BTPM Classical 94.5 is Buffalo Toronto Public Media’s around-the-clock classical music service. The station presents symphonies, chamber music, opera, choral works, and concert broadcasts, with local hosts and an ongoing broadcast partnership with the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra.
WNED-FM signed on at 7:00 a.m. on April 18, 1977, establishing a full-time classical service on 94.5 FM. Over the following decades it moved from mono to stereo and from vinyl records to digital production while retaining a locally curated identity for listeners on both sides of the U.S.–Canada border.
The service is heard on 94.5 FM in Buffalo and 89.7 WNJA in Jamestown. BTPM has announced a future frequency realignment, but its official listening page still identifies these frequencies at the date of this review. The player uses the official WNED-FM MP3 stream; schedule times follow Eastern Time.
Records name Western New York Public Broadcasting Association as the owner or licensee.
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Piano Concerto (for the left hand)Maurice Ravel
String quartet no. 1 in F Major, op. 18 no. 1Ludwig van Beethoven
Harp concerto in B flat Major, op. 4 no. 6, HWV 294George Frideric Handel
Keyboard concerto no. 5 in G minor, BWV 1056R (on Mandolin)Johann Sebastian Bach
Symphony in C majorBBC Philharmonic Orchestra
La Peri (complete ballet)Paul Dukas
The Sorcerer's ApprenticePaul Dukas
TIPM PBS Generations 15 NPR BRDG CLASElyse
String quintet no. 11 in E Major, G. 275Luigi Boccherini
Hungarian rhapsody no. 6 (orch) in D Major, S 359 no. 6Franz Liszt
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BTPM Plus SK 30 NPR BRDG CLASSam K6 plays
TIPM PBS Generations 15 NPR BRDG CLASElyse3 plays
Hungarian rhapsody no. 6 (orch) in D Major, S 359 no. 6Franz Liszt2 plays
Divertimento in G MajorJ. Michael Haydn2 plays
String sextet in A Major, op. 48 (I - Allegro Moderato)Antonin Dvorak2 plays
Les Patineurs (The Skaters) WaltzEmile Waldteufel2 plays
Cyrano de Bergerac, op. 23Johan Wagenaar2 plays
Mississippi Suite (Complete)Ferde Grofe2 plays
Flute concerto in G Major, TWV 51: G2Georg Philip Telemann2 plays
Tales from the Vienna WoodsJohann Strauss Jr2 plays
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BTPM Classical All-Night
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Mornings with Mark Swarts
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Middays with Marty Wimmer
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Afternoons with Stratton Rawson
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Evenings with Genevieve Randall
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Late Night with Peter Hall
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BTPM Classical All-Night
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Mornings with Mark Swarts
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Middays with Marty Wimmer
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Afternoons with Stratton Rawson
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Evenings with Genevieve Randall
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Late Night with Carl Lam
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BTPM Classical All-Night
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Mornings with Mark Swarts
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Middays with Marty Wimmer
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Afternoons with Stratton Rawson
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Evenings with Genevieve Randall
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From the Piano Bench with Richie English
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BTPM Classical All-Night
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Mornings with Mark Swarts
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Middays with Marty Wimmer
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Afternoons with Stratton Rawson
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Evenings with Genevieve Randall
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Late Night with Ed. Simone
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BTPM Classical All-NightOn now
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Mornings with Mark Swarts
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Middays with Marty Wimmer
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Afternoons with Stratton Rawson
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Evenings with Genevieve Randall
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Late Night with Richie English
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BTPM Classical All-Night
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Saturday Morning with Yvonna Mitchell
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Saturday with Marty Wimmer
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Metropolitan Opera Series
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Saturday with Carl Lam
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Saturday Night Symphonies
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BTPM Classical All-Night Sunday
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Capitol Pressroom Weekend
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What's Next?
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Sacred Classics with Ed Simone
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Sunday Morning with Ed Simone
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Sunday Baroque with Suzanne Bona
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Sunday Afternoon with Peter Hall
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Sunday Evening with Kelly Sheldon
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Millennium of Music
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