WRFI Community Radio

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12/17/2024

Tonight's show is our Best of 2024, featuring Arooj Aftab, Kiran Ahluwalia, Arivu, Arun Ramamurthy Trio, and that's just the A's! 7:00-9:00 pm on Community Radio 88.1 FM, streaming & archived at www.wrfi.org

12/13/2024

Folk/roots/pop duo Viv and Riley will open for Willie Watson at the Hangar Theatre Saturday night. But first they’ll join Somer on Lowlands on WRFI for a chat and live set. Tune in to the bittersweet nostalgia of Viv and Riley on Lowlands Saturday (Dec 14) 3-5pm.

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12/02/2024

🗣️ "Liberty is meaningless where the right to utter one’s thoughts and opinions has ceased to exist." - Frederick Douglass

Free speech, free press, and free expression are under attack. But WRFI stands as a beacon of hands-on, homegrown radio—amplifying local voices, underrepresented perspectives, and the healing power of music. YOUR SUPPORT MAKES IT ALL POSSIBLE.

This year, with your support, we:
🎙️ Added more local hosts than ever before.
📻 Launched new shows like The Undiscovered Country with Michael Rhynes.
🍴 Hosted incredible events like Ruth Reichl’s “Food & Country” screening and panel.

✨ Big news! Starting in January, long-time WRFI Program Coordinator Ben Coakley will lead us as Executive Director, deepening our community programming and ensuring WRFI’s future.

Now more than ever, your support is essential. Help us sustain people-powered radio in the heart of the Finger Lakes. 🌟

👉 Make a gift today via Venmo or at WRFI.ORG (links in bio) or give us a call at 607-319-5445.




Photos: 1.Big Scoob and out Executive Director Felix Teitelbaum; 2. "Hooked on WRFI" tee by gothic country/punk icon Johnny Dowds (get yours!); 3. Tower improvements to our Ithaca facility; 4. Michael Rhynes of "The Undiscovered Country"; 5. Gift baskets (any caller can be put in the running for each daily basket); 6. Volunteers Veet and Zoai share a toast; 7. Kevin of "Thrift Shop Radio"; 8. Volunteer Tom installs custom sound panels in Studio A; 9. DJ Rocket Morton with former host Dan Aloi.

11/19/2024

Tonight's show highlights the amazing new album from Ganavya Doraiswamy, "Daughter of a Temple," as she follows along the devotional jazz pathways of Alice & John Coltrane, 7:00-9:00 pm EST on WRFI Community Radio 89.7 FM, streaming & archived at www.wrfi.org

11/14/2024

“Time to Refresh”

Feeling the need to refresh tonight on WRFI Community Radio’s Thrift Shop Radio show this evening, as we re-energize with a batch of just arrived records! We got new ones from Brower, Shonali, Dangereens, The Jackets, Chuck Prophet, Willie Nelson, The Krayolas, Talking Heads, The Coward Brothers, Tom Petty, Lydia Loveless, The Cactus Blossoms, McKinley James, JD McPherson, many more new to the shop tunes! Come freshen up and tune in 7 to 9 pm!

Thrift Shop Radio, every other Thursday 7 to 9 PM on WRFI Community Radio
Listen at https://www.wrfi.org or at 89.7 on the radio in NY’s Southern Fingerlakes
Archived for two weeks to listen at your leisure!

11/05/2024

Tonight it's a special election night show at a special time! We're honoring the Tamil heritage of Vice President Kamala Harris with an entirely Tamil music show, one hour earlier than usual, 6:00-8:00 pm EST, before election coverage begins on WRFI Community Radio, 89.7 FM, streaming & archived at www.wrfi.org

10/31/2024

“Rockin’ Bones”

There’s a goblin at the k***s tonight on WRFI Community Radio’s Thrift Shop Radio, as we Pop musical treats into your Halloween bag! With seasonal tunes from The Cramps, The Minus 5, John Wesley Harding, Chuck Prophet, Nat Fross, Screaming Lord Sutch, The Fleshtones, Eilen Jewel, The Stanley Brothers, The Sprites, and many more Pumpkin Pop Pleasures (playlist in comments)!

Our shop light is on tonight from 7 to 9 PM, so stop in, cause we’re all treat and no tricks!

Thrift Shop Radio, every other Thursday 7 to 9 PM on WRFI Community Radio
Listen at https://www.wrfi.org or at 89.7 on the radio in NY’s Southern Fingerlakes
Archived for two weeks to listen at your leisure!

10/22/2024

Did you notice we've been off the air today on 88.1fm? After months of planning, nay years, today we're replacing our Ithaca tower! We've hurdled a number of minor obstacles and are on course to be back on the air this afternoon!

10/20/2024

JOE SHOW!!!

Every Sunday at 1 PM ET, The Joe Show goes on a musical exploration of a single theme.

This week, Found Halloween!

Part One of a two part series, we will scare up songs that were not created specifically FOR Halloween, but whose spooky themes were inspired by other things, like the horror movie fads of the’30s and ’50s, for one example.

Tune in at 88.1 FM in Ithaca
and 89.7 FM across the Southern Finger Lakes!!
Or, stream the show live at

https://www.radiorethink.com/tuner/index.cfm?stationCode=wrfi&launchedFrom=secureStreamRedirect&ath=

We put together a lot of fun, spooky stuff…just in time for All Hallow’s Eve!!

10/17/2024

“Don’t you get smart with me!” (Said in your best teacher voice)

Tonight (and always) being smart is ok on WRFI Community Radio’s Thrift Shop Radio! We will celebrate being in the know and thinking tonight, as we indulge in some “Pop-Smarts” this evening from XTC, The Undertones, Squeeze, Amy Rigby, Jonathan Rundman, Richard Thompson, Natalie Merchant, Stevie Wonders, Susan Cowsills, John Prine, The Bottle Rockets, Billy Bragg, and so many more brilliant artists! Stop in at 7 PM tonight and “Get Smart!”

Thrift Shop Radio, every other Thursday 7 to 9 PM on WRFI Community Radio
Listen at https://www.wrfi.org or at 89.7 on the radio in NY’s Southern Fingerlakes
Archived for two weeks to listen at your leisure!

10/10/2024

It's day seven of our fall fund drive and we're humming right along. We've heard from so many folks who share our belief in platform for local and underrepresented voices and independent news. We have a unique opportunity right now! An anonymous donor has offered to match every gift that comes until the fund is depleted. Give right now and make an even bigger impact on this people powered radio station that builds people power here in the Finger Lakes and beyond! 607-319-5445 or online at wrfi.org


We've got live performances from Christmas Island Strangler Thursday at 3pm, Greg Schatz Friday at 5pm, the debut of Dj Dijon with the Mustard Hour on WRFI Saturday from 1-3 and so much more! Tune in and support community voices.

10/08/2024

Since we're in the middle of Navaratri, the nine-day festival to the goddess Durga, tonight's show will be ladies only, featuring the divas and devis of South Asian music, 7:00-9:00 pm EDT on WRFI Community Radio, 89.7 FM, streaming & archived at www.wrfi.org. Since it's also WRFI's fall fundraiser, after you've made an offering to Durga, please consider offering your support to WRFI Community Radio by calling 607-319-5445 or online at www.wrfi.org

10/05/2024

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