WHFR Presents will have a special Dearborn Homecoming focus on our great state of Michigan on Sunday August 3, from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m.   Bill Keith will share songs about Michigan including songs about cities, streets, regions, people and much more.  Sit back and enjoy three hours of diverse music focusing on all the things that make Michigan a great place to live.

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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 will be attending (and calling into the station with live, on-air reports from) Dearborn Homecoming which is taking place at Dearborn's Ford Field Park on August 1st, 2nd and 3rd.

Come on down for the festivities and free fireworks at this fun, family-friendly event, and be sure to visit WHFR's tent to chat with some of our DJs, pick up free WHFR swag (stickers, magnets, and new multi-colored pens), and maybe even buy some WHFR merch. We'll also have our famous purged CDs & LPs available for a $1 donation each.

Stop by to meet WHFR staff members this weekend while enjoying Dearborn's biggest celebration of the year!

Join us for a special live edition of the WHFR Journal today at 1:00pm, August 1, as we broadcast from the Dearborn Homecoming Festival at Dearborn's Ford Field.
We'll chat with Dearborn City Councilperson Leslie Herrick and principal flute player of the Dearborn Symphony Dennis Carter II.

WHFR's own Jay Korinek will join the fun as guest co-host.
Join us live at the festival all weekend long at our all-new WHFR broadcast booth and listen live to our special Journal show at 1:00pm.

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. LARRY MCCRAY: Heartbreak City (Keeping The Blues Alive)
2. TAJ MAJAL / KEB' MO': Room On The Porch (Concord Records)
3. DAVE SPECTER: Dave Specter -Live At Space (Delmark Records)
4. D.K. HARRELL: Talkin' Heavy (Alligator Records)
5. CAROLYN WONDERLAND: Truth Is (Alligator Records)
6. ANNIKA CHAMBERS / PAUL DESLAURIERS: Our Time To Ride (Forty Below Records)
7. TAD ROBINSON: Soul in Blue (Delmark Records)
8. DOUG MACLEOD: Between Somewhere And Goodbye (Reference Recordings)
9. THE BONESHAKERS: Live To Be This (Gulf Coast Records)
10. MARIA MULDAUR: One Hour Mama -The Blues of Victoria Spivey (Nola Blue Records)

DJ~KittyLuv;)

WHFR Blues Music Director

WHFR is celebrating 40 years on FM radio, officially in December. For quite a few of those years, I have done many different genres on several different shows. One of my favorites has always been Brain Ticket Death. Named after a Merzbow track, the show has always been about pushing the envelope of what is possible in making sounds not for the melodies, but from pure human expression. From 1999-2004, and 2014 until the pandemic, I presented both pre-recorded and live performances featuring such artists.

Join me for the 5th Tuesday, July 29th from 10 P.M. until midnight, when I will present noise for your listening pleasure on a special Cold Radio Fusion show. I might even have someone live on the air to help celebrate!
–Scott Boatright

Episode 56 of This Just In, WHFR's pre-recorded new music showcase, airs July 28th, 2025 from 8-9pm and July 29th, 2025 from 3-4pm. This week it's a soundtracks spotlight show!

This week's playlist:

Anne Nikitin - From Dublin to The West [Soundtrack / Score]
Anne Nikitin - My Fourth Letter [Soundtrack / Score]
Johnny Flynn, Katherine Priddy, & Anne Nikitin - Four Letters of Love [Soundtrack / Folk]

Michael Giacchino - A Walk on the City [Soundtrack / Score]
Michael Giacchino - Carseat Drivers [Soundtrack / Score]
Matthew Wood - H.E.R.B.I.E.'s Lullaby [Soundtrack]
Andrea Datzman - Let Us Be Devoured (Studio Version) [Soundtrack / Folk]

Sarah Warne - Bookish Main Theme [Soundtrack / Score]
Sarah Warne - Doesn't Have To Be Like This [Soundtrack / Score]
Sarah Warne - Snooping [Soundtrack / Score]
Sarah Warne - Book Thoughts [Soundtrack / Score]

David Keenan - Stay Still [Soundtrack / Folk]
David Keenan - Requiem [Soundtrack / Score]
David Keenan - Served [Soundtrack / Score]
David Keenan - The Hum [Soundtrack / Folk]

Sean Bialo - Episode 1 - Yesterday of the Dumpster [Video Game Soundtrack]
Sean Bialo - Episode 2 - Feathered Fiends [Video Game Soundtrack]
Sean Bialo - Episode 3 - Eye Five [Video Game Soundtrack]

Sean Bialo - Episode 4 - Woe Partner [Video Game Soundtrack]

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.

Founded in 1999, 8bitpeoples is a netlabel and artist collective focused on chiptune (or 8-bit) music. Join Robbwith2bees as he shines a spotlight on the "bleeps and bloops" that The 8bitpeoples have released over the last 26 years, spanning a massive library of 140 releases and counting!

In the pre-recorded PART TWO of WHFR Presents: The Music of 8bitpeoples, airing on July 27th from 4-7pm EDT, we highlight tracks from the first 70 releases from the label. Tune in to hear 3 straight hours of 8-bit electronica originally released between 1999-2006 and featuring artists such as Bit Shifter, Yuppster, Trash80, Anamanaguchi, Sebastian Boaz, Twilight Electric, Xinon, and more!

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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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Tune in this Sunday, July 27, from 10:00am-2:00pm as The Play It By Ear Jazz Show will feature Harold Galper’s music in various settings; playing with Sam Rivers, The Brecker Brothers, and others.
This great American jazz pianist, composer, arranger, bandleader, educator, and writer was born on April 18, 1938, in Salem, Massachusetts.
He studied music at the Berklee School of Music starting with classical music and switched to jazz from 1955 to 1958.
He is also an educator known internationally. Hal Galper passed away on July 18th, 2025. He was 87.

Join us on Friday, July 25 at 1pm for the WHFR Journal. Dearborn Mayor Abdullah Hammoud will share a behind the scenes look at this year's Homecoming Festival, which takes place August 1, 2, and 3 at Dearborn's Ford Field. You'll hear about activities, food, music, and some of the mayor's favorite things to do at the annual festival.

Thank you to the many WHFR listeners who stopped by our WHFR promotional tables during the 2025 Concert of Colors world music festival in Midtown Detroit last week. WHFR was on site July 17th at the Detroit Historical Museum and Third Man Records to experience some truly wonderful performances.

WHFR commends Sean Blackman and Ishmael Ahmed for their hard work... everyone here at the station loves being a media partner with this unique and exciting festival. We look forward to seeing what you have in store for next year!