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WNYC

radio station in New York City
Organization radio_station Q1551068
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Summary

WNYC is a radio station[1]. WNYC ranks in the top 1% of radio station entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (723 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: Peabody Awards[3]
  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: New York[4]
  • Country: United States[5]
  • Commons category: WNYC[6]
  • Inception: January 1, 1922[7]
  • Distributed by: National Association of Educational Broadcasters[8]
  • Official website: https://www.wnyc.org/[9]
  • Licensed to broadcast to: New York City[10]
  • Language used: English[11]
  • Social media followers: 193,004[12], 195,306[13], 192,646[14]

Why It Matters

WNYC has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] WNYC is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

FAQs

What awards did WNYC receive?

Honors received include Peabody Awards[3].

Related Entities

New York New York City United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 11d ago · Susmuffin · 2026-10-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → New York
    Coordinate location → {'lat': 40.75280556, 'lon': -74.10416667}
    Distributed by → National Association of Educational Broadcasters
    Licensed to broadcast to → New York City
    + 18 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: wnyc, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289965693|wnyc (#289965693)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix'n'match"
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