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Confirmation needed[edit]

On December 3, 1936,  W2XR became WQXR and moved its studios to 730 5th Ave. in [[Manhattan]].

--ChrisRuvolo (t) 04:12, 22 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Confirmed[edit]

According to announcements on the air and emails to its email followers, WQXR is celebrating its 80th birthday tomorrow, December 3, 2016, 80 years after W2XR became WQXR. Marty39 (talk) 02:40, 3 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Reorg[edit]

The history of W2XR/WQXR(AM)/WQEW belongs in the WQEW article (which I think should already cover everything); this article should be giving the history of W2XQR/WQXQ/WQXR-FM, which is completely glossed over. I'll see what I can do (starting with renaming the article per WP:NC). 121a0012 02:47, 6 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Audience size[edit]

I deleted the reference to "300,000 listeners" as probably unverifiable and replaced it with the Spring 2004 Arbitron 12+ 5a-midnight AQH from a convenient reference work. (That's the most recent number I had.) It's worth noting that not only is this still the largest audience of any comparable station; KDFC, KMZT-FM, WCRB, WFMT, WRR, and WCLV all have far smaller audiences. That 300,000 number may well be correct if it's cume (the total number of distinct listeners in a week); my reference doesn't include those figures. 121a0012 03:53, 6 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

It's sad that I can no longer get the station I enjoyed for years in Connecticut on FM radio. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.182.179.163 (talk) 00:53, 4 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

QXR Radio Network[edit]

Missing in the history is the QXR Radio Network which was a network consisting of a number of Classical Music radio stations which used rebroadcast receivers to link station-to-station for various live classical performances. I don't remember enough about this to add anything to the article, but I do remember WCRB, Boston -> WCRQ Providence -> W??? "Radio mountain in Meridan Connecticut" -> WQXR as the link for broadcasting live performances of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. I was Chief Engineer of WCRQ and assistant Chief of WCRB at the time. A similar reverse link worked for getting the New York Philharmonic into the Boston area. This was before FM Stereo caught on, so the multiple links provided real good mono fidelity. I wanted to make a sub-audible tone queing system for the network, but it was voted down because it was thought that the listener's "golden ears" would hear it and become annoyed! Then I proposed supersonic, 25kHz, and it was voted down for the same reason! I guess the "golden ears" lost out when stereo came about with it's 23 to 53kHz supersonics! Anyway, there was a lot of innovation in those days. -- LymanSchool 18:18, 27 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

It would be great if you could find some more stuff about that and add it to the article, but I don't think me or anyone else is going to know more about it than you. See if you can find some information and add it; that sounds very interesting. -- BlastOButter42 ^See Hear _Speak 23:21, 27 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

On January 29 at 5:29 someone at the IP address 12.144.1.222 (contribs) (talk) changed and made a large-scale addition to the "History" section. I've removed it since it is pretty major and should have been discussed first, and is completely unverified. There might be some good stuff in there, though, so it's visible at [1] (diff:[2]). -- BlastOButter42 ^See Hear _Speak 08:26, 30 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

WQXR-FM on the air since 1939? You must be kidding.[edit]

Here is two suggestions:

1. (What does the WQXR call letters stand for?) - At this time, the WQXR logo with it's colored NYC skyline is different, despite it says classical.

2. I thought WNYC-FM is still the major classical music radio station in NYC. But I have almost no knowledge about WQXR or such, I think I will try to look at their website and playlists.

--4.160.219.249 04:26, 23 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

WNYC is the NPR station in New York, and they do play some classical music in the evenings but it's mostly a talk/news/culture station. If you read the history section you'll see where WQXR's call letters come from. And the logo in this article is from WQXR's website. -- BlastOButter42 ^See Hear _Speak 21:03, 24 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Fair use rationale for Image:WQXR logo.gif[edit]

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BetacommandBot 04:50, 20 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Should Australian professional rugby league player Kevin Gordon really be listed and linked as an announcer for WQXR? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.234.41.17 (talk) 06:24, 11 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Wacky links[edit]

Re the comment above, "Should Australian professional rugby league player Kevin Gordon really be listed and linked as an announcer for WQXR?":

In fact, quite a few of the Wikilinks provided for the WQXR announcers listed in this article take us to articles about different individuals with the same names. Hosenrollen (talk) 23:41, 29 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

90.3 WQXW (formerly WDFH)[edit]

As of July 29, 2013, WQXR is simulcasting on WQXW (90.3 FM) in Ossining, NY: http://www.wqxr.org/#!/articles/wqxr-features/2013/jul/29/wqxr-expands-reach-wqxw-westchester/

WQXW is the former dial position of WDFH. WDFH is working to regroup as a nonprofit media production company: http://wdfh.org/splash-52.htm

--DrChuck68 (talk) 19:20, 10 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The former WQXR-FM is WXNY-FM[edit]

According to information from the FCC, WQXR is currently the Univision station WXNY-FM.

The history of the radio is totally wrong. The original WQXR-FM is WXNY-FM, and the former WXNY-FM (or WCAA) is the current WQXR-FM.

--Mega-buses (discusión / Talk) 18:34, 22 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Religious programming[edit]

For decades the station aired live religious programming. A statement was added, followed by sourcing. Additionally the station decided to discontinue all non-sectarian programming. This statment was added, with citation.--☾Loriendrew☽ ☏(ring-ring) 14:12, 10 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]