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This Sunday on "Hotwax Radio"
Attention Ladies [and Gents]! Set your clocks forward and tune in to Hotwax Radio this Sunday, March 9, from 7:00-9:00pm EDT.
Come join the White Rabbit in raising a toast to all the “Sheilas of Rock” with a festive playlist celebrating “International Women’s Day.”
You never know what to expect - and that is by design from yours truly, the White Rabbit, and WHFR.
"WHFR PRESENTS" MARCH 9TH
In observance of Women's History Month, WHFR PRESENTS presents the Gospel Lineage of Dr. Mattie Moss Clark: Jacky Clark Chisolm, Denise "Niecy" Clark-Bradford, Elbernita "Twinkie" Clark-Terrell, Dorinda Clark-Cole, Karen Clark Sheard, and Kierra Sheard-Kelly.
Please join Missy J on Sunday, March 9th from 4pm until 7pm for a shouting, and soul revival time.
WE ARE WHFR DEARBORN!
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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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WHFR Journal This Friday, 3/7/25, 1pm
Please tune in to the WHFR Journal tomorrow, March 7 at 1pm as we share a rundown of some exciting activities happening here at Henry Ford College. We'll also kick off Women's History Month with a new PRX special program from the podcast series, Monumental, titled "The Suffragist in the Basement". When it comes to women and monuments in the U.S., we seem to prefer mythical or allegorical women.
WHFR Goes Classical Monday, March 3rd
All WHFR DJs have the day off because Henry Ford College is closed Monday, March 3, 2025.
We will be broadcasting our satellite Classical feed all day today... please enjoy!
All HFC classes and regular operations and activities, on-campus and remote (online), will be canceled throughout the day and evening.
For further information and ongoing updates, please refer to: www.hfcc.edu
This Sunday on "Hotwax Radio"
Winter blues got you down? Well, jump on board for a Magical Mystery Tour this Sunday, March 2, on Hotwax Radio’s "Beatles’ Faux Show" from 7:00 - 9:00pm EST.
Come join the White Rabbit taking a deep dive down the rabbit hole, enjoying many of your favorite Beatles’ tunes, freshly reworked by various artists. Perhaps you may even discover a new favorite? See you then!
TOP TEN BLUES for February 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. BOB CORRITORE AND FRIENDS: Doin' The Shout! (VizzTone/ SWMAF)
2. TOMMY CASTRO AND THE PAINKILLERS: Closer To The Bone (Alligator Records)
3. STEVE HOWELL AND THE MIGHTY MEN: Yeah Man (Out Of The Past Music)
4. THE BOB LANZA BLUES BAND: Breadman's Blues (MoMojo Records)
5. DADDY MACK BLUES BAND: Doctor's Orders (Inside Sounds)
6. MATT THE RATTLESNAKE LESCH: Blues Cut Like Glass (Blue Lotus)
7. REV. PEYTON'S BIG DAMN BAND: Honeysuckle (Family Owned Records)
8. EDDIE 9VOLT: Saratoga (Ruf)
9. BENNY TURNER: BT (Nola Blue Records)
10. FRANK BEY: Peace (Nola Blue Records)
DJ~KittyLuv;)
WHFR Blues Music Director
Upcoming on We Are Not Alone
Kathleen Marden’s amazing life as the niece of Betty and Barney Hill, the first scientifically investigated case of alien abduction, sent her on a lifelong search for the answers. For link to all archived shows, go to: https://whfr.fm/station/programs/malt-shop-we-are-not-alone-0 For the latest show archives: click the “Talk Shows” button on the home page then “We Are Not Alone”
WHFR Journal Wraps Up Black History Month Friday at 1pm
As we complete our spotlight on Black History Month, join us Friday, 2/28 at 1pm, as we share music, spoken word, art, and poetry that students and staff presented at the HFC Black History and Culture Student Showcase that took place on our campus earlier this week. We'll then feature a new PRX interview with author Aaron Robertson about his book, The Black Utopians: Searching for Paradise and the Promised Land in America. It’s about the hidden legacies of Black utopian experiments and what they teach us about the power of community today. Tune in Friday at 1pm on WHFR-FM.
WHFR PRESENTS: CLEO LAINE
During WHFR PRESENTS this Sunday, March 2nd, from 4:00 – 7:00pm, Terence Tyson of The Play It By Ear Jazz Show will feature the vocalist Cleo Laine as part of Women’s History Month.
She was born Clementine Dinah Hitching on October 28, 1927, in a town near London, England. She was the child of an English mother and a Jamaican father.
Laine auditioned successfully at the age of 24 for John Dankworth's small group, the Johnny Dankworth Seven. She later married him in 1958 and they stayed together until his death in 2010.
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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 35
Episode 35 of This Just In, WHFR's pre-recorded new music showcase airing Mondays from 8-9p, airs February 24th, 2025.
This week's playlist:
Zoe Mazah - Echo Of Life [Reggae / Acoustic]
Bohemian Rogue - Tide [Folk]
Shelley Minson - Riverbank Red [Country / Australian]
Wuji - Chasm [Alternative Rock]
Youth Lagoon - Speed Freak [Alt / Indie Rock]
JE The #1 Baller - Wave [R&B]
Christopher Damman Sextet - When I Was Young and My Heart Had Windows [Jazz]
Dennis Egberth - Bogey [Jazz]
Cookie the Herbalist & Boomrush Backup - The Rain: Remembering Rainford [Reggae / World]
Ora the Molecule - Intergalactic Dance [Electronic / Indie]
Feathership ft. Laurence-Anne - Tant étrange [World / Indie Pop]
Steve Erickson - Sing That Old Song [Americana / Folk]
SUSS - This Land is Your Land [Ambient / Americana]
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 Black History Month Special Friday, Feb. 21 at 1pm
Join us on this week's WHFR Journal Friday, 2/21 at 1pm for a special program from PRX called "Whispers in Wilmington". Produced this January, the program explores and uncovers the story of the only successful coup d’etat ever to happen on American soil.
This act of racial violence was designed to eliminate all memory of a highly successful Black community in Wilmington, North Carolina back in 1898 and involved involved racist mobs, as well as historians, city planners, journalists and others conspiring for decades to make a Black community’s onetime prosperity and strength unimaginable. Almost unimaginable.
Tune in to hear this powerful story.
Feb 23, 2025 - WHFR PRESENTS: Blues/Rock Legend Johnny Winter
February 23 marks the birthday of one of the great guitarists in the history of music, JOHNNY WINTER. WHFR PRESENTS will feature the music of Johnny Winter in an extended
edition of the program on Sunday, February 23.
From 3-7pm EST, tune in to hear music from Johnny's career as he explored the areas of blues, rock and roll and slide guitar that would have made Elmore James proud. From the incendiary first release, Progressive Blues Experiment in 1968 to his passing in 2014, Johnny set the music world afire with a raw, hard-edged approach to the music.
WHFR PRESENTS can be heard in the Detroit area at 89.3fm and worldwide via the internet at whfr.fm. Normally heard from 4-7pm EST, with a rotating cast of hosts, this will be an extended edition of the program to commemorate the life of a guitar legend on the date of his birth.
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WHFR PRESENTS airs every Sunday 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 Sunday on "Hotwax Radio"
From the studios of WHFR, the White Rabbit and Hotwax Radio invite you to enjoy another round of Sir Cupid.
Having free reign, Sir Cupid will continue kindling frozen hearts and bringing smiles to one’s ears this Sunday, February 16, starting at 7:00 PM EST.
WHFR Journal this Friday, Feb. 14 at 1pm - Renew, Recharge, Reflect
Tune in for this Valentine's Day edition of the WHFR Journal Friday, February 14 at 1pm as we bring you the first of our new series called Counselor Connection – Renew, Recharge, Reflect. This series will air the Second Friday of February, March and April, and will feature a different topic from our HFC Counselors as they work to support our student and campus community to help be our best selves. This week, Counselor Deb Gates will join us and discuss the important topic of boundaries. Also on the show, we'll share an episode of the PRX podcast Happily Ever After about the return of the romance novel, just in time for Valentine's Day. Enjoy!
