Pittsburgh History Series

It is a Joy: WQED-FM is 50 Years Old

Celebrate WQED-FM, 89.3, Pittsburgh's All-Classical radio station with historic footage, live performances, and comments from listeners, on-air hosts, and Fred Rogers. Host/narrator Rick Sebak interviews the staff of Pittsburgh’s pioneering radio station on the occasion of its Fiftieth Anniversary. Through archival footage, we re-visit the station’s journey as a premiere classical music station.