WQXR: Serving Westchester!

July 29, 2013

Dear Listeners,

In 2009, New York Public Radio acquired WQXR from The New York Times Company, preserving one of the city’s finest cultural institutions and New York’s only all-classical music station.  As a public radio station, WQXR has thrived by offering the best in classical music programming on the radio, on digital devices and through exclusive live events.

Today, it gives me great pleasure to announce that New York Public Radio has acquired a Westchester station that will extend the reach of WQXR in Central and Northern Westchester.  As a consequence of the frequency change to 105.9 FM that came with the 2009 acquisition, we could no longer serve parts of Westchester.  We’ve been looking for opportunities to restore that service ever since.  This acquisition enables us to do just that and to expand even farther.

Beginning today, the new WQXW 90.3 FM (formerly known as WDFH) brings audiences from Sleepy Hollow to Mount Kisco and Ossining to Armonk the same programming heard on WQXR 105.9 FM in New York City.  New York Philharmonic This Week and Carnegie Hall Live along with originally-produced WQXR festival programming and live broadcasts will fill the air in Westchester.  In the fall, we will expand the 90.3 FM signal to reach towns like Katonah, Bedford and Yorktown Heights.

As part of its increased presence in Central and Northern Westchester, WQXR will grow its partnership with Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts, and will also cultivate partnerships with other leading Westchester arts organizations to enrich WQXR’s programming and service to the community.

This acquisition was funded, in part, by a $300,000 grant from the Ford Foundation, as well as by major donors within the listening area.  Thank you so much for your support.  It’s good to be back where we belong.  Happy listening, Westchester!

Sincerely,

Laura Walker