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05:30 AMJeff Spurgeon
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Jeff Spurgeon has been the morning host of WQXR since 2006. He joined WQXR in 1997 and during his 30-year career in radio, Spurgeon has been an announcer, reporter, newscaster, interviewer and producer
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- Jeff Spurgeon
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08:30 AMAround Broadway
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Superstar Brings Buzz Back to Broadway
The story is nearly 2,000 years old, but this version of the last days in the life of Jesus comes with actual nostalgia – for the pop-rock sound of the early ’70s.
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08:45 AMJeff Spurgeon
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Jeff Spurgeon has been the morning host of WQXR since 2006. He joined WQXR in 1997 and during his 30-year career in radio, Spurgeon has been an announcer, reporter, newscaster, interviewer and producer
- Host:
- Jeff Spurgeon
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10:00 AMMidge Woolsey
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Midge Woolsey became an announcer at WQXR in 1993. On Jan. 31, 2013, she signed off after her final shift at WQXR. Midge has hosted many television specials for WNET including The Three Tenors Live in Paris and The PBS Millennium project.
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- Midge Woolsey
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12:00 PMShowdown @ High Noon
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Iconoclast Charles Ives Challenges Himself
Today’s Showdown focuses on Charles Ives, arguably America’s original maverick composer. You selected Symphony No. 2 as the winner. We played it at noon.
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12:15 PMMidge Woolsey
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Midge Woolsey became an announcer at WQXR in 1993. On Jan. 31, 2013, she signed off after her final shift at WQXR. Midge has hosted many television specials for WNET including The Three Tenors Live in Paris and The PBS Millennium project.
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- Midge Woolsey
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03:00 PMNaomi Lewin
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Naomi Lewin is the weekday afternoon host on WQXR, and the host of WQXR’s bi-weekly podcast Conducting Business. Before arriving at WQXR, Lewin was the midday host at WGUC, Cincinnati’s classical public radio station.
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- Naomi Lewin
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07:00 PMTerrance McKnight
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Terrance McKnight is the WQXR weekday evening host. He also hosts the Saturday evening program, All Ears with Terrance McKnight, a show about musical discovery, which was honored with an ASCAP Deems Taylor Radio Broadcast Award in 2010.
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- Terrance McKnight
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07:30 PMThe Writer's Almanac
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Each day, Garrison Keillor recounts the highlights of this day in history and reads a short poem or two on The Writer's Almanac.
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- Garrison Keillor
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07:45 PMTerrance McKnight
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Terrance McKnight is the WQXR weekday evening host. He also hosts the Saturday evening program, All Ears with Terrance McKnight, a show about musical discovery, which was honored with an ASCAP Deems Taylor Radio Broadcast Award in 2010.
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- Terrance McKnight
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08:00 PMSymphony Hall
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Symphony Hall is a one-hour program airing each weeknight that features a full-length major symphonic work. Performances are drawn from major symphony orchestras from around the globe. To find out what you heard, please consult our playlists. Symphony Hall airs weeknights at 8PM on 105.9 FM.
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09:00 PMThe McGraw Hill Financial Young Artists Showcase
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An Encore, Preview and Postscript
We start with the missing link from the Robert Mann String Quartet Institute at the Manhattan School of Music recorded this past January. Last week’s show featured five of the six quartets coached by Juilliard Quartet founding violinist Robert Mann.
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10:00 PMTerrance McKnight
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Terrance McKnight is the WQXR weekday evening host. He also hosts the Saturday evening program, All Ears with Terrance McKnight, a show about musical discovery, which was honored with an ASCAP Deems Taylor Radio Broadcast Award in 2010.
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- Terrance McKnight
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11:00 PMExploring Music
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Through the Mail Slot
All media outlets have a special place for unsolicited materials. This week we’ll explore unexpected musical treats that were delivered to Bill McGlaughlin’s doorstep.
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