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Why [WERE] we silent?

By WRFI News Staff

At about 9:15 on Saturday night, our WRFI transmitter failed completely. It looks like the power supply got fried, probably by lightning.  More than a dozen volunteers worked like crazy yesterday to make repairs and we were back on the air by 7:30 Sunday night. Special thanks are due to fellow broadcasters WVBR who lent us a backup…

Switching On – May 6th, 2015

By WRFI News Staff

Samuel Whitehead speaks with Trevor Pinch and James Spitznagel about the exhibit “Switched On: The Birth of the Moog Synthesizer” at the History Center in Tompkins County, which closes at the end of May. They also touch on the spread of the synthesizer in popular music and what it’s like to play a Moog.  …

Talking Local Events – April 30th, 2015

By WRFI News Staff

Esther Racoosin and Samuel Whitehead speak with Bill Chaisson, Editor of the Ithaca Times, about some of the events happening in and around Ithaca in the next week.   This conversation originally aired on the April 30th, 2015 edition of WRFI Community Radio News.

Questioning Cornell – April 29th, 2015

By WRFI News Staff

Lori Sonken speaks with Cornell History Professor Holly Case and Cornell Government Professor Elizabeth Sanders about their objections to the university’s recent budgetary, administrative, and academic decisions.   This interview originally aired on the April 29th, 2015 edition of WRFI Community Radio News.

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