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Live At The Bop Stop
Selections from Live at Bop Stop from 2-4pm by Bad Plus Live at Bop Stop from 2-4pm
07/03/2025 - 12:01pm
Pre-recorded Live at Bop Stop from 2-4pm
WHFR Presents
Various mix for WHFR Presents from 11am-2pm by Fela Kuti from 11am-2pm
07/03/2025 - 11:59am
Various
Midweek Midnights
Classical 24 by Classical 24
07/02/2025 - 11:57pm
Live Via Satelite
Had Enough by Greer
07/02/2025 - 11:53pm
Big Smile
One in the Same by Greer
07/02/2025 - 11:50pm
Big Smile
Latest News
WHFR Journal this Friday, July 4 at 1pm: Community and the Tick
On this 4th of July holiday edition of the WHFR Journal, we'll talk about a sense of connection to the community we come from with a PRX special from December of 2024 called "Top of Mind - Community Traditions that Connect Us to Home" It’s the season for nostalgia, so we’re looking at how community traditions help us feel connected to the place we live. Is there a certain holiday, or time of year, when you’ll go out of your way to be in your hometown? The podcast shares stories from around the country of Christmas traditions, Fourth of July festivities, summer music jams and a host of quirky celebrations from small town America. Also, we'll talk about the dreaded pest the tick and your host shares her story of contact with this nasty bug and how to avoid getting bitten. Tune in Friday at 1pm and Happy 4th of July from the WHFR Journal.
SPIRITS REJOICE SAYS HAPPY CANADA DAY
It's a well known fact today that jazz and improvised music is not strictly an American thing. While it was born and raised in the USA, artists from the world over have made significant contributions to the music. Canada is no exception.
On this day, July 1, we honor our friends to the north by observing Canada Day. The Spirits Rejoice Program, heard Tuesdays from 6-10pm EDT, will feature many of the great Canadian improvising artists past and present. Tonight's program will also feature music from American drummer Rashied Ali on this the date of his birth as well as many new recordings into the libraries here at WHFR.
Spirits Rejoice is a long running program of jazz and improvised musics heard weekly 6-10pn EDT on WHFR Radio, 89.3 locally (Dearborn/Detroit) and worldwide via the internet at whfr.fm.
This Just In: Episode 52
Episode 52 of This Just In, WHFR's pre-recorded new music showcase, airs June 30th, 2025 from 8-9pm and July 1st, 2025 from 3-4pm.
This week's playlist:
Chemical Empire - Under My Skin [Metal]
In the Pines - Sunbeam Dream [Indie Rock]
Mitsuo Hagita & Kaoru Ito - Fine del Labirinto - Completion [Video Game Soundtrack]
Mitsuo Hagita & Kaoru Ito - Nebbioso - Into the Fog [Video Game Soundtrack]
Dre Island - Cold World [Reggae]
Unknown Mortal Orchestra - BOYS WITH THE CHARACTERISTICS OF WOLVES [Psychedelic Rock]
CAP-JAMS - OPENING DEMO - HYPER STREET FIGHTER II CAP-JAMS Ver. [Video Game Soundtrack]
Capcom Sound Team - Title - Game Bomb!!! [Video Game Soundtrack]
Iron & Wine ft. I'm With Her - Robin's Egg [Indie Rock / Alternative]
Lulina - Nos [World / Indie Rock]
Cass McCombs - Peace [Indie Rock]
X CLUB. - Desire To Stay [Electronic / House]
WAKIL & Kelli Wakili - Take Your Best Shot - Main Theme [Video Game Soundtrack]
Tune in to This Just In each week as we feature a unique playlist of music recently received at the station, in a variety of musical formats.
To submit your music for airplay consideration, please visit the Contact Us tab on our website: https://whfr.fm.
TOP TEN BLUES for June 2025
Please join Highway 61 for the best in new Blues releases and local area Artists' music every Friday, 2:00 – 6:00pm, with host DJ~KittyLuv;) 'making~waves'.
Here is our latest Top Ten Blues new releases being aired at WHFR-FM 89.3:
1. DAVE SPECTER: Dave Specter -Live At Space (Delmark Records)
2. D.K. HARRELL: Talkin' Heavy (Alligator Records)
3. TAD ROBINSON: Soul in Blue (Delmark Records)
4. WILLIE BUCK AND BOB CORRITORE: Oh Yeah! (VizzTone/SWMAF)
5. LARRY MCCRAY: Heartbreak City (Keeping The Blues Alive)
6. POPA CHUBBY: I Love Freddie King (Gulf Coast Records)
7. CAROLYN WONDERLAND: Truth Is (Alligator Records)
8. SOUTHERN AVENUE: Family (Alligator Records)
9. CHARLIE MUSSELWHITE: Look Out Highway (Forty Below Records)
10. DOUG MACLEOD: Between Somewhere And Goodbye (Reference Recordings)
DJ~KittyLuv;)
WHFR Blues Music Director
WHFR Presents: The Music of 8bitpeoples - PART ONE
Founded in 1999, 8bitpeoples is a netlabel and artist collective focused on chiptune (or 8-bit) music. Join Robbwith2bees as he shines a spotlight on the "bleeps and bloops" that The 8bitpeoples have released over the last 26 years, spanning a massive library of 140 releases and counting!
In PART ONE of WHFR Presents: The Music of 8bitpeoples, airing June 29th from 4-7pm EDT, our focus will be on the music of 8bitpeoples' two founders: Jeremiah Johnson (aka Nullsleep) and Detroit native Mike Hanlon (aka Tangible/Mesu Kasumai). Tune in to hear 3 straight hours of original 8-bit electronic compositions, and a few covers thrown in for good measure, by these two pioneers of the chiptune scene.
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WHFR PRESENTS airs every Sunday beginning at 4:00 pm with a rotating cast of WHFR DJs, taking in-depth looks into the many genres of music that WHFR has to offer. Tune in at 89.3 on the FM dial in Dearborn/Detroit and surrounding communities, or listen anywhere via our online streamer.
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