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WQXR 105.9 FM

Rating: 4.6 Reviews: 14
WQXR-FM is New York City’s only classical music radio station, broadcasting live on 105.9 FM. We share our audience’s passion for music by playing the most outstanding pieces on air. Show more
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On the air WQXR 105.9 FM

Live Modest Mussorgsky - Pictures at an Exhibition
18:18 Advert - Advert
18:04 London Mozart Players Symphony No. 16 in G Major: III. Menuetto
WQXR 105.9 FM playlist

TOP songs on WQXR 105.9 FM

Main Title and the Attack on John WilliamsJohn Williams — Star Wars: Main Title
Slavonic Dances Op. 46 - Slavonic Dances Opp. 46 & 72Slavonic dances — Slavonic dances
Symphony No. 9 - Franz Joseph HaydnFranz Joseph Haydn — Symphony No. 30 in C Major, 'Alleluja': II. Andante
Edvard Grieg - Peer Gynt Suite N 1 Op.46 Arabian DanceEdvard Grieg — Edvard Grieg: Peer Gynt Suite No.1, Op. 46: III. Anitras Dance
Franz Joseph Haydn - Piano Sonata #31 AbMajFranz Joseph Haydn — Symphony No. 31 in D Major, 'Hornsignal': II. Adagio
Felix Mendelssohn - A Midsummer Night's Dream: Wedding MarchFelix Mendelssohn — A Midsummer Night's Dream: Wedding March
Adolorida - William Grant StillWilliam Grant Still — The Hesitating Blues
Philharmonia Orchestra - Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov Flight of the Bumblebee
Franz Joseph Haydn - Die Schopfung (The Creation): The Heavens Are TellingFranz Joseph Haydn — The Creation: The Heavens Are Telling
Peter Tchaikovsky - Eugene Onegin: Waltz

WQXR 105.9 FM reviews

  • 5
    28.03.2025
    Thankbyou
  • 5
    18.06.2023
    Excellent programming for expanding the mind with the Classics
  • 4
    19.05.2023
    Belle programmation ! ...des compositions inspirantes!
  • 5
    28.12.2022
    Always outstanding
  • 5
    30.09.2022
    INMEJORABLE.. EXCELENTE MÚSICA CLÁSICA. NO CAMBIEN!!!
  • 5
    29.05.2022
    I AM AN AVID LISTENER!! LISTEN IN MY OFFICE IN SO. CALIF...
  • 5
    03.07.2021
    Love this station, listen on my desktop computer in Killdeer, ND.
  • 5
    09.11.2020
    DO IT FOODY, DAMMIT DO IT OOUUWWAAA!!!
  • 1
    12.06.2020
    Many evenings, at 6:59, the "announcer" does NOT announce either the title or composer of the last piece played before 7 PM. When this practice stops, I will start to contribute to the station, which I have been listening to for 70 years. Yours in music, Dave Obelkevich
  • 5
    29.01.2020
    As a New York transplant to the coast of Maine, I feel remembered and embraced by the music and voices of WQXR. Barrie Pribyl

Information about the radio

The daily playlist includes the most prominent composers from all over the world such as Strauss, Ravel, Wagner, Mozart, Bach as well as less popular personalities like Franz Schreker, George Phillip Telemann, Christian Cannabich, etc.

Radio contacts

Address: 160 Varick Street, 8th floor New York, NY 10013
Phone: +(646) 829-4400
Site:
Email: [email protected]
Facebook: @WQXRClassical
Twitter: @WQXR
Instagram: @wqxr_classical
Youtube: @featured

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