WNED-FM (94.5 MHz ) is a non-commercial radio station licensed to Buffalo, New York . WNED-FM offers a classical music format. It is owned by the Western New York Public Broadcasting Association (formerly the Western New York Educational TV Association), doing business as Buffalo Toronto Public Media. The organization also operates Buffalo's PBS station, WNED-TV (channel 17), as well as a second radio station, WBFO (which offers a news/talk format and programming from NPR ). While WNED-FM airs no commercials, it does conduct periodic pledge drives on the air to seek donations for the station. WNED-FM has local hosts in most day-parts, including weekends.
16-411: WNED may refer to: WNED-FM , a radio station (94.5 FM) licensed to serve Buffalo, New York, United States WNED-TV , a television station (channel 31, virtual 17) licensed to serve Buffalo, New York WDCZ , a radio station (970 AM) licensed to serve Buffalo, New York, which held the call sign WNED from 1993 to 2012 [REDACTED] Topics referred to by
32-667: A newsprint shortage. The News ' Designated Market Area had the largest adult population in upstate New York. Counties in total circulation area: New York - Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Chemung, Erie, Genesee, Livingston, Monroe, Niagara, Ontario, Steuben, Wyoming; Pennsylvania - Cameron, Erie, McKean, Potter, Warren. The newspaper founded and owned the WBEN television and radio stations, which are now WIVB (Channel 4), WBEN (930), WYRK (106.5) and WBKV (102.5), respectively. The radio stations are now owned by other companies, but in 2014, WIVB came back under partial co-ownership with
48-510: A simulcast of WBFO, carries the JazzWorks network feed. JazzWorks had previously been heard on WBFO's subchannel before it launched an adult album alternative feed in its place in 2021. As of 2024, The Bridge is duplicated on both WNED-HD2 and WBFO-HD2, eliminating the last vestiges of jazz programming in Buffalo. The Buffalo News Berkshire Hathaway (1977–2020) The Buffalo News
64-460: A week. On October 1, 2006, the News announced it would abandon its evening edition later that month. The Buffalo News had published three morning editions (Western New York, Final and Niagara) that appeared online at BuffaloNews.com, reaching over 400,000 readers, across eight counties each day. These separate editions were eliminated in 2018 and consolidated into a single Final edition, in response to
80-459: Is a grandfathered "Superpower" Class B FM radio station, operating at 94,000 watts. WNED-FM is one of four Buffalo superpower FM stations, along with 92.9 WBUF , 99.5 WDCX-FM and 102.5 WBKV . Under current U.S. Federal Communications Commission rules, Class B FM stations are not allowed to exceed 50,000 watts ERP . WNED-FM at one time broadcast at 105,000 watts; however in 2012, it increased its antenna height due to "structural modifications" to
96-789: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages WNED-FM Programming on WNED-FM is simulcast on WNJA (89.7 FM) in Jamestown, New York , for listeners in Southwestern New York and some parts of Pennsylvania . WNED-FM's studios and offices are at Horizons Plaza on Lower Terrace in Buffalo, and the transmitter is off Zimmerman Road in Boston, New York . WNED-FM and TV also maintain an office in Toronto for listeners and contributors in Canada. WNED-FM
112-717: Is the daily newspaper of the Buffalo–Niagara Falls metropolitan area , located in downtown Buffalo, New York . It was for decades the only paper fully owned by Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway . On January 29, 2020, the paper reported that it was being sold to Lee Enterprises . The Buffalo News was founded as a Sunday paper with the name The Buffalo Sunday Morning News in 1873 by Edward Hubert Butler, Sr. . On October 11, 1880, it began publishing daily editions as well, and in 1914, it became an inversion of its original existence by publishing Monday to Saturday, with no publication on Sunday. During most of its life,
128-673: The News was known as The Buffalo Evening News . A gentleman's agreement between the Evening News and the Buffalo Courier-Express meant that the Evening News would be evening-only, and the Courier-Express would be morning-only. Until 1977, the News did not publish on Sundays because of the agreement, and its weekend edition appeared on Saturday evening. The Butler family owned the Evening News until 1974, when longtime owner and publisher Katherine Butler, granddaughter of
144-741: The News when Buffett's Media General merged with the WIVB parent company, LIN Media . The online version of The Buffalo News operates under a soft paywall allowing a limited number of page views per week. All Buffalo Bills -related content, branded as "BN Blitz", is behind a hard paywall. On January 29, 2020, the News reported it was being sold along – with the rest of Berkshire Hathaway's newspaper portfolio – to Lee Enterprises , an Iowa-based owner of 50 newspapers that has had significant ties to Berkshire Hathaway since 2012 and had operated Berkshire Hathaway's newspapers since 2018. In September 2024, ten jobs were eliminated from
160-469: The founder, died and left no heirs. The Evening News properties were placed in a blind trust , which sold the Evening News to Berkshire Hathaway in 1977. The new owners began publishing on Saturday and Sunday mornings. After a period of financial decline, the Courier-Express published its last issue on September 19, 1982. The Evening News then shortened its name to The Buffalo News and became an all-day newspaper, publishing two editions seven days
176-712: The listeners with Beethoven 's Symphony No. 9 taking the top spot, a title it retained for two consecutive years (2021 and 2022). WNED-FM has an extensive music library, which allows the station to produce local programming for most of its broadcast day. It collaborates with the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra (conducted by JoAnn Falletta , who has her own weekday morning feature JoAnn's Classical Corner ) and other local ensembles as well as local school music departments. WNED-FM operates in HD Radio . Its HD2 subchannel , which prior to November 2021 had carried
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#1732872743561192-529: The rebranding in part reflected WNED-TV's significant Canadian viewership and financial support, WNED officials told The Buffalo News that the organization's radio stations have minimal listenership in Canada. In 2017, in honor of the station's 40th anniversary, it created the Top Classical 40 voted by the listeners who picked Dvorak 's Symphony No. 9 on top. In October 2020, the station created its first ever ultimate Classical Top 100 playlist voted by
208-458: The same term This disambiguation page lists articles about radio and/or television stations with the same/similar call signs or branding. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=WNED&oldid=1023360681 " Category : Broadcast call sign disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
224-582: The tower, at which time it also reduced its power. WNED-FM's signal extends into Canada; as such, the station has listeners in Toronto and around the Niagara Peninsula of Ontario . However, WNED-FM may be difficult to tune in the Hamilton area, due to adjacent-channel interference from CHKX-FM 94.7. WNED-FM first signed on as a commercial radio station on June 6, 1960, with the call letters WEBR-FM. It
240-547: Was a sister station to WEBR (which at the time was at AM 970, a frequency now occupied by WDCZ ). On September 24, 1971, WEBR-FM was renamed WBCE; on May 21, 1973, it became WREZ, before returning to the WEBR-FM call sign on April 21, 1975. In 1975, the Western New York Educational TV Association bought it and AM 970 WEBR, turning both stations into non-commercial operations. On August 14, 1976, 94.5
256-512: Was renamed WNED-FM, and the following year began offering a classical music format with Peter Goldsmith becoming music director there until his retirement in October 2009 (he died the following year). WNED-FM, along with sister stations WBFO and WNED-TV, began collectively referring to themselves as "Buffalo Toronto Public Media" on February 4, 2020; concurrently, WNED-FM amended its own branding from "Classical WNED 94.5" to "WNED Classical". While
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