[c#] method returns sorted linq query anonymoustype#1?

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Trying to create a method that returns a query so I don't have to LINQ sort every time I need the results. LINQ code:

public IEnumerable<String> queryReturn()
{
    string[] tr = staticGetTRdata();

    char[] splitChars = new char[] { ',' };

    var query = from data in tr
                let columns = data.Split(splitChars, StringSplitOptions.None)

                select new
                {
                    qNames = columns[0].Substring(0, columns[0].Length - 6),
                    totCallW8 = Int32.Parse(columns[3]),
                    longW8InCall = columns[5],
                    longW8CallBack = columns[6],
                    BGtrLWC = columns[9].Substring(8),
                    BGtrLCB = columns[10].Substring(8),
                }
                    into qSort
                    orderby qSort.qNames
                    select qSort;

    return query;
}

From what I found on the web so far my issue lies with the "select new" statement which creates the AnonymousType, but I can't seem to figure out how to go around that. What else should I be selecting?

Also I'm just assuming I'm returning IEnumerable<String> or should I return something else? I want to be able to get the query in another method and do the foreach loop to sort the results from there. How would I be calling it?

What I have tried:

Found a couple similar issues on StackExchange, but can't figure out how to implement them. Writing select data doesn't seem to get me anywhere. Just get error after error.