This is people-powered radio! Your support powers local voices, independent news, and music from beyond the algorithm!

“Food and Country” Screening, Interview with Ruth Reichl, and More!

WRFI is Hiring: Executive Director

Local Programs – A Farmer’s Market for Your Ears
Donate

Live, Local, and Commercial-Free

Listen now at 89.7FM, 88.1FM in Ithaca, or by using our web player.

Now Playing

Reload page to refresh.

Archive Player

View the complete archive

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.

Read More

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.

Read More

Conversation with Izzy Award winner David Sirota – April 22nd, 2015

By WRFI News Staff

Dan Apfel speaks with David Sirota, writer for the International Business Times and winner of a 2014 Izzy Award for outstanding achievement in independent media — journalism crated outside traditional corporate structures. In the interview we discuss David’s work exposing the corruption in our country’s $3 trillion public pension system and the importance of independent…

Read More

Knowing J.R. Clairborne – April 20th, 2015

By WRFI News Staff

Samuel Whitehead speaks with J.R. Clairborne, Second Ward Alderperson for the City of Ithaca, about the recent development boom Downtown, the Commons rebuild, and community-police relations.   This conversation originally aired on the April 20th, 2015 edition of WRFI Community Radio News.

Read More