WQXW (90.3 FM) is an all-classical music radio station

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. It simulcasts

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, the only classical music station in

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. WQXW now covers much of northern and central Westchester County, reaching northern portions of the

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where WQXR cannot reach. WQXW's antenna tower is located in

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History

The radio station originated in 1982 as WDFH, a

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that broadcast a freeform format of progressive and alternative rock, jazz, blues, and folk. WDFH had a several-decades long history, starting out as a cable-based station in the 1980s and finally moving to the FM band in 1992. One of WDFH's notable programs in its final years was ''

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'', a program for

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youth. On July 29, 2013, WDFH ceased broadcasting, and the broadcast license was subsequently purchased by New York Public Radio, changing call letters to WQXW and becoming a rebroadcaster of WQXR.

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* QXW Classical music radio stations in the United States Radio stations established in 1992 1992 establishments in New York (state) New York Public Radio {{NewYork-radio-station-stub