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."

Thank you in advance for your support.

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. BEN LEVIN: Ben Levin Presents A Holiday Blues Revue (VizzTone Label Group)
2. JAKE SHIMABUKURO AND MICK FLEETWOOD: Blues Experience (Forty Below)
3. BENNY TURNER: BT (Nola Blue Records)
4. JOVIN WEBB: Drifter (Blind Pig Records)
5. V/A: I Believe I'll Run On: A Tribute To Wilson Pickett (Nola Blue Records)
6. SHEMEKIA COPELAND: Blame It On Eve (Alligator Records)
7. MISSISSIPPI MACDONALD: I Got What You Need (APM Records)
8. RONNIE BAKER BROOKS: Blues In My DNA (Alligator Records)
9. OLLEE OWENS: Nowhere to Hide (Ollee Music)
10. ELIZA NEALS: Colorcrimes (E-H Records)

DJ~KittyLuv;)

WHFR Blues Music Director

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.

Christmas Eve's on-air holiday festivities will begin on December 24th with a special Christmas-themed edition of Radio Vault and continue with our Winter Season Celebration Recordings starting at 1:00. The Winter Season Celebration shows will run through the night of 25th, with regular programming resuming on Thursday, December 26th, at 10:00am.

So light up the Christmas tree, throw an extra log into the fireplace, prepare your hot chocolate, and enjoy the holiday spirit while listening to our Winter Season Celebration programming on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, 2024, right here on WHFR.

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]

Julien Baker & TORRES - Sugar in the Tank [Country]
Two Shell - Magic Powers [Electronic]
Francis Michaud - Charnel [Pop / World]
Arturo Sandoval - My Funny Valentine [Jazz / World]

Farazi - Yanlış [Hip Hop Instrumental / World]

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.

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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!

WHFR PRESENTS: SPIRITS REJOICE HOLIDAY SPECIAL

WHFR's SPIRITS REJOICE Radio Program will not air in its regular time slot on Christmas Eve, but will present its annual holiday show on Sunday, December 22, from 4:00-7:00pm EST, on the WHFR PRESENTS Radio Program.

Feel and hear the sounds of spirit, peace and love via the jazz and improvised music idiom with artists such as Pharoah Sanders (pictured above), John Coltrane, Bill Evans and many others as they help create a special aura for the holidays.

Happy Holidays to all and remember to smile upon your brothers and sisters of the world.

New (Old) Phillip Marlowe Holiday Show on WHFR Sunday Night Mysteries

This classic 1947 detective episode DIDN'T EXIST before our friends at Project Audion recreated it from the script! Their production came to life just this past week.
That, plus during our first hour, a little heard Suspense episode (from much later in 1961) will be heard...but we're just getting started:
In addition we'll feature the Orson Welles Campbell Playhouse production of "A Christmas Carol" starring Lionel Barrymore (Drew's great uncle) as Scrooge (from his original film role).
We'll also feature "The Plot to Overthrow Christmas" from legendary radio writer Norman Corwin, narrated by Orson Welles.

This all happens during our 12/22 WHFR Sunday Night Mysteries show...9PM ET until 12 Midnight, broadcasting at 89.3 on the FM dial in Dearborn/Detroit, and streaming everywhere via whfr.fm.

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.

Be sure to check back right here for more announcements about additional "Holiday Specialty Shows," our always-popular "Winter Season Celebration" programming, and our "Best Of 2024" week, all coming up soon right here on WHFR... our presents to you this holiday season!

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!

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.

Be sure to check back right here for more announcements about additional "Holiday Specialty Shows," our always-popular "Winter Season Celebration" programming, and our "Best Of 2024" week, all coming up soon right here on WHFR... our presents to you this holiday season!

“Is it my imagination or has WHFR become stronger and clearer in the last few years -- both on the FM dial and the stream?”

It is NOT your imagination, and it is just in time to celebrate our 40th year of being a radio station at Henry Ford College: An extensive amount of behind-the-scenes technical work has been underway.
From the microphones to the antenna to the streaming equipment – everything is being reviewed, re-wired repaired and in many cases replaced. We began by replacing our transmitter, antenna and everything connected to it. We are at the same power, yet we have extended our listenable FM range by several miles due to improved efficiency and equipment. We are also showing up on the display of your car radio sending you greetings!

Our streaming equipment and all equipment connected to our broadcast audio chain are also all new. The streaming equipment uses the same processor technology used for FM broadcast.
In addition, thanks to the generosity of one of our loyal supporters, we also have new state-of-the-art remote equipment. Whether it is live music or one of our DJs, it will have pristine and reliable qualities we have never had before, in full stereo no less. We expect to unveil that during our upcoming events in 2025.

Our main studios have many behind-the-scenes improvements ranging from re-wiring to computer upgrades, all of which are on-going, and we are just getting started. Your continued support is what makes these improvements possible.

Leading this renovation is our Production Manager & Chief Engineer Bob Burnham (shown working on satellite and other equipment in our main processing rack).

Photo by Assistant Engineer Jennifer St. James.