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‘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 14, 2023

By Celia Clarke | August 14, 2023 | Comments Off on Local News: August 14, 2023

Ithaca Planning To Vote on Encampment Policy  The Planning Committee of the Ithaca Common Council will vote on a homeless encampment policy at its August 16 meeting. Residents are welcome to attend and speak about the policy or other issues on the agenda. A link with more information go here.  Attorney General and Education Commissioner…

Local News Postcard: August 11, 2023

By JT Stone | August 11, 2023 | Comments Off on Local News Postcard: August 11, 2023

– [AUDIO POSTCARD] Whale Watching In Alaska – In today’s newscast, we have something special. Earlier this month our intern JT Stone went to Alaska with his family. During their trip, they went whale watching in Juneau. They got to see something incredibly rare and he brought back this audio postcard. Check out this video…

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