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WQXR 105.9 FM

Rating: 4.5 Reviews: 13

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	Swan Lake: Dance of the Little Swans; Odette and the Prince-Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
06:58	Piano Trio in G Major, Hob. XV: 25: III. Rondo all'Ongarese-Franz Joseph Haydn
06:47	Winter's Tale Overture-George Frederick Bristow

WQXR 105.9 FM playlist

TOP songs on WQXR 105.9 FM

Espana - Emmanuel Chabrier - Paris Orchestra

Emmanuel Chabrier — Espana

Handel, George Frideric - Suite no. 7 in B flat HWV 440

George Frideric Handel — Concerto Grosso No. 7 in B-Flat Major, Op. 6, HWV 325: IV. Andante

Ralph Vaughan Williams — Vaughan Williams - The Vagabond

Hector Berlioz — Corsair Overture (Live)

Astor Piazzolla — Oblivion

Dmitri Shostakovich - Waltz No. 2

Williams John - Theme (Superman)

Franz Schubert - Gretchen am Spinnrade (Ballade) D 118

Gymnopedie No. 3 [ Erik Satie ] — Gymnopedie No. 3 , 3rd Gymnopedie

Philip Glass — Morning Passages

WQXR 105.9 FM reviews

5

Donald May 18.06.2023

Excellent programming for expanding the mind with the Classics
4

JM Landecy 19.05.2023

Belle programmation ! ...des compositions inspirantes!
5

Robert Grant 28.12.2022

Always outstanding
5

Javier Melgar Álvarez 30.09.2022

INMEJORABLE.. EXCELENTE MÚSICA CLÁSICA. NO CAMBIEN!!!
5

Dr. Brian Klinge 29.05.2022

I AM AN AVID LISTENER!! LISTEN IN MY OFFICE IN SO. CALIF...
5

MLKJU LKKPIO 03.07.2021

Love this station, listen on my desktop computer in Killdeer, ND.
5

Newoka Mackey 09.11.2020

DO IT FOODY, DAMMIT DO IT OOUUWWAAA!!!
1

Dave Obelkevich 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

Kate McAleer 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
4

José Augusto Othon 28.01.2020

Excellent!

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

Time in New York: 07:11, 02.03.2025

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