WQXR broadcasting in N.Y. Times Building--The WQXR string quartet broadcasting its first program in one of the new studios – Historic Photo Reproduction
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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A window into the past: WQXR broadcasting in N.Y. Times Building--The WQXR string quartet broadcasting its first program in one of the new studios, preserved in this historic photograph. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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WQXR broadcasting in N.Y. Times Building--The WQXR string quartet broadcasting its first program in one of the new studios
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The station's first program from its new quarters in the New York Times Building was performed by a WQXR string quartet, captured here as the musicians take up their places in one of the fresh studios. WQXR had been owned by The New York Times since 1944 and was known for classical and serious music, so its move into the newspaper's headquarters marked a shift toward a more polished broadcast home. The photograph, credited to Wide World, shows the everyday mechanics of live radio in 1950: the close arrangement of instruments and microphones, and the careful setup that a studio performance required.
| Created / published | 1950 April 16. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Photographic prints 1950. |
| Notes | Photograph by Wide World. |
| Subjects | WQXR (Radio station : New York, N.Y.)--People--1950. Radio broadcasting--New York (State)--New York--1950. String quartets (Musical groups)--New York (State)--New York--1950. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,161 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-163108 |
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