New York Times Radio - FM 105.9 - New York City, NY

The classical Music Station of NYC

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Brief History The nation's first commercial classical radio station began in 1936 when W2XR owner and founder John Hogan joined with advertising executive Elliott Sanger to create the Interstate Broadcasting Company. The company's chief asset was W2XR. In December 1936, W2XR's call letters were changed to WQXR. The FM station signed on in 1939 and both were sold to The New York Times Company in 1944. The Times Company completed the sale of the AM station to Radio Disney in 2007. The sale of WQXR-FM to WNYC was approved by the FCC on September 8, 2009 in a multipart deal ...

FM 105.9
128Kbps
English
P.O. Box 1550 New York, NY 10116-1550
(646) 829-4400
listenerservices@wqxr.org.
2224
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  • Guest Cannot c. Onnect May 19, 2012, 5:41 p.m. GMT
  • Guest Have you ever heard of Apple? April 13, 2012, 9:21 p.m. GMT
  • Guest Hi Guest! Exactly. OK-DREAMBAND is great. Thank you. March 17, 2012, 9:58 a.m. GMT
  • Guest classical music, this is brilliant March 8, 2012, 4:15 a.m. GMT
  • Guest I stopped listening to this station when the fired Greg Witeside,never got over it!!! March 7, 2012, 5:25 p.m. GMT
  • Guest Great station, beautiful music. Please, airplay my favorite group OK-DREAMBAND. Nice romantic clarinet-sound from Germany. CD "Clarinet-Dreams" now is available for downloading (iTunes and more). My favorite track is theme-song "Clarinet-Dreams". Feb. 20, 2012, 3:58 p.m. GMT
  • Guest la mega se pega Feb. 19, 2012, 7:28 p.m. GMT
  • Guest Bravo WQXR ! You have captured yet another fan of your station who never really liked classical music until now. Each day I learn more and I love it.(also enrolled in a music conservatory for theory and composition......Michael Rivera Feb. 10, 2012, 4:34 p.m. GMT
  • Guest Throughout all the eras of political madness, music like this has assured many of the sanity and eventual maturity of the human race. Dec. 19, 2011, 11:26 p.m. GMT
  • Guest Great music. Congratulations. louis v. martin Dec. 16, 2011, 3:17 a.m. GMT
  • Guest France radio classique Dec. 14, 2011, 3 a.m. GMT
  • Guest Continuous delightful sounds, even when my PC loses the internet momentarily!!! Dec. 4, 2011, 5:43 p.m. GMT
  • Guest very great!!! wonderful web radio and music i' m italian and lover classical music Oct. 1, 2011, 10:07 a.m. GMT
  • Jillbear Why does my streema 105.9nytssical radio keep on going out? Sept. 14, 2011, 6:50 p.m. GMT
  • sou good!good!good! Aug. 22, 2011, 1:57 p.m. GMT
  • Guest Hurrrraaa megvan! Aug. 5, 2011, 3:27 p.m. GMT
  • Guest the system stinks and is designed to exploit us and sell us what we DO NOT want Jan. 7, 2011, 1:06 a.m. GMT
  • pjc1961 Station sold to WNYC Organization. Changed frequency to 105.9 FM on 10/8/09. Try www.wqxr.org or www.wnyc.org for website/streaming info. Nov. 27, 2009, 7:54 p.m. GMT
  • Richard Monte Great classical music station, very soothing indeed for a nice Saturday afternoon. July 18, 2009, 7:13 p.m. GMT
  • emacee1701 Not really a news station. Classical music plus news updates. Dec. 26, 2008, 1:28 p.m. GMT
 

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From Wikipedia
105.9 MHz (also on HD Radio)WQXR-FM (105.9 MHz) is an American classical radio station licensed to Newark, New Jersey, and serving the New York City metropolitan area. It is the most-listened-to classical-music station in the United States, with an average quarter-hour ...
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  • Today at 4pm on the Operavore stream, World of Opera: Rossini's "Le Comte Ory" from Geneva http://t.co/XpghnFvO
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  • @nprclassical Can't believe I got "Wild At Heart' wrong on first try. Ashamed of myself.
    1 day, 13 hours ago WQXR Radio via Twitter
  • BREAKING: Glenn Dicterow, concertmaster of the New York Philharmonic for the past 34 year, stepping down -- http://t.co/fQSvUHHW
    1 day, 13 hours ago WQXR Radio via Twitter
  • 6 right in 8 attempts. not too bad. Have you played this fun @nprclassical music/movie matching game? http://t.co/waP5tiZZ
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  • @ManonBoisvert Thank YOU!
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  • Photo: @JeffQXR with composer Kaija Saariaho -- http://t.co/ZHpejJyD #CHLive
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  • First "grown up concert" and a radio debut #chlive " http://t.co/BG2FAgqL
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  • @GBliss Thanks for tuning in!
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  • Photo: WQXR out on the street before tonight's Carnegie Hall broadcast. We go live in 10 mins http://t.co/LLCWgjp4 #CHLive
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  • . @carnegiehall and @nprclassical, See you in the #CHLive chat tonight. Looking forward to it!
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