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W2XQR - W59NY - WQXQ - WQXR FM Files

The WQXR-FM antenna on the 54-story Chanin Building at 42nd St. and Lexington Ave in 1948. It was previously in Long Island City, it moved to the Empire State Building in 1965.

Radio Craft, March 1942 story by WQXR Chief Engineer Russ Valentine.

(Radio Craft magazine/WQXR Archive Collections)

WQXR-FM press release July 15, 1947.

(WQXR Archive Collections)

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Established in the year 2000, the New York Public Radio Archives are the station's physical link to its rich and storied past.

Directed by archivist Andy Lanset, the department provides a central repository for more than 70,000 audio recordings on nearly every format (except cylinder and wire), photographs, memorabilia, reports, news items, program guides, institutional records, and promotional materials.

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