WQXR Daily Schedule

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12:00 AM Overnight Music
Overnight Music

Tune in for a nightly mix that spans the centuries: from full-length operas, oratorios and major symphonies to the latest offerings from New York's vibrant new music scene.

05:30 AM Jeff Spurgeon
Jeff Spurgeon

While still a teenager in his western Nebraska hometown Jeff Spurgeon’s radio career had what might be called a providential beginning: He was giving announcements in church, and one congregant – who owned a local radio station – heard him and offered an audition. Since then, Jeff has worked on the radio as an announcer, a news reporter, a newscaster, an interviewer, and a producer. He came to New York in 1986, joining WQXR in 1997 as a newscaster.  He was a music host for the last decade of WQXR's ownership by The New York Times

08:30 AM WQXR's The Washington Report

WQXR's The Washington Report

David Sanger of The NYT discusses the ongoing health care saga and VP Joe Biden's trip to Israel.

08:45 AM Jeff Spurgeon
Jeff Spurgeon

While still a teenager in his western Nebraska hometown Jeff Spurgeon’s radio career had what might be called a providential beginning: He was giving announcements in church, and one congregant – who owned a local radio station – heard him and offered an audition. Since then, Jeff has worked on the radio as an announcer, a news reporter, a newscaster, an interviewer, and a producer. He came to New York in 1986, joining WQXR in 1997 as a newscaster.  He was a music host for the last decade of WQXR's ownership by The New York Times

10:00 AM Midge Woolsey
Midge Woolsey

Midday host Midge Woolsey has proudly served the tri-state community as a broadcaster for 25 years.  She joined WQXR in 1993 and most recently served as weekday evening host.  For public television’s flagship station Thirteen/WNET she hosted specials such as Andrea Bocelli’s Emmy nominated Statue of Liberty Concert, The Three Tenors with James Levine live from Paris and the landmark 24-hour event PBS Millennium 2000

03:00 PM Naomi Lewin
Naomi Lewin

Afternoon host Naomi Lewin comes to WQXR from WGUC, Cincinnati’s Classical Public Radio station.  She writes and hosts the award-winning weekly feature Classics for Kids, a demystification of classical music for kids of all ages, which airs on radio stations from Vermont to Utah (and in the Philippines!). 

07:00 PM Terrance McKnight
Terrance McKnight

As a WQXR evening host, Terrance McKnight brings to the position wide and varied musical experience that includes performance, teaching and radio broadcast.

08:00 PM Symphony Hall

Airs weeknights at 8PM on 105.9 FM

09:00 PM Terrance McKnight
Terrance McKnight

As a WQXR evening host, Terrance McKnight brings to the position wide and varied musical experience that includes performance, teaching and radio broadcast.

10:00 PM Chamber Music Society

Salonen and Franck

This week's Chamber Music Society program includes performances of Esa-Pekka Salonen's Homonculus and César Franck's Piano Quintet in F Minor.

11:00 PM Exploring Music
Exploring Music

Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin is an exciting daily radio program that delves into a wide assortment of topics in classical music. Each five-program series builds off a single theme ranging from composer biographies to explorations of various cultures, musical styles, and time periods.

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12:00 AM Nadia Sirota on Q2

A Passion for Q2

When Felix Mendelssohn rediscovered Bach’s St. Matthew Passion, he completely flipped out, overcome with one of the most powerful and striking pieces of music ever written. Mendelssohn then staged a concert version of the work, the first for nearly 100 years, and the performance that sealed the passion as one of the most striking and powerful forms in classical music.

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12:00 PM Nadia Sirota on Q2

A Passion for Q2

When Felix Mendelssohn rediscovered Bach’s St. Matthew Passion, he completely flipped out, overcome with one of the most powerful and striking pieces of music ever written. Mendelssohn then staged a concert version of the work, the first for nearly 100 years, and the performance that sealed the passion as one of the most striking and powerful forms in classical music.

04:00 PM Special Programming    

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