Originall the WSMB had negotiatiated an agreement to serve as the Met Library's western outlet in which recordings of all past Met broadcasts were to be housed and open to the public.

Upon the failure of the bricks and mortar Museum project, plans fr
that library function concluded.

The other notable change was the termination of the Texaco/Chevron Met broadcast sponsorship in 2006  Subsequently, the radio broadcasts continued under sponsorship of the Tallman Home Builders and the Robert K Johnson Foundation
Met Opera stage in old house at 41st and Broadway, peformance of Andrea Chenier, 1966