WRFI Community Radio News
WRFI Spring Fund Drive – Saturday 4/11 through Friday 4/17
Spring is SPRUNG – The sun is shining, the plants are waiting with bated chlorophyll for this *last* cold snap to end before unfurling their blooms – and the WRFI Spring Fund Drive kicks off Saturday April 11th! DONATE TODAY Explore our Gifts for Donors! Details on @wrficommunityradio, WRFI.org, and your email inbox about our…
Read MoreCREATIVES: MIGRATIONS: The 29th annual Finger Lakes Environmental Film Festival, hosted by Felix Teitelbaum 4/2
DJ Felix of The Scenic Route(every Thursday 12-2) talks to the organizers of the Finger Lakes Environmental Film Festival (FLEFF) about the 29th annual fest held this week at Ithaca College and Cinemapolis. The 2026 edition of FLEFF runs from March 27 – April 12. This year’s special theme is Migrations. Events and screenings will…
Read MoreCREATIVES: Sylvie Froncek on the inaugural Old Greeny Fringe Fest, hosted by DJ Gianni – 4/22 & 4/26
Get to know festival organizer Sylvie Froncek and discover the weird and mystical events on the the horizon. Hosted by DJ Gianni of Songbird.mp3 (alternating Sunday mornings from 10-11am). Old Greeny Fringe Fest is a week-long (April 27th-May 3rd), fringe festival in celebration of the weird, wacky, and whimsical, rooted in the legend of Old…
Read MoreCREATIVES: Author Sophie Pinkham on her new work ‘The Oak & the Larch: A Forest History of Russia’, hosted by DJ Jacob – 4/19 & 4/23
Explore CREATIVES on WRFI Tune into WRFI for an interview with Cornell Professor Sophie Pinkham about her new book, The Oak and the Larch: A Forest History of Russia! Learn about the rich, complex narrative woven through Russia’s beautiful forests and hear how it connects to the country’s complicated history. Pinkham’s interview will be broadcast from…
Read MoreCREATIVES: Grammy-nominated violinist Ariana Kim discusses her journey into Carnatic music, hosted by Daniel Bass – 4/21 & 4/25
From Carnegie Hall to Karnataka, Grammy-nominated violinist Ariana Kim, Associate Professor of Music at Cornell, discusses her journey into Carnatic music during her semester studying violin in India in 2025. Hosted by Daniel Bass of Monsoon Radio (alternating Tuesday nights 7-9pm) “Noted by The New York Times for giving “the proceedings an invaluable central thread…
Read MoreLIVE on WRFI: Lily Talmers on Lowlands Radio with DJ Somer – 4/18
Lily Talmer IN-STUDIO PERFORMANCE on Saturday April 18th at 3pm on Lowlands Radio with Somer Lily Talmers writes of the innate divinity in humanity from a palpably Midwestern vantage. Her lyrics are spiritual and strange—vivid images that range from sludge-covered and dismal to childlike and wondrous. Every song on It Is Cyclical, Missing You was recorded…
Read More‘The Undiscovered Country’ Guest Quentin Lewis Featured on the New York Times
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 New York. Hear his poems. And listen as he joins Michael in conversation about writing in prison, Quentin’s…
Read MoreCREATIVES on WRFI: World Premiere of MILKWEED at the Kitchen Theatre with Playwright Wendy Dann and Director Emily Jackson – Airs 2/26 & 3/1
Airing live Thursday 2/26 at 5pm and again Wednesday 3/1 at 3pm at 88.1 FM Ithaca, 89.7 FM Southern Finger Lakes, and 91.9 FM Watkins Glen, or stream online at WRFI.org/Listen. Listen again at WRFI.org/archives, available for two weeks after broadcast, and at WRFI.org/creatives. DJ Cristina of Spinsters Rock (alternating Friday nights 7-9pm) talks to…
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