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Recent and Upcoming Features and Interviews

‘The Undiscovered Country’ Guest Quentin Lewis Featured on the New York Times

By Zoe Van Nostrand | March 24, 2026

 Poet Quentin Lewis featured on WRFI’s limited series The Undiscovered Country in March 2025 is the focus of a recent New York Times article. Quentin Lewis is fighting his conviction while locked up at Wende Correctional in Western…

CREATIVES: Interview with Irish music band Lúnasa – 2/23 on WRFI

By Zoe Van Nostrand | February 20, 2026

This interview with Lúnasa is scheduled to air on Monday February 23rd at 5pm hosted by DJ Nina. Tune in at 88.1 FM Ithaca, 89.7 FM Southern Finger Lakes, 91.9 FM Watkins Glen or stream from anywhere…

LIVE Performance by Paper Wings 2/21 on Lowlands Radio

By Zoe Van Nostrand | February 10, 2026

This live performance with Paper Wings is scheduled to air on Saturday February 21 from 3-5pm on Lowlands Radio with Somer. Tune in at 88.1 FM Ithaca, 89.7 FM Southern Finger Lakes, 91.9 FM Watkins Glen or…

Station News Coverage from 2024

Voices from the Cornell Encampment: Andre

In early May, pro-Palestinian activists at Cornell voluntarily took down their “Liberated Zone” solidarity encampment. In this series, we’ll…

Local News: September 8, 2023

By Celia Clarke | September 8, 2023 | Comments Off on Local News: September 8, 2023

Seneca Falls Town Board rejects draft host agreement for Seneca Meadows landfill The Seneca Falls town board voted 3-2 to table a proposed host agreement for the Seneca Meadows landfill. The deal is estimated to be worth $173 million for the town over the next two decades. The proposed expansion of the landfill has been…

Local News: September 7, 2023

By Celia Clarke | September 7, 2023 | Comments Off on Local News: September 7, 2023

– Ithaca Negotiations For New Host Payments With Cornell Breakdown – Ithaca Mayor Laura Lewis issued a statement on September 7 saying that negotiations with Cornell University for a new voluntary payment agreement had failed. Lewis says negotiations ended on August 11. In her statement, Lewis says Cornell owns almost half of Ithaca’s assessed property…

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