Editing The New York Times Company (section)

=== Radio stations ===
[[File:WQXR CD promotion ad (1986).png|thumb|An advertisement of WQXR-FM-AM, formerly known as "The Stereo Stations of ''The New York Times''" (1986)]]
The paper bought AM radio station [[WFME (AM)|WQXR]] (1560{{nbsp}}kHz) in 1944.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nytco.com/company/milestones/timeline_1941.html |title=New York Times Timeline 1941–1970 |publisher=The New York Times Company |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080907235742/http://www.nytco.com/company/milestones/timeline_1941.html |archive-date=September 7, 2008 |url-status=dead |access-date=September 16, 2008}}</ref> Its "sister" FM station, WQXQ, became WQXR-FM (96.3{{nbsp}}MHz). Branded as "The Stereo Stations of ''The New York Times''", its [[classical music]] [[radio format]] was simulcast on both the AM & FM frequencies until December 1992, when the big-band and pop standards music format of station WNEW (1130{{nbsp}}kHz – now [[WBBR]]/"Bloomberg Radio") was transferred to and adopted by WQXR; in recognition of the format change, WQXR changed its call letters to [[WFME (AM)|WQEW]] (a "hybrid" combination of "'''WQ'''XR" and "WN'''EW'''").<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/10/21/news/wqxr-am-to-change-its-format-to-popular-music-from-classical.html |title=WQXR-AM to Change Its Format, to Popular Music From Classical |author=Kozinn, Allan |date=October 21, 1992 |work=The New York Times |access-date=September 16, 2008}}</ref> By 1999, ''The New York Times'' was leasing WQEW to [[Citadel Media|ABC Radio]] for its "[[Radio Disney]]" format.<ref name="wqew">{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/12/02/nyregion/wqew-am-all-kids-all-the-time.html |title=WQEW-AM: All Kids, All the Time |author=Blumenthal, Ralph |date=December 2, 1998 |work=The New York Times |access-date=September 16, 2008}}</ref> In 2007, WQEW was finally purchased by [[Disney]]; in late 2014, it was sold to Family Radio (a religious radio network) and became [[WFME (AM)|WFME]].<ref>[http://radioinsight.com/blog/headlines/90956/family-radio-acquires-wqew-new-york/ Family Radio Returns To New York – RadioInsight] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150221143553/http://radioinsight.com/blog/headlines/90956/family-radio-acquires-wqew-new-york/|date=February 21, 2015}} November 21, 2014</ref> In 2009, WQXR-FM was sold to the [[WNYC]] radio group and, on October 8, moved from 96.3 to 105.9{{nbsp}}MHz (swapping frequencies with Spanish-language station [[WXNY-FM]], which wanted the more powerful transmitter to increase its coverage) and began operating it as a noncommercial, public radio station.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=ao4vtybp2N50 |title=New York Times to Get $45 Million for Radio Station |last=Bensinger |first=Greg |date=July 14, 2009 |access-date=July 18, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120216063543/http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=ao4vtybp2N50 |archive-date=February 16, 2012 |url-status=dead |publisher=[[Bloomberg News]]}}</ref>