New York Times Co. Sells WQXR
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The Times says the station's new ownership "could alter its character," which at first had us wondering if it would now pump righteous classic rock, only with that Brit-sounding guy announcing "The best in righteous classic rock" between righteous rock blocks, but the paper apparently means the station is going public-radio and will have a weaker signal. The new WQXR is expected to keep its Sunday Met broadcasts and other classical staples, but lose access to about four and a half million listeners in Connecticut and Jersey due to the decreased reach of the new transmitter. And it will have to grapple for funding as a "listener-supported station." Since everything in this town is inevitably getting worse, we suspect this means WQXR will eventually go talk-radio, with its lunatics shouting in cultivated accents as a sop to its legacy.
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