WHFR News

More special programming during our Radiothon 2016 Pledge Drive (Have you made your pledge yet?): Going to the best source for your questions about Dearborn, today's Journal welcomes Dearborn Mayor Jack O'Reilly to our studio. Remember, after broadcast, this show will be archived on this website for listening any time; click on Talk Shows--WHFR Journal--(select date). And remember your donation, too! We can't do this without YOU.

Don't miss the Blues Jam at the New Place Lounge 9pm, Saturday April 16. You are invited to join us for a night of fun with your favorite WHFR Deejays as Sam the Singing Sax Man takes the stage to call up some of the Detroit area's finest musicians to play for your blues-listening pleasure. This is WHFR's first event in conjunction with Radiothon 2016, our once per year week-long pledge drive to raise funds needed to continue excellence in our broadcast at 89.3fm WHFR.FM. Each year the station needs to raise over 60% of our operating costs.

Hey, all you rock/country/blues fans: Jennifer Westwood will be performing in the WHFR studio today. In the upcoming Detroit Music Awards, she is nominated in the Outstanding Country Artist/Group (Jennifer Westwood & the Handsome Devils) and Outstanding Country Vocalist categories. Join host Kitty Luv for the best in blues and local artists!

Host Mike Holloway welcomes to the program the staff of Michigan's largest premier holistic Magazine: Body Mind Spirit Guide, discussing the history of the magazine, its operation, and how it benefits the metaphysical and holistic communities. NOTE: This show can be listened to anytime from this website: click on Talk Shows--Tuesday Forum--(select date).

Helping Hands Food Pantry has been working to aid the hungry since the 1960s. Learn how the program has evolved and where it is going when Lynn speaks with Carolyn Van Den Bosch and Raymond Scoboria on the next edition of IMPACT!, Tuesday, March 8 at 1pm. According to Helping Hands, out of Cherry Hill Presbyterian Church, "Last year, we assisted 358 households; that was 830 adults and 444 children with 11,962 food items!

Host David Twichell interviews Scott and Suzanne Ramsey, the authors, along with Dr. Frank Thayer, of The Aztec UFO Incident. Scott has been investigating the Aztec story since 1987 and met Suzanne when he was a guest on her radio show discussing his findings. They were ultimately married and spent years traveling at their own expense to interview witnesses and unearthing more than 55,000 documents pertaining to the incident. Remember, any time after the broadcast, this show is available as a podcast from this website: click on Talk Shows--Tuesday Forum--(select date).

WHFR interrupts our regularly-scheduled programs to bring our listeners the 18th Annual Homelessness Marathon, this year originating LIVE from the streets of our nation's capitol, Washington, DC. Commentary and interviews from researchers, social workers, and the homeless themselves are featured with unique information each hour. Note: This is not a fundraising event but, hopefully, certainly, an awareness-raising experience that will lead to solving the problem of homelessness.