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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: August 16, 2023

By Celia Clarke | August 16, 2023 | Comments Off on Local News: August 16, 2023

– Ithaca Encampment Vote Postponed – The draft encampment policy in Ithaca will not be voted on during the August 16 of the planning committee. The agenda for the Planning Committee of the Ithaca Common Council was changed this afternoon. The draft policy is now in the discussion section of the meeting. Another change is…

Local News: August 15, 2023

By Celia Clarke | August 15, 2023 | Comments Off on Local News: August 15, 2023

COVID-19 Cases Are On The Rise In New York State, Tompkins County Cases of COVID-19 are increasing in Tompkins County. The county health department, Whole Health, has issued a community alert about the rise. In the past four weeks, Whole Health reports the average number of new cases daily has gone from 1 to 3…

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