Station Updates
Interview with David Sassoon – Inside Climate News
Dan Apfel interviews David Sassoon, founder and publisher of Inside Climate News, winner of this years Izzy Award for their story “Exxon: The Road Not Taken” about how Exxon scientists knew about and acknowledged climate change in the 1970’s and 1980’s. According to their research Exxon decided to cover up this information rather than publicizing.…
Read More18th Annual Homelessness Marathon to Air Tonight
It’s that time of year! WRFI is proud, once again, to air the Homelessness Marathon brought to us by Geneva broadcaster, Jeremy Alderson. Starting tonight at 7pm and ending tomorrow morning at 8am (in time for Democracy Now!) tune in to hear to hear stories of homelessness from those who experience it first hand. To petition HUD…
Read MoreJoin hundreds of other community members in making WRFI Radio great!
Your donations help us air national and regional shows like Democracy Now! and the Capitol Pressroom. Your donations also help us maintain our facilities and train local people to make radio. Our volunteers are entering their fourth year of creating valuable local programming like WRFI News, the Morning Show with Jim Murphy, Eco-Defense Radio and the Forecast as well as a…
Read More2015 Quiet Drive Results
Thanks to everybody who contributed to our 2015 Quiet Drive last month! We raised a total of $6,620 from 91 donors, including (in no particular order): Mark Stenzler David Mazzarella, who gave in memory of Privacy & Democracy Camille Doucet Bob Fitzsimmons Rachel Lampert Philip Snyder Erica Crytzer Randi Beckmann & John Hoffmann Gail &…
Read MoreShh! Summer Quiet Drive is here!
WRFI Community Radio is raising money as part of our “Summer Quiet Drive” fundraiser. There won’t be any disruption to the programming you enjoy. Don’t worry about calling in to pledge, simply click here to donate online. If you prefer to send us a check, you’ll find our address there as well. The station is…
Read MoreWRFI @ Ithacafest
Come and get to know your community radio station at the Ithaca Festival, May 28 through 31! On Thursday evening, the WRFI Community Radio News Team will be broadcasting live from the Ithaca Festival Parade. You can also stop by our booth and catch a show on the WRFI Stage in Dewitt park on Saturday.…
Read MoreWhy [WERE] we silent?
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…
Read MoreAnd still more thanks to share…
We are proud to recognize some of the supporters who have given to WRFI this past season, like Dan Cogan, Stephen Cope, Laurie Rubin, Ellen Baer, Charles Dunaway, Bill Carini & Chrys Gardener, Susan Kaplan, Jon Bosak, Della Herden and Seymour Smidt who gave in memory of Rita Smidt. Please visit our Support page to learn how to…
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