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Station News and Events
Here are the latest announcements and opportunities to get involved in WRFI, follow along with us on this journey of serving Ithaca and Watkins Glen with community radio. We love hearing from you! Contact us anytime.
Felix Teitelbaum interviews Irish singer-songwriter Karan Casey and Ellen Grady of the Ithaca Catholic Worker. Casey will be performing a benefit for the Catholic Worker on Thursday, March 9, 2023 at the Community School of Music and Arts. Casey is a founding member of the American/Irish supergroup Solas and has released 9 albums of her…
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This week’s episode of The Scene features an interview with artist and photography professor Al-An deSouza. The Scene’s Chantal Thomas speaks with Professor deSouza about their exhibition, Elegies of Futures Past, at Cornell University’s Johnson Museum of Art, and its meditations on family memory, colonial empire and diasporic identity. (original air date: November 4, 2022) The Scene airs every…
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Stevie Eve Chaneles and Bea Bornstein speak with Pontypool director Jeff Hodges and actors Mike Chen and Ivony Whiteley. HOI is proud to present Pontypool (running November 18-December 3, 2022) by Tony Burgess as an audio horror drama directed by HOI co-founder Jeff Hodges. The show centers on disgraced radio DJ Grant Mazzy, who finds himself…
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Daily features and interviews from our community
Ithaca develops a new comprehensive plan – July 3rd, 2014
Samuel Whitehead talks with Kirby Edmonds and David Kay of the City of Ithaca’s Comprehensive Plan Committee about their efforts to develop an updated blueprint for the city’s future. This interview originally aired on the July 3rd, 2014 edition of WRFI Community Radio News.
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Planned Parenthood of the Southern Finger Lakes – Joe Sammons – July 3rd, 2014
Lori Sonken talks with CEO of Planned Parenthood of the Southern Finger Lakes Joe Sammons about the organization’s new clinic in Ithaca and the services they offer from Ithaca to Hornell. This interview originally aired on the July 3rd, 2014 broadcast of WRFI Community Radio News.
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An interview with Ithaca Times reporter Kerri Blakinger–July 1st, 2014
WRFI Producer Katelyn Harrop interviews Ithaca Times reporter Kerri Blakinger on her article, ” ‘No Question it’s Gotten Worse’: A Look Inside Ithaca’s Heroin Epidemic”. This interview originally aired on the July 1st, 2014 broadcast of WRFI Community Radio News.
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The Summer of Quiet Driving is Upon Us
Shhhh….Summer may be heating up, but we’re cooling things down a bit during our Summer Quiet Drive. For the next two weeks, we’re quietly asking you, the listener, to show your support by making a donation to WRFI Community Radio. To make a contribution online, click on the big red DONATE button to the right.…
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Mental Health Services in the wake of local tragedy – June 27th, 2014
Producer Maya Cueva interviews Emily Nowels from The Mental Health Association in Tompkins County on the aftermath of the tragic crash in Simeon’s Restaurant in Ithaca. This interview originally aired on the June 27th edition of WRFI Community Radio News.
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Finger Lakes Weather – Drew Montreuil – June 26th, 2014
Samuel Whitehead talks with Drew Montreuil of FL-Weather.com about his work to make weather forecasts for the Finger Lakes more local. This interview originally aired on the June 26th, 2014 broadcast of WRFI Community Radio News.
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