WNYC-FM
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| City | New York City |
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| Branding | WNYC 93.9 FM |
| Frequency | 93.9 MHz (also on HD Radio) |
| First air date | March 13, 1943 |
| Format | FM/HD1: Public radio HD2: WQXR-FM simulcast (Classical) HD3: WNYC (AM) simulcast (Public radio) |
| Language(s) | English |
| ERP | 5,200 watts |
| HAAT | 415 meters (1,362 ft) |
| Class | B |
| Facility ID | 73355 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 40°44′55″N 73°59′08″W / 40.74861°N 73.98558°W |
| Callsign meaning | W New York City |
| Affiliations | NPR |
| Owner | New York Public Radio |
| Sister stations | WNYC (AM), WQXR-FM, WQXW, New Jersey Public Radio |
| Webcast | WNYC-FM Webcast |
| Website | www |
WNYC-FM (93.9 MHz) is a non-profit, noncommercial, public radio station located in New York City. It is owned by New York Public Radio which also owns WNYC (AM), WQXR-FM, New Jersey Public Radio, and the Jerome L. Greene Performance Space. Combined, New York Public Radio owns WNYC, WNYC-FM, WQXR-FM, WQXW, WNJT-FM, WNJP, WNJY, and WNJO. New York Public Radio is a not-for-profit corporation, incroporated in 1979, and is a publicly supported organization.
WNYC-AM-FM, along with Newark, New Jersey-licensed classical music outlet WQXR-FM (105.9 MHz), broadcast from studios and offices in the Hudson Square section of Manhattan. WNYC-FM's transmitter is located on the Empire State Building in New York City.
WNYC-FM began regularly scheduled broadcasts on the FM band on March 13, 1943 at 43.9 MHz as the sister station to WNYC. Known originally as W39NY, the FM outlet adopted its present WNYC-FM identity and its present frequency of 93.9 MHz within a few years. In 1961 the pair were joined by a television operation, as WUHF (channel 31) took to the air in an experimental format. The following year the station was renamed WNYC-TV.
The Municipal Broadcasting System (which was renamed the WNYC Communications Group in 1989) helped to form National Public Radio in 1971, and the WNYC stations were among the 90 stations that carried the inaugural broadcast of All Things Considered later that year.
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