"Best Of" Week: DEC 29th - JAN 4th
Take a look (a "listen," actually) back on 2024 with WHFR! During the week of December 29th, 2024 through January 4th, 2025, all your favorite WHFR shows will present special "Best Of 2024" programming.
How will each of our DJs choose to remember the year that was? They may be playing their favorite singles of 2024, recounting the bands they saw live over the year, or even just playing a few tracks off their favorite 2024 albums.
Tune in to find out and see what special twists our DJs have in store for you. Happy New Year from your friends at WHFR!
End-Of-Year Donations
If you're looking to spend that last bit of money set aside for charitable contributions, consider a tax-deductive donation to your favorite non-commercial internet and broadcast station, WHFR.
Giving feels great and is easy... Please visit https://foundation.hfcc.edu/whfr to make your secure online donation TODAY, perhaps in honor of a loved one as a special holiday gift, or because you believe in the mission of local, independent radio.
Please be sure to scroll down and select "WHFR."
TOP TEN BLUES for December 2024
Please join Highway 61 for the best in new Blues releases and local area Artists' music every Friday, 2:00 – 4:00pm, with host DJ~KittyLuv;) 'making~waves'. Here is our latest Top Ten Blues new releases being aired at WHFR-FM 89.3:
Winter Season Celebration
All of us here at WHFR wish you the very best during this holiday season. Many of your favorite WHFR personalities will once again gather around the studio this season to record special Winter Season Celebration programming, celebrating a variety of holidays that fall into these cold months, including Kwanzaa, Chanukah, Christmas, New Year, and other winter holidays. There will be lots of wonderful independent music that you may have never heard before, plus alternative versions of your favorite traditional holiday songs.
This Just In: Episode 28
Episode 28 of This Just In, WHFR's pre-recorded new music showcase airing Mondays from 8-9p, airs December 23rd, 2024.
This week's playlist:
Steve Davis - We See [Jazz]
Gary Williamson Trio - Windows [Jazz]
The Bad Plus - French Horns [Jazz]
Sam Amidon - Friends and Neighbors [Alternative Folk]
Jonathan Roy - Waiting For A Call [Indie / Alternative]
David Kushner - Empty Bench [Alternative Pop]
The Letter E - Goodbye [Indie Rock / Instrumental]
Holiday Specialty Shows: Sunday, December 22nd
Hotwax Radio
The White Rabbit and Hotwax Radio invites you to enjoy an exclusive Christmas celebration show on Sunday, December 22nd, starting at 7:00pm.
Take a deep dive down the rabbit hole and let the White Rabbit awaken your festive spirit.
Chase away all that humbug with songs, sounds, and good rollicking fun!
Don’t be late!
Holiday Specialty Show: Light From The Underground
If you're in the mood for unique holiday sounds, be sure to tune in to your favorite WHFR programs the week leading up to Christmas!
Light From The Underground (Saturday from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.) will feature a mix of Christmas, Holiday and Winter Themed music on Saturday, December 21. Bill Keith will play a variety of musical genres, from folk to indie rock, throughout the show. Kick off your weekend with a musical celebration of the season.
The Art of Gifting (and regifting) on Today's "Journal" at 1pm
For anyone with gift anxiety, or for anyone who feels like you can’t win for losing, this is the conversation for you. Full of reminders and insights as we gear up for the season, This PRX program will offer some tips (or at least some moral support) on the topic. Airing today at 1:00 p.m. on WHFR. Enjoy and happy holidays!
Holiday Specialty Show: The Jump Button
If you're in the mood for unique holiday sounds, be sure to tune in to your favorite WHFR programs the week leading up to Christmas!
The Jump Button's "Super Dorky Holiday" show, airing December 19th from 8:00-11:00pm, will have special programming featuring three hours of "nerdy" holiday music.
WHFR... Sounding Better Than Ever!
“Is it my imagination or has WHFR become stronger and clearer in the last few years -- both on the FM dial and the stream?”
This Just In: Episode 27
Episode 27 of This Just In, WHFR's pre-recorded new music showcase airing Mondays from 8-9p, airs December 16th, 2024.
This week's playlist:
Lauren Auder + Wendy & Lisa - I Would Die 4 U [Rock / Pop]
Heavy Moss - Jump [Indie Rock]
Jazzmeia Horn - Voicemail Blues [Vocal Jazz]
The Verdict - Mr. Wizzard [Electro / Soul]
Don Martin Three - Transistor [Indie Rock]
Cars Get Crushed - Hero City [Alternative]
Fox And Company - Set My Sails [Rock / Adult Contemporary]
"WHFR Presents": Bob Setlik Tribute
Bob Setlik, most well known to many as the owner of Car City Records in the Detroit area, has left us at the age of 82. Mr. Setlik graced the airwaves at WHFR for many years as the host of the avant-garde music program Delusions and Furies (in tribute to the great Harry Partch recording Delusion of the Fury).
This Just In: Episode 26
Episode 26 of This Just In, WHFR's pre-recorded new music showcase airing Mondays from 8-9p, airs December 9th, 2024.
This week's playlist:
WHFR Journal Friday at 1pm - Chocolate, Libraries, and Bright Lights
Tune in to the WHFR Journal this Friday, December 6 at 1pm as we share info about the upcoming Downriver Actor's Guild production of "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory". We'll also talk with our favorite resident librarian at the Dearborn Public Library about the many winter programs they're offering for the community. We'll wrap up the hour with a new segment from the Series: Living Planet: Environment Matters ~ from DW. We see the bright lights and big, LED cities as more and more cities are switching to LEDs to save money and, ultimately, the planet.