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Independent Local Media IS THE GIFT OF THE SEASON – WRFI Winter Fund Drive – Giving Tuesday 12/2 through 12/8

By Zoe Van Nostrand | November 30, 2025

THANK YOU!!! WE RAISED $14,233+ FROM OUR COMMUNITY! It’s not just giving season, it’s gratitude season. Kicking off our Winter Fund Drive on a very special Giving Tuesday, stay tuned 12/2-12/8 for daily specials and features (SCROLL…

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LIVE Performance by IDELYNE 11/13 on The Scenic Route with Felix

By Zoe Van Nostrand | November 6, 2025

This live performance with IDELYNE is scheduled to air on Thursday November 13 from 12-1pm on The Scenic Route with Felix. Tune in at 88.1 Ithaca, 89.7 Southern Finger Lakes, or stream from anywhere at WRFI.org/listen Airing…

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CREATIVES: Interview with Fugazi drummer Brendan Canty on the Youth Radio Project

By Zoe Van Nostrand | November 4, 2025

Brendan Canty with Fugazi.  Brendan Canty with The Messthetics in Seattle. (Cat Rose photo) Tune in Wednesday November 5th at 5pm or Sunday November 9 at 3pm for a new Creatives on WRFI interview with Fugazi drummer…

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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…

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Investment Crowdfunding Platform Launches In Ithaca

By Felix Teitelbaum | May 14, 2024 | Comments Off on Investment Crowdfunding Platform Launches In Ithaca

The buy local movement isn’t new. But now, an initiative in Ithaca is offering a different kind of opportunity: to invest in local businesses. Crowdfunding platforms like Kickstarter and GoFundMe are nothing new and are donation based. The new Ithaca Exchange is investment crowdfunding.  “Investment crowdfunding works with businesses to create actually SEC approved investment…

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Student Protestors Occupy Cornell’s Arts Quad (Local News: April 25, 2024)

By Felix Teitelbaum | April 25, 2024 | Comments Off on Student Protestors Occupy Cornell’s Arts Quad (Local News: April 25, 2024)

Student Protestors Occupy Cornell’s Arts Quad- Activists at Cornell set up an encampment Thursday morning in the university’s arts quad. The Coalition for Mutual Liberation (or CML) called the encampment a “liberated zone” meant to further pressure Cornell to divest from what they call the university’s complicity in genocide in Gaza.  Malak, a fourth year…

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