WHFR News

Episode 22 of This Just In, WHFR's pre-recorded new music showcase airing Mondays from 8-9p, airs November 4th, 2024.

This week's playlist:

Beaux Gris Gris & The Apocalypse - Satisfy Your Queen [Blues Rock]
Oz Noy & Andrew Synowiec - Kuffle Shuffle [Blues / Jazz]

West of Texas - I Can Almost Taste The Whiskey [Country]
Alice Wallace - Fireflies [Country]
Jean Wilson and Friends - One Note Samba [Local / Vocal Jazz]
Zy The Way - Agile 還 [Jazz / World]

Seafarers - Melissa [Contemporary Folk]
Ben Walker - Railway Train [Folk / Singer-Songwriter]

Tension Splash - Breathe [Local / Hard Rock]
Somebody's Hero - Luck Runs Out [Hardcore / Metal]
Collin Sherman - Blue Kilter [Jazz]

Tracy Yang Jazz Orchestra - Melting Arctic [Jazz]

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.

Have a fun and safe Halloween, and don't forget that our WHFR Halloween Grab Bags Are Back!

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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:

1. JAKE SHIMABUKURO AND MICK FLEETWOOD: Blues Experience (Forty Below)
2. JOVIN WEBB: Drifter (Blind Pig Records)
3. RONNIE BAKER BROOKS: Blues In My DNA (Alligator Records)
4. JONTAVIOUS WILLIS: West Georgia Blues (Strolling Bones Records)
5. JERRON PAXTON: Things Done Changed (Smithsonian Folkways)
6. TAB BENOIT: I Hear Thunder (Whiskey Bayou Records)
7. BRUCE KATZ BAND: Back In Boston Live (Dancing Rooster)
8. RANDY MCALLISTER: Lines (Reaction)
9. VANEESE THOMAS: Stories In Blue (Overton Music)
10. KAT RIGGINS: Revival (House Of Berry)

DJ~KittyLuv;)

WHFR Blues Music Director

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!

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!

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.

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 .