In a complicated deal, the NY Times and Univision are swapping their New York FM frequencies, with UNI's WCAA "La Kalle" Spanish Top 40 format moving down to the stronger 96.3 signal and the Times selling 65-year-old classical station WQXR to NPR giant WNYC, who will operate the station as a non-commercial station at 105.9:
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=a_EHC2V3Q4D0 "The Radio Station of The New York Times" had long been a prestige and image property for the Gray Lady, if not a ratings or revenue magnet-- the Times' financial problems had called on them to sell the station. WNYC programs classical music at night on its FM station and a 24/7 HD-2 classical station--it had programmed Beethoven during the day, attracting the ultrahighbrows who didn't like QXR's commercials and perceived over-reliance on the standard repertoire (another attraction to NYC was caustic, very political DJ Steve Post), but began simulcasting its AM station's talk shows during the day after 9/11. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
