Join us on this week's WHFR Journal, Friday, June 6 at 1pm as we share info on some fun events that will benefit our local community and add excitement to the start of the summer season. We'll talk with Dearborn Area Chamber of Commerce President Kelli Vanden Bosch about the upcoming Taste of Dearborn and how to sample over 40 restaurant in one night a this hometown event. We'll chat with the Epilepsy Foundation of Michigan's Development Director Alyx Newton about the upcoming Summer Stroll for Epilepsy taking place next Saturday at the Detroit Zoo.

PAWCHELLA is back—and better than ever! This two-day, feel-good festival celebrates the joy of animals, community, and second chances. Hosted at the newly expanded MaryAnn Wright Animal Adoption & Education Center, PAWCHELLA raises critical funds needed to help care for the nearly 2,500 animals cared for by Friends for Animals each year.

Being held just down the road from our WHFR studios right here in Dearborn on June 7 & 8 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. each day, there will be something fun for the entire family: contests to test your pup’s agility, activities for kids, live music, shopping, raffles galore and so much more!

WHFR is proud to support PAWCHELLA…. Be sure to stop by the WHFR tent this weekend!
Further details about the event and admission info at: metrodetroitanimals.org/event/pawchella-2025

Pull up a coffin and "tomb into" The Crypt, every other Tuesday from 4-6p.m.

Digging up the gravest mix; two haunted hours of doom, gloom, death, metal, punk, horror themes, and campy Halloween tunes, full of witches, monsters, and ghouls.

Tune in this Tuesday, June 3rd for the premiere episode!

Episode 48 of This Just In, WHFR's pre-recorded new music showcase, airs June 2nd, 2025 from 8-9pm and June 3rd, 2025 from 3-4pm.

This week's playlist:

The Callous Daoboys - Schizophrenia Legacy [Post-Hardcore]
Yuno - Worst of Times [Indie Pop / Alternative]
Jaime Ospina & The Hubbub Makers - The Vessel [Afro-Jazz / World]
McKinley Dixon ft. Blu & Shamir - Could've Been Different [Hip Hop]

Tropa Magica - Y3K [Cumbia / Psychedelic]
Oklou ft. underscores - harvest sky [Synth Pop]
Arc De Soleil - Riders Of The Moon [Soul / Funk]
Femi Kuti - Journey Through Life [Afrobeat/ Jazz]

Atlanta Space Quartet - Moons of Saturn [Chamber Rock / Synth]

GRÓA ft. Blanco Teta - beauty tips! [Alternative/Indie Rock]
Flesh Produce - It Gets Better [Punk /Dance]

Blacklight Beat Patrol - Fun With Ray Guns [Alternative / Chill Wave]
Uwade - Clearer Through You [Alternative / Indie]

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.

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. CAROLYN WONDERLAND: Truth Is (Alligator Records)
2. CHARLIE MUSSELWHITE: Look Out Highway (Forty Below Records )
3. JOHN PRIMER: Grown In Mississippi (Blues House Productions)
4. POPA CHUBBY: I Love Freddie King (Gulf Coast Records)
5. TOMMY CASTRO AND THE PAINKILLERS: Closer To The Bone (Alligator Records)
6. TAD ROBINSON: Soul in Blue (Delmark Records)
7. JOHNNY IGUANA: Johnny Iguana – At Delmark (Delmark Records)
8. ALLY VENABLE: Money and Power (Ruf)
9. ALL THINGS SWAMP: Dressed (Little Village Foundation)
10. SOUTHERN AVENUE: Family (Alligator Records)

DJ~KittyLuv;)

WHFR Blues Music Director

WHFR is proud to present a new radio program featuring recordings of live jazz from Cleveland's Bop Stop. Tune in every Sunday from 2-4pm EDT for some great sets with many of today's jazz artists recorded in concert. Each show will feature two separate hour-long sets recorded over the past couple of years, focusing on some of today's outstanding pianists in solo, trio and quartet settings.

Live at The Bop Stop will air every Sunday from 2:00-4:00pm EDT on WHFR 89.3fm locally in the Dearborn/Detroit area and worldwide streaming at whfr.fm via the internet.

On this week’s show, May 30, we’ll celebrate the Detroit Grand Prix with the Big Picture Science episode titled “Vroom”. Self-driving cars, once a thing of science fiction, have become a reality in a handful of cities across the country. As our vehicles gain autonomy, they may provoke a profound shift not unlike the introduction of the first car in the late 1800s.

For a glimpse into the future of self-driving cars, we take a spin through the history of the automobile, from the Model T to the driverless taxicab. Along the way, we explore the rise of American manufacturing and the unmistakable but unexpected way in which we have bonded to our four-wheeled companions.
 
Join us for this special episode from PRX on the WHFR Journal, Friday, May 30, from 1pm-2pm only on WHFR.

Episode 47 of This Just In, WHFR's pre-recorded new music showcase, airs May 26th, 2025 from 8-9pm and May 27th, 2025 from 3-4pm.

This week's playlist:

Velvet Moon - Catch The Wave (Live at Brinova Arena) [Alternative Rock]
Zack Feinberg - What Happened [Rock / Blues]
Adam Melchor - Change of Heart [Singer-Songwriter]
James Cook - Texican Velvet [Americana / Latin]

Paulo Moura & Raphael Rabello - 1X0 (Um a Zero) [World / Jazz]
Quarteto Negro - Folôzinha [World]
Vander Lee - Românticos [World / Singer-Songwriter]

Nelson Sargento & Beth Carvalho - Agoniza Mas Não Morre [World]
Pena Branca - Correnteza [World]
Xangai & Quinteto Paraíba - Curvas do Rio [World]

Wishy - Fly [Indie Rock]
Warm Sound - Safe [Chill Pop]
Zeds Dead - Vertigo [Electronic / Indie]
young friend - loose [Indie Rock]

Red Garland Trio - I Heard You Cried Last Night (Remastered 2025) [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.

Catch the Memorial Day redux on Hotwax Radio this Sunday, May 25th.

The White Rabbit will be saluting those who gave the ultimate sacrifice for this nation and our freedoms.

Tune in to honor those who served and defended this country from 7:00pm - 9:00pm EDT.