From The Vault
A weekly radio program from the Pacifica Radio Archives. (04:00 AM - 05:00 AM ET)
Radio EcoShock
Latest science, authors, issues – from climate change, oceans, forests,
pollution, Peak Oil, the economy, and peace. Ready for re-broadcast,
computer, iPod, or mp3 player. As heard on over 90 radio stations. (05:00 AM - 06:00 AM ET)
Counterspin
FAIR, the national media watch group, has been offering well-documented
criticism of media bias and censorship since 1986. We work to invigorate
the First Amendment by advocating for greater diversity in the press
and by scrutinizing media practices that marginalize public interest,
minority and dissenting viewpoints. FAIR produces the weekly radio
program CounterSpin, the show that brings you the news behind the
headlines. (06:00 AM - 06:30 AM ET)
Making Contact
Making Contact is committed to in-depth critical analysis that goes beyond the breaking news. Showcasing voices and perspectives rarely heard in mainstream media, Making Contact focuses on the human realities of politics and the connections between local and global events, emphasizing positive and creative ways to solve problems. (06:30 AM - 07:00 AM ET)
A Way with Words
A Way with Words is an upbeat and lively hour-long public radio show about
language examined through history, culture, and family. Co-hosts Martha
Barnette and Grant Barrett talk with callers from around the world
about slang, grammar, old sayings, word origins, regional dialects,
family expressions, and speaking and writing well. They settle disputes,
play word quizzes, and discuss language news and controversies. (07:00 AM - 08:00 AM ET)
Food Sleuth Radio
Helping people think beyond their plates ... Critical thinking for food system literacy. https://foodsleuth.transistor.fm/ (08:00 AM - 08:30 AM ET)
51%: The Women's Perspective
Description:In America, women make up more than half the population. Worldwide, women are expected to outnumber men within the next fifty years. And every issue we face is one that affects us all.
Whether it's the environment, health, our children, politics or the arts, there's a women's perspective, and 51% is a show dedicated to that viewpoint.
Host Susan Barnett talks to experts in their field for a wide-ranging, entertaining discussion of issues that not only fall into the traditional 'w ... (08:30 AM - 09:00 AM ET)
The Laura Flanders Show
The Laura Flanders Show is a TV and radio program that seeks to raise radical spirits by interviewing forward-thinking people who have real experience of shifting power, from the few to the many, in the worlds of arts, entrepreneurship and politics. (09:00 AM - 09:30 AM ET)
This Way Out
The International Lesbian & Gay Radio Magazine (09:30 AM - 10:00 AM ET)
Hard Knock Radio
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Hard Knock Radio is a drive-time Hip-Hop talk show on KPFA (94.1fm @ 4-5 pm Monday-Friday), a community radio station without corporate underwriting. Hosts Davey D and Anita Johnson give voice to issues ignored by the mainstream while planting seeds for social change. (10:00 AM - 11:00 AM ET)
More Cheese
(11:00 AM - 11:30 AM ET)
Reverend Billy Radio
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Billy is the pastor of "The Church of Stop Shopping" in New York City. Although his church has tens of thousands of members, Billy is "a preacher with an unknown god". He is not Christian, but wears a priest's collar and televangelist's hair. His followers shout "Earthalujah!" and "Change-a-lujah!" on the sidewalks. He started the show while locked down in NY, with death raining down on the skyscrapers. He likes to stop preaching suddenly and play music. In his show, "The Fiery Eagles of Justice ... (11:30 AM - 12:00 PM ET)
Radio Days
Radio Days is a weekly trip back in Radio Time to when the medium was the primary form of mass entertainment and the mind's eye was a theater in which all manner of story played out. Join Jonathan, Alexander and Stephanie as they listen to the way it was, adding commentary and analysis from a modern multi-generational perspective.
(12:00 PM - 01:00 PM ET)
Un-Brie-lievably Good Tunes
(01:00 PM - 02:00 PM ET)
Catholic Block
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LOWERCASE MARC
Questing for the ecstatic and cathartic in sounds across genres, with an emphasis on the more obscure/niche/outsider range of the musical spectrum and an occasional thematic underpinning. Noise/noise rock, psych, punk, experimental, ethereal/dark, Appalachian balladry, global ritual, electronic... (02:00 PM - 04:00 PM ET)
Press Record and Play
with
DAN ALOI
A curated mixtape of covers, rarities, shoulda-been-hits, audio oddities and local talent, often on a theme. (06:00 PM - 08:00 PM ET)
Bombast
with
KID CATHARSIS
A sonic trail mix of many styles: electronic, independent rock, reggae,
dub, African, experimental, and noise. Occasionally, words will be
spoken. DJ Kid Catharsis will speak these words. (08:00 PM - 10:00 PM ET)
And You Don't Stop
We don't talk about Hip Hop, we create it. A weekly show featuring a
mix of live performances, ciphers, street and in-studio interviews,
parody raps, and some good ol' fashioned soap boxing. Hosted by DOUG
(Earwolf, Lil Wayne, Chris Brown), Monte Carlos (Mongol Music), and
Ginness The Menace. (10:00 PM - 12:00 AM ET)
WRFI Updates:
Local News: April 26, 2024
April 26, 2024
Adjustments Expected to Ithaca Water Bills Ithaca property owners may face unexpected water bills starting this year. The city has relied on equipment to remotely read water meters since 2005. However, batteries in the equipment started to fail during the pandemic and were never replaced. This means that many bills have been based on estimated ... more
Local News: April 25, 2024
April 25, 2024
Student Protestors Occupy Cornell's Arts Quad— Activists at Cornell set up an encampment Thursday morning in the university’s arts quad. The Coalition for Mutual Liberation (or CML) called the encampment a “liberated zone” meant to further pressure Cornell to divest from what they call the university’s complicity in genocide in Gaza. Malak, a fourth year ... more
Student Protestors Occupy Cornell’s Arts Quad (Local News: April 25, 2024)
April 25, 2024
Student Protestors Occupy Cornell's Arts Quad— Activists at Cornell set up an encampment Thursday morning in the university’s arts quad. The Coalition for Mutual Liberation (or CML) called the encampment a “liberated zone” meant to further pressure Cornell to divest from what they call the university’s complicity in genocide in Gaza. Malak, a fourth year ... more
Youth Farm Project Celebrates Earth Week with Greta Garrison of the Youth Radio Project
April 24, 2024
Youth Farm Project participants Stella Sapp-Dietrich and Etienne Exantus and Ray Hage Assistant Director of Cornell's Science & Technology Entry Program (STEP) with Greta Garrison of the Youth Radio Project on WRFI. ... more
Local News: April 24, 2024
April 24, 2024
Pilot Program in Tompkins Adds Emergency Responders Emergency response times in Tompkins County should be getting shorter. State Senator Lea Webb was in Ithaca Tuesday to announce additional state funding for the county’s Rapid Medical Response program. The two-year pilot program operates three emergency response vehicles and employs nine EMTs. According to Webb, emergency response ... more