Station Updates

We finished our marathon at midnight last night, having raised $13,141 from 241 individual supporters!  Thanks go to: All of you who tuned in and called in your pledges! All the our wonderful on-air staff who co-hosted, pitched and answered phones all week! The volunteers who manned the pledge phones: Caitlin, John, Lauren, Rebecca, Renee,…

Call in your pledges to 607-319-5445!  If you give online by clicking the big red DONATE button, you should still call in to be entered in on-air drawings and to be thanked on the air!

We are gearing up for the big Marathon next week, and we need help from our listeners and supporters to make it happen!  Please email info@ithacaradio.org if you are available for answering the pledge line phones anytime between Friday November 1 and Sunday November 10, and please spread the word.  It’s going to be a…

As we gear up for our 2nd annual fundraising marathon, WRFI Community Radio is so pleased to be thanking yet more of our fantastic supporters. We are on the air thanks to the generosity of our listeners, like Martha Ferger, Joyce Kantor, Jessica Brown & Joshua Granger, Larri Richmond and Melissa Blake. To learn how…

Ithaca Community Radio’s Board of Directors has had some changes in membership recently. Jim Utz has stepped down from the board, and continues to serve as WRFI’s co-Program Director and Chief Log Operator, and we thank him for his service on the board and for his many significant and ongoing contributions to the station. We…

WRFI Community Radio is on the air thanks to the support of our listeners, like Beth Cohen & George Dillman, Bill Carini & Chrys Gardener, and Sara Hess, who gave in honor of Ann Pitkin.  To learn how you can join them in keeping our local independent community radio station on the air, go to…

We are sad to announce that last Friday, September 27th, we played the last episode of Free Speech Radio News for the foreseeable future.  Here is a message from them, explaining why: Dear FSRN listeners, We write to you with some extremely sad news.  Last Friday,  FSRN’s Board of Directors issued a two-week layoff notice…

WRFI Community Radio is on the air thanks to the support of our listeners, like Elizabeth Salon, Todd Saddler & Laurie Konwinski, Frank Martin, and Florence Smith who gave in memory of Jean Finley.  To learn how you can join them in keeping our local independent community radio station on the air, go to our Support page.…