Forward Radio

Forward Radio WFMP-LP Louisville, KY is volunteer-powered, listener-sponsored community radio broadc There is room for you on our airwaves! Please join us!

Independent media is the cornerstone of a truly free and just society. Grassroots Low Power FM (LPFM) radio stations like ours serve as a vital platform to ensure that the diversity of local voices is heard and the public interest is served. A new day has dawned on Louisville's media landscape...and we want YOU to be a part of it! In keeping with its commitment to build just and peaceful communiti

es, the Louisville Chapter of the Fellowship of Reconciliation (FOR) helped organize to bring LPFM radio to Louisville with the launch of Forward Radio, WFMP-LP, Louisville, Kentucky, 106.5fm and forwardradio.org in 2017. In 2021, we became fully independent as a registered non-profit "WFMP Low Power Radio, Inc." We seek progressive citizen journalists and radio producers to help get new voices on the air - issues, perspectives, and communities that you won't hear elsewhere on the dial. We are listener-supported and rely not only on volunteer power, but your financial support to stay on air. We also seek local businesses and non-profit organizations that are interested in becoming underwriters. Together we can preserve this precious space in Louisville's media landscape to amplify independent people's voices, free from corporate, government, or big-money interests. It only costs $20/day to keep us on-air. Please consider sponsoring a day, week, or month of broadcasting today!

02/14/2025

Check out the final highlights from the recent KCC Legislative Summit and Annual Meeting, with a focus on energy issues impacting our Commonwealth and its environment!

On this week's show, we bring you final highlights from the 2025 Legislative Summit and Annual Meeting of the Kentucky Conservation Committee (KCC) that was held at Kentucky State University in Frankf

02/12/2025

More highlights this week from the Kentucky Conservation Committee's annual Legislative Summit - this week with a focus on outdoor recreation and wildlife!

On this week's show, we bring you more highlights from the Kentucky Conservation Committee (KCC) 2025 Legislative Summit and Annual Meeting that was held at Kentucky State University in Frankfort on J

02/11/2025

On our show this week......The 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was shared by three researchers who used artificial intelligence to predict the three-dimensional shapes of proteins based on their amino acid sequences. In this episode, we hear from one of them, Demis Hassabis, CEO and co-founder of Google DeepMind. His AI program, AlphaFold, curates the 3D-structures of more than 200 million naturally-occurring proteins. This database is available to the public for free! After a brief introduction to the topic, we hear Dr. Hassabis's Nobel lecture on how he got involved in this groundbreaking research, and how he sees AI impacting biology in the future. Here is the link to the podcast. It has weblinks to his full lecture with charts and slides. There are also other ways to access this podcast in the Comments section below.
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The 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was shared by three researchers who used artificial intelligence to predict the three-dimensional shapes of proteins based on their amino acid sequences. In this epi

02/10/2025

On this week's show, learn what citizens are doing to organize to protect our public lands from extractive exploitation in southern Indiana's Hoosier National Forest!

On this week’s Sustainability Now!, we bring you to he heart of the woods to join the struggle to protect southern Indiana’s Hoosier National Forest from the extractive economy. Your host, Justin Mog,

02/06/2025

Get a workers' view of the inside of America's meatpacking industry on this week's show!

On this week's show, we bring you the keynote address from the 2025 Legislative Summit and Annual Meeting of the Kentucky Conservation Committee (KCC) that was held at Kentucky State University in Fra

02/05/2025

Get caught up with what's before the Kentucky Legislature this session with respect to the environment! Tune in for highlights from the first hour of the Kentucky Conservation Committee (KCC) 2025 Legislative Summit that was held in Frankfort on January 26th.

Get caught up with what's before the Kentucky Legislature this session with respect to the environment! On this week's show, we bring you highlights from the first hour of the Kentucky Conservation Co

02/03/2025

Learn about sustainable health and healing with a truly inspiring guest on today's show!

We’re talking holistic health and healing on this week’s Sustainability Now! Your host, Justin Mog, is excited to reconnect with a dear old friend, Emily Kicklighter, who will share her story of radic

01/31/2025

This week's program features Forward Radio's own Patty Payette in conversation with UofL's Brian Buford!

This week, we bring you a conversation from Jan. 17, 2025 on UofL's Employee Success Podcast with Brian Buford. This conversation with UofL's Dr. Patty Payette (from Forward Radio's Critical Thinking

01/30/2025

On 'Bench Talk: The Week in Science' this week.....We attended the People's March held in Washington, DC just two days before the Trump inauguration. Hear our report (including recordings) from that march of 20,000 protestors. Also, did you know there is research showing that the US government is an oligarchy (rule by the few)? Who are the big power brokers now, and how are they manipulating us? Finally, Scott Miller reports on what stars, planets, constellations and nebula we can see in the night sky during February. Here is our iTunes link. See comment section for other ways to link:

Podcast Episode · Forward Radio podcasts · 01/29/2025 · 29m

01/29/2025

We've added a brand new show to our Forward Radio line-up this week and you're going to love it! We are excited to launch FranchiseU! on Thursdays at 7:30pm, Fridays at 6:30am, and Saturdays at 1:30pm. FranchiseU! provides education and inspiration to those in, or considering careers within, franchising. The program is produced by the Yum! Center for Global Franchise Excellence at the University of Louisville. The Center’s vision is to empower communities to create and sustain generational wealth using the franchising business model. Host Kathy Gosser earned her PhD in Educational Leadership and Organizational Development from the University of Louisville, her MBA from UofL, and her BA in Journalism from Indiana University. https://www.forwardradio.org/franchiseu

01/27/2025

Get an insider's perspective on our regional solar industry on this week's show!

This week on Sustainability Now!, we reconnect with a former guest from several years ago, Todd Bluechel, who is now Renewable Energy Sales Specialist with ABC Supply (https://abcsupply.com). Join hos

01/24/2025

Don't miss this week's community conversation connecting the people of the West Bank with us here in Louisville!

This week, we bring you the voice of Baha Hilo, Palestinian activist and educator, speaking with the Louisville Ceasefire Coalition at an event organized by the Palestine Justice Network of the Presby

01/23/2025

On our show this week.......Hear the story of Dr. Susan La Flesche Picotte (1865-1915), the first indigenous woman to earn a medical degree in the US. Mary Williams reports on this fascinating woman of the Omaha tribe. Then, have you heard that a glass of wine every night is good for your health? But is it true? There is accumulating evidence that any alcohol we drink has a negative effect on our overall health and longevity. Dave Robinson examines the evidence from both sides of this controversial question. Here's the link to the podcast on iTunes. Other ways to listen are in the Comment section. All completely free!

Podcast Episode · Forward Radio podcasts · 01/13/2025 · 29m

01/19/2025

Don't miss this week's show on the cutting edge of energy and climate justice for all!

This week on Sustainability Now!, we continue our miniseries on a just energy transition for all! Your host, Justin Mog, is thrilled to be in conversation with Scott Hackel, Vice-President of Research

01/16/2025

This week's program features a very timely conversation about the future of progressive politics and winning back the working class on the eve of Trump's second inauguration!

On today's show, we listen in on a very timely community conversation hosted on January 14th, 2025 with the Oberlin Club of Washington, DC, focused on the question: "Why is the working-class leaving t

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An independent media is the cornerstone of a truly free and just society. Independent, community-based Low Power FM (LPFM) radio stations like ours serve as a vital platform to ensure that the diversity of local voices are heard and the public interest is served. A new day has dawned on Louisville's media landscape...and we want YOU to be a part of it!

In keeping with its constant commitment to build just and peaceful communities, the Fellowship of Reconciliation (FOR), Louisville Chapter, helped organize to bring LPFM radio to Louisville with the launch of Forward Radio, WFMP-LP, Louisville, Kentucky, 106.5 FM. There is room for you on our airwaves! We seek progressive-minded citizen journalists and radio producers to help get new voices on the air - issues, perspectives, and voices that you won't hear elsewhere on the dial. Please join us!

We are listener-supported and rely not only on volunteer power, but on your financial support to stay on the air. We also seek local businesses and non-profit organizations that are interested in becoming underwriters and partners of Forward Radio. Please donate today.