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Building Bridges radio: Building Working-Class Power-Capitalism Isn't Working - Monday, Jan 5, 2026 @ 7PM - WPFW 89.3 FM...
01/04/2026

Building Bridges radio: Building Working-Class Power-Capitalism Isn't Working - Monday, Jan 5, 2026 @ 7PM - WPFW 89.3 FM & wpfwfm.org.

TODAY! 1PM. WHITE HOUSE!!!
01/03/2026

TODAY! 1PM. WHITE HOUSE!!!

WPFW is proud to be a media partner of the 22nd annual NYC Winter Jazzfest, January 8–13, 2026, transforming Manhattan ...
01/02/2026

WPFW is proud to be a media partner of the 22nd annual NYC Winter Jazzfest, January 8–13, 2026, transforming Manhattan and Brooklyn into a citywide celebration of Black American Music, creative freedom, and collective joy. Spanning six days, 20+ venues, and hundreds of artists, Winter Jazzfest is a rallying point for artists and audiences who believe in music as a force for community and resistance.

Artists include Dee Dee Bridgewater, Arturo O’Farrill, Luke Stewart, Kahil El’Zabar, Samora Pinderhughes, Lakeisha Benjamin, and more!

Details and tickets at https://nycwjf.com/wpfw

Happy Holidays from the WPFW programmers & staff! Join us for a special day of programming on New Year's day, Jan 1, 202...
12/31/2025

Happy Holidays from the WPFW programmers & staff! Join us for a special day of programming on New Year's day, Jan 1, 2026 -- "NEW YEAR, NEW JAZZ"

The New Year on WPFW will be celebrated in sonic bliss as some of your favorite jazz programmers present the 2025 edition of New Year/New Jazz, our annual survey of the Jazz-Year-In-Review on Thursday, January 1, from 5:00am until Midnight!
There will be delightful & potent mixes of favorite 2025 jazz releases; an honoring of jazz ancestors passing in 2025; and lots of spinning of music from favorite 2025 DMV live jazz performances.

That’s January 1st, New Year/New Jazz on WPFW, your station for Jazz & Justice. Don’t sleep!

Listen to AfricaNow! December 31, 1PM (U.S. Eastern) on WPFW 89.3 FM in the Washington, DC Metropolitan area or visit ww...
12/30/2025

Listen to AfricaNow! December 31, 1PM (U.S. Eastern) on WPFW 89.3 FM in the Washington, DC Metropolitan area or visit www.wpfwfm.org featuring Self-Naming As Resistance.  AfricaNow! goes into its archives to commemorate the January 5 birthday of novelist, essayist, playwright, journalist, editor, academic and social activist Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o.  In the discussion the late Dr. Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, and the late poet, playwright and literary critic Dr. Mĩcere Gĩthae Mũgo, focus on the politics of memory and the effects of name imposition on the psyche of colonized people and the politics of renaming and self-naming as continued forms of resistance to colonial imposition.

Support AfricaNow! and your community station WPFW.  Donate online: visit https://pledge.wpfwfm.org/index.php and then on Step 1: Contribution scroll down to AfricaNow! to make your donation to the show. You can also text to donate by simply texting WPFWFM (not case sensitive) to 801801 and then follow the instructions. Or on our CashApp, which is $WPFWFM write it is for AfricaNow! and include your email address. Thank you.

Help us serve you better. Your feedback through this short survey will directly inform WPFW’s programming and community ...
12/30/2025

Help us serve you better. Your feedback through this short survey will directly inform WPFW’s programming and community work. It should take about 10-15 minutes.

Click the link below or for a clickable link in Instagram go to our profile description. Thanks.

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Happy Holidays!

As we reflect on 2025 👇a year of profound loss, transition, and great challenges,we also celebrate the enduring spirit t...
12/29/2025

As we reflect on 2025 👇

a year of profound loss, transition, and great challenges,

we also celebrate the enduring spirit that keeps this beacon of justice alive.

From honoring voices silenced too soon, to weathering cyberattacks and the uncertainty of relocation, we have leaned on the strength of our listeners, programmers, partners, and community at large to persevere.

Your support is the lifeline that keep the truth shining bright, shedding light about what's really happening in the world.

Your support this year has amplified music as resistance, art as healing, radio as revolution, and so much more.

Together, we move into 2026, inspired to build a better world--

one broadcast at a time.

Thank you for keeping Jazz & Justice alive 🙏

Building Bridges radio: WPFW 89.3 FM DC; streaming at WPFWFM.org - 7PM Dec 29, 2025 - Sankofa: Looking Back To Move Forw...
12/29/2025

Building Bridges radio: WPFW 89.3 FM DC; streaming at WPFWFM.org - 7PM Dec 29, 2025 - Sankofa: Looking Back To Move Forward

JABARI EXUM —artist, percussionist, rapper, movement coach, healer, choreographer in BLACK PANTHER 2018, long time frien...
12/29/2025

JABARI EXUM —artist, percussionist, rapper, movement coach, healer, choreographer in BLACK PANTHER 2018, long time friend of Chadwick BOSEMAN, Brother Ah, & many more  —poet-vocalist abt to release a new single in January —will be guest on ToHealDC Monday 10am Dec 29 —to help us close out 2025 with some JOY, positivity, and pride in our community.

Listen at 89.3 FM, wpfwfm.org, and the WPFW mobile app.

Happy Holidays from the WPFW family to yours!Join us as we celebrate sounds of the season on Christmas Day with Programm...
12/25/2025

Happy Holidays from the WPFW family to yours!

Join us as we celebrate sounds of the season on Christmas Day with Programmers Scooter Magruder, Coka-Lani, Alvin Nedab, and Tony Carr, from 8am until 7pm on WPFW, building a better world one broadcast at a time. 

Listen all day at 89.3 FM, wpfwfm.org, and the WPFW mobile app.

Listen to AfricaNow! December 24, 1PM (Eastern) on WPFW 89.3 FM in the Washington, DC Metropolitan area or visit www.wpf...
12/24/2025

Listen to AfricaNow! December 24, 1PM (Eastern) on WPFW 89.3 FM in the Washington, DC Metropolitan area or visit www.wpfwfm.org featuring 

Reflections on Africa’s Deep Impact on Diasporic Cultural Production with Brother Ah.  AfricaNow! goes into its archives and features one of WPFW's own renowned ancestors: musician, cultural pillar Brother Ah.   The discussion from AfricaNow!'s vault with Brother Ah focuses on African continuities in Diasporic cultural production and more.

Support AfricaNow! and your community station WPFW.  Donate online: visit https://pledge.wpfwfm.org/index.php and then on Step 1: Contribution scroll down to AfricaNow! to make your donation to the show. You can also text to donate by simply texting WPFWFM (not case sensitive) to 801801 and then follow the instructions. Or on our CashApp, which is $WPFWFM write it is for AfricaNow! and include your email address. Thank you.

On We the People, 11am ET, Wed December 24: Resistance and Resilience are two important ways of sustaining self, communi...
12/23/2025

On We the People, 11am ET, Wed December 24: Resistance and Resilience are two important ways of sustaining self, community, and society in these current political times. We'll examine these themes with Dr. Marcus Board, Jr., Associate Professor of Political Science at Howard University and author of Invisible Weapons: Infiltrating Resistance and Defeating Movements.

Listen at 89.3 FM & worldwide at wpfwfm.org and the WPFW app.

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