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12 unusual facts about WQXR


Eric Asimov

Between 1999 and 2004, Asimov had a daily spot on the New York Times-owned radio station WQXR for which he critiqued food and wine.

Igor Lovchinsky

In addition, his performance of Chopin's First Concerto with the Connecticut Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra was broadcast on WQXR radio in New York and was featured as the soundtrack of the independent film "Romance Larghetto" by director Pablo Goldbarg.

Margaret Mercer

Margaret Mercer was for many years program director of WQXR in New York, the most listened-to classical music station in the United States, and at the time of her directorship under the ownership of The New York Times Company .

Mary Rowell

She currently hosts the show "American Mavericks" on WQXR's Q2 HD broadcast and internet radio station and is a frequent participant in the Tribeca New Music Festival.

Mei-Ting Sun

Sun has been featured several times on WQXR Classical Radio as part of the “Young Artist Showcase” program and on NPR as part of the “Performance Today” program.

Philippe Quint

His live performances and interviews have been broadcast on CBS, CNN, ABC, BBC, NBC, Reuters, Bloomberg TV, NPR, WNYC and WQXR.

Rachel Vetter Huang

She has performed on radio broadcasts from WQXR-FM New York, WGBH-FM Boston and on South Carolina, North Carolina, Colorado and California public television and radio networks.

The Laiho Trio

The trio performed also several one-hour live concerts at WQXR, a radio station owned by The New York Times.

WQXR

WQEW, an AM radio station on 1560 kHz licensed to New York City, New York, United States, which held the WQXR callsign from December 1936 to November 1992

WXNY-FM, a radio station on 96.3 MHz licensed to New York City, New York, United States, which held the callsign WQXR-FM from 1945 to 2009

WQXR-FM

a weekly Lutheran service from the previous week on Sunday morning, as well as Sunday morning services, alternately, from two Unitarian churches, the Community Church and All Souls Church (New York).

One of the station's listeners was the inventor of frequency modulation, Edwin Howard Armstrong.


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Nicola Paone

Just as he did for his jewelry store many years earlier, he would sing jingles as commercial advertisements for his restaurant on WQXR.