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This Sunday On Hotwax Radio
The White Rabbit has been busy preparing a slab of wax for this coming Sunday on Hotwax radio starting at 7:00pm * Come and enjoy The Rabbit’s “Election Selection” and let your ears drift away from all the politicking blues while placing your vote for the station that’s making waves, WHFR Dearborn! Set the date - Sunday Nov. 3rd * Don’t be late - 7:00pm - 9:00pm. Whoooo Yehhhh!
This Just In: Episode 21
Episode 21 of This Just In, WHFR's pre-recorded new music showcase airing Mondays from 8-9p, airs October 28th, 2024. This week it's a spotlight on 3 albums from the gaming company Atlus, celebrating their 35th Anniversary with new soundtrack releases. We play from Persona 3 Reload, the new IP Metaphor: ReFantazio, and the special edition Atlus 35th All-Time Best Soundtrack.
This week's playlist:
Azumi Takahashi and Lotus Juice - It's Going Down Now [Soundtrack/Hip-Hop/Jazz]
Shoji Meguro - Time To Make History [Soundtrack/Indie Rock]
Shoji Meguro - Prelude To A Heroic Tale [Soundtrack/Classical]
Azumi Takahashi and Lotus Juice - Full Moon Full Life [Soundtrack/Indie Rock]
Shoji Meguro - Warriors In Valour [Soundtrack/Classical]
Ryota Kozuka - Battle - b2 [Soundtrack/Electronic/Rock]
Azumi Takahashi and Lotus Juice - Changing Seasons -Reload- [Soundtrack/Pop]
Tsukasa Masuko - 3D Center -2024 ver.- [Soundtrack/Jazz]
Benjamin Franklin / Teppei Kobayashi - Gonna be here [Soundtrack/Indie Rock]
Shoji Meguro - Formidable Foe [Soundtrack/Classical]
Azumi Takahashi - When The Moon's Reaching Out Stars -Reload- [Soundtrack/Indie Pop]
Lyn - The Whims of Fate (ATLUS Kogawa Remix) [Soundtrack/Electronic/Jazz]
Lyn - Life Will Change [Soundtrack/Indie Rock]
Lotus Juice - Iwatodai Dorm -Reload- [Soundtrack/Jazz/Hip Hop]
Shoji Meguro - Warriors In Arms - [Soundtrack/Classical]
Azumi Takahashi and Lotus Juice - Color Your Night [Soundtrack/Jazz/Hip Hop]
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.
WHFR Journal Today at 1pm
On today's WHFR Journal, we'll talk with Deb Gates, HFC licensed counselor about options and programs available for students in need of some support, and meeting them where they are in their collegiate and academic journey. Also, HFC instructor and guest interviewer Christopher Rodgers will chat with HFC Assistant Athletic Director Kirk Bradley and some of our athletes about the various upcoming Hawks' sports seasons and how HFC approaches the student athlete dynamic for success both in and out of the classroom. Tune in today at 1pm. Enjoy!
This Just In: Episode 20
Episode 20 of This Just In, WHFR's pre-recorded new music showcase airing Mondays from 8-9p, airs October 21st, 2024.
This week's playlist:
Shemekia Copeland ft. Alejandro Escovedo - Is There Anybody Up There [Blues / Rock]
TASHEENO - Tambazo [World _ Electronic]
Chris Cohen - Physical Address [Indie Rock]
Ben Kono Group - Across The Pond [Jazz / Classical]
Screaming Orphans ft. John Reynolds - John I Love You [Folk Pop / World]
Incognito Theory - Forsaken Me [Metal]
Wesley Dean ft. Sarah Buxton - Don’t Look Back [Americana]
Remi Wolf - Cherries And Cream [Indie Pop]
Beware Wolves - Medicine Man [Folk]
Nathaniel Rateliff - Don't Come Around Here No More [Soundtrack / Folk]
Angélique Kidjo ft. Soweto Gospel Choir - Sunlight To My Soul [R&B / Soul]
The Po' Ramblin' Boys - I'm Still a Fool for You [Bluegrass]
Aldrich Benson - 14 Trains [Blues]
DNCS - Akritas (Original Mix) [Electronic]
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.
SUNDAY NIGHT MYSTERIES
Our Hallowe’en Scare-a-thon continues all month as we hear the cream of the crop of mysteries and spook shows – some for the first time ever – both from the Archive and important people to the world of Radio Drama.
SUSPENSE – Hear many hand picked shows from the legendary series that aired for 20 years on CBS Radio – including a major audio upgrade to Vincent Price and Ida Lupino’s appearance in “Fugue in C Minor. “This is an eerie story of a widowed man who has built a huge pipe organ in his home and his kids think he murdered the mom and hid her in the pipes.
The HERMIT’S CAVE originated on Detroit’s WJR, before moving to the west coast. The Hermit was one of the most evil sounding hosts. He narrates “Hanson’s Ghost” and others from 1944.
We’ll also hear many episodes of INNER SANCTUM, the legendary spook show with a host who makes bad puns. The original host, Raymond Edward Johnson (who passed away many years ago) was a frequent guest at the Friends of Old-Time Radio conventions in NJ (attended every year by your Sunday Night Mysteries host).
LIGHTS OUT (EVERYBODY): We are featuring many episodes of various versions of this legendary series, including the very first episode. No copies exist (except in script form). It has however, just been recreated this year by a group of professional voice actors. They are known as Project Audion. WHFR has been given permission to re-broadcast their production of “Burial Services”, not heard since 1936. When first broadcast, NBC received so many complaints that it was never aired again…until now (Don’t worry, it’s tame by todays standards!). Dim the lights and tune in if you dare.
WHFR’S SUNDAY NGHT MYSTERIES comes your way (surprise!) Sunday nights from 9:00pm - midnight for three solid hours… stream on whfr.fm or listen at 89.3 on your FM dial in the Dearborn-Detroit area.
WHFR Journal Show Oct. 18 at 1pm
On this week's WHFR Journal, you'll hear a special rebroadcast of a forum presented by the League of Women Voters Dearborn/Dearborn Heights featuring candidates running for the two 6-year seats on the Dearborn Public Schools Board of Education. This forum, recorded last Wednesday, Oct. 6, will air in it's entirety. For information on voting rights and the upcoming election, go to lwvddh.org.
Light From The Underground Welcomes Chris Herin
Light From The Underground (Sat. 10 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.) is pleased to welcome Chris Herin of the bands Herin and Tiles to our studios on Saturday, November 2, at 11:00 a.m. Herin will release the CD Hiding in Plain Sight on November 1, 2024, on the Laser's Edge record label. We will share music from the CD and talk with Chris about the project.
This new project is a conceptual work recounting Chris Herin's experience of his father's ten-year struggle with Alzheimer's disease. The CD is produced by Terry Brown (Rush) and features an incredible list of guest artists including Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame members Peter Frampton and Alex Lifeson (Rush), plus Martin Barre, John O'Hara, and Doane Perry (Jethro Tull), Michael Sadler (Saga), Kim Mitchell (Max Webster), Cody Bowles and Kevin Comeau (Crown Lands), Jeff Kollman and Shane Gaalaas (Cosmosquad), Tim Bowness (No-Man), Colin Edwin (Porcupine Tree), Randy McStine (Porcupine Tree), Kevin Chown (Tarja, Chad Smith), Matthew Parmenter (Discipline), Hugh Syme, Johnathan Blake (Kenny Barron), Ben Riley (Mohsen Namjoo), Gary Craig (Bruce Cockburn), and many more.
More information is at https://www.chrisherin.com .
This Just In: Episode 19
Episode 19 of This Just In, WHFR's pre-recorded new music showcase airing Mondays from 8-9p, airs October 14th, 2024.
This week's playlist:
Lambrini Girls - Body Of Mine [Punk]
ASHRR - Please Don't Stop The Rain [Indie Rock]
7xvethegenius - A Lesson [Hip Hop]
Skeleten - Love Enemy [Electro]
John Davis - Wildfire Love [Alt Rock]
Scarlet Rain - Detonate [Hard Rock]
Carl Clarks - Frequency [Techno]
Pearl & The Oysters - Together, Alone [Indie Rock]
Hello Mary - Float [Alt Rock]
Kinobe - It's Only A Dream [Electronic / Chill]
Bonnie Trash - Kisses Goodbye [Alt Rock]
ISTA - MEGAWATT ! ! ! ! [Indie Rock]
The Alien Brainchild Project - What Time Is Love? (Ross Bohlen 3a.m. Remix) [Techno]
MaLLy & Last Word - Dreaming [Hip Hop]
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.
Today's "WHFR Journal" Topics
Join us today at 1pm for the WHFR Journal as we talk with the Executive Director of the First Step organization to shine a light on domestic violence, as October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. We'll finish the special on teen relationship violence warning signs, and wrap up the show with a special from PRX titled, "Harness the Power of Forgiveness" with Katharine Giovanni. Hope you join us at 1pm for The WHFR Journal.
Be Sure To Join Us At The WHFR Record Show This Saturday!
The WHFR Record Show will feature thousands of records, CDs, DVDs, videos, cassettes, books, posters, print-work, clothing, artwork, and other forms of music, movie and pop-culture memorabilia for sale by independent, local, and out-of-state vendors, selling everything from rare independent releases to highly sought-after collectable titles. The admission fee is actually a donation to our non-profit, volunteer-run radio station! Attendees will receive one ticket for each dollar donated. Each ticket can be redeemed for a free CD or LP from WHFR’s purged music collection AND will be entered into the hourly “Record Show Cash” raffle.
SHOW HOURS
Saturday, October 12th, 2024
9:00am - 10:00am: $10 early bird admission for attendees
10:00am - 4:00pm: $1 to $5 sliding scale general admission for attendees
LOCATION
Building M → HFC Student Center Pavilion (right next to WHFR studios)
Henry Ford College
5101 Evergreen Rd.
Dearborn, MI 48128
SPECIAL EVENTS
Admission includes raffle ticket(s) for our frequent "Record Show Cash" giveaways (vouchers that can be used with any vendor at the show).
Hourly $10 raffles at 10am, 11am, noon, 2pm & 3pm
Grand prize $25 raffle at 3:30pm
Scott Boatright Returns With "Cold Radio Fusion"!
Hello everyone. I first started my WHFR radio career in the spring of '98. A world of musical and personal possibilities was opened to me. Since then, I have been a DJ for many shows, Head Music Director, Promotions Coordinator, and organized and planned many fundraiser events for the station. I have left and come back for various reasons, including Covid, and now I am excited to be back.
I have decided to go back to the beginning. Before I landed my own first show, I filled in on several different shows that explored different genres of music, sometimes not adequately represented at the station. My new show, Cold Radio Fusion, airing Tuesdays from 10:00pm - midnight, does exactly that. Each week of the month, I will be showcasing a different scheduled genre of music, some that are genres within a genre, including:
- 1st Tuesday of the month: Metal, in most of its forms
- 2nd Tuesday of the month: Jazz with mostly Metal/Rock Fusion influences
- 3rd Tuesday of the month: Goth/Industrial/Dark Electronic
- 4th Tuesday of the month: Stoner/Doom/Sludge-Rock
- The occasional 5th Tuesday of the month: Punk/Garage/Ska
I enjoy them all, and I hope that you will join me in listening to some of the endless possibilities of great music we present here at WHFR.
Check me out every Tuesday evening from 10:00pm - midnight on the Cold Radio Fusion show.
-Scott Boatright.
Seeing Sounds And Hearing Colors: It's Another WHFR Theme Week
A vivid spectrum of colorful sounds will travel the airwaves as WHFR Radio presents another theme week, this time celebrating fall colors. The landscape of Michigan bursts with colors every October and the programming at WHFR will try to match that intensity with a spectrum of colors of their own.
Tune in during the week of Sunday, October 13, through Saturday, October 19, as the WHFR hosts and hostesses explore the spectrum of colors through the medium of their particular musical genres. All colors of the spectrum are fair game as our programming will seek out colorful music that may be found in a song title, album title, artist/band name or even a record label. The end result should be a kaleidoscopic rainbow of musical tunes for your visual and aural pleasure.
That's Sunday, beginning at 10:00am with Terence Tyson's Play It By Ear jazz show, through Saturday night's Blues With A Feeling from 8:00-10:00pm with Anderson Coleman. We hope you will enjoy the special programming.
BTW, I credit the improvising group Spontaneous Music Ensemble for inspiring such a cosmic name "Seeing Sounds and Hearing Colours," the name of one of their great pieces of music.
-Pat Frisco, WHFR Program Director
WHFR PRESENTS: Celebrate Fall with WHFR’s “Fall Colors” Theme Week!
As the leaves change and fall sets in, WHFR 89.3 FM is bringing you a vibrant lineup of music inspired by the season. From October 13th to October 19th, get ready for a week of musical magic where songs, artist names, and album titles feature colors.
We’ve got a colorful playlist lined up just for you on Sunday, October 13th, from 4 - 7 PM EST when Ms. Marjon and her special guests will host a live session packed with soulful, color-inspired hits for WHFR Presents. They’ll be playing timeless classics and hidden gems from the world of R&B and Soul, adding a splash of melody to your autumn day.
Make sure to tune in to 89.3 FM, or stream the show live at www.whfr.fm. Whether you’re tuning in from your car or your couch, this is the perfect soundtrack to welcome fall’s rich hues. Don’t miss out on the musical celebration—join us for a week of great music, lively discussions, and all the colors of fall!
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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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This Just In: Episode 18
Episode 18 of This Just In, WHFR's pre-recorded new music showcase airing Mondays from 8-9p, airs October 7th, 2024. This week it's a downtempo/ambient spotlight show!
This week's playlist:
Nala Sinephro - Continuum 1 [Ambient / Experimental Jazz]
Nala Sinephro - Continuum 5 [Ambient / Experimental Jazz]
Nala Sinephro - Continuum 9 [Ambient / Experimental Jazz]
Umberto - Spoonwood [Ambient / Electronic]
Umberto - Empty Shell [Ambient / Electronic]
Umberto - October [Ambient / Electronic]
Umberto - Dying Honey & Linden [Ambient / Electronic]
Chrystabell and David Lynch - You Know The Rest [Alt Pop / Experimental]
Chrystabell and David Lynch - Two Lovers Kiss [Alt Pop / Experimental]
Chrystabell and David Lynch - The Answers to the Questions [Alt Pop / Experimental]
Chrystabell and David Lynch - Dance of Light [Alt Pop / Experimental]
Evan Chapman - Reveries [Ambient / Electronic]
Evan Chapman - Wounds [Ambient / Electronic]
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.
"WHFR PRESENTS" Features Robert Fripp & King Crimson
It was 1969 and rock and roll music was witnessing a surge in progressive music, as artists were incorporating influences from a wide range of genres such as jazz, classical, world and avant-garde stylings. At the forefront of this movement was the band King Crimson, led by guitarist and composer Robert Fripp.
The band would go through many personnel changes and approaches to their music but the one thing that was constant was an undying desire to push the boundaries, led by Robeert Fripp. Join me, Pat Frisco, as we explore the music of King Crimson as well as a few of Fripp's other projects on WHFR PRESENTS, Sunday, October 6, from 4-7pm EDT. The music of King Crimson will be featured in live concerts in the Detroit area with the David Cross Band at the Token Lounge on Sunday, October 13, and Adrian Belew's Beat Project at Masonic Temple on Sunday, October 27.
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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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