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Classical 94.5 WNED turns 35

WBFO-FM 88.7 | By Jay Moran
Published April 18, 2012 at 9:19 AM EDT
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In remembrance of Peter Goldsmith, the first Program Director of Classical 94.5/WNED .
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Bucking the trend of the volatile broadcast industry,  WNED-FM  is celebrating 35 years of focusing on one  musical genre, classical music.

Known now to listeners as "Classical 94.5, WNED," the station signed onto the air at 7 a.m. on April 18,1977.

Since then the station has upgraded from mono to stereo and from vinyl discs to cd's.

WBFO & AM-970's Jay Moran brings us some of the sounds and thoughts of those who have kept the format flourishing through 35 years.
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Jay Moran
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Jay joined Buffalo Toronto Public Media in 2008 and has been local host for NPR's "Morning Edition" ever since. In June, 2022, he was named one of the co-hosts of WBFO's "Buffalo, What's Next."

A graduate of St. Mary's of the Lake School, St. Francis High School and Buffalo State College, Jay has worked most of his professional career in Buffalo. Outside of public media, he continues in longstanding roles as the public address announcer for the Buffalo Sabres of the National Hockey League and as play-by-play voice of Canisius College basketball.
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