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.

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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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.

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!

All WHFR DJs have the day off because Henry Ford College is closed Thursday, February 13, 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.

HFC's weather closure information is detailed here.

***Our valentine is red
Our valentine is blue...
We'll put it in a radio show and send it off to you....***

Generations ago, Valentines Day was big on radio — especially on the situation comedies. Coming up on our February 18th Radio Vault, we'll feature some highlights from Our Miss Brooks (the high school English teacher) Jack Benny (born on 02/14/1894), Fibber McGee, The Great Gildersleeve and maybe others. There were even dramatic shows with a Valentine or romantic theme. One show that even had a dark mysterious, sometimes spooky feel (called Quiet Please) even had an episode simply called "Valentine." The hard-boiled detective on Let George Do It was named George Valentine — no real connection to the February date, but hundreds of episodes were produced by the Mutual Network starting in 1946.

Catch Radio Vault every Tuesday from 10AM-1PM and February 18 for our Valentines Day show, and don't miss WHFR Sunday Night Mysteries from 9PM-12 Midnight on WHFR 89.3 and whfr.fm on your digital device. You never know what you're going to hear!

Join us Friday, Feb. 7 at 1pm for the WHFR Journal to learn about the upcoming Musical Showcase at HFC,Torn Apart, Together. We'll also discuss the current gallery exhibit at the HFC Sisson Gallery titled Us, and the special opportunities for students here at HFC to honor and celebrate Black History Month. Tune in at 1pm for all the details.

In celebration of Black History Month and the February 10th, 1937, birth of a Howard University alumnus and soulful musical genius, WHFR 89.3 FM, with your host MissyJ, will spotlight the music of Roberta Cleopatra Flack during WHFR PRESENTS this Sunday, February 9th, from 4:00 - 7:00 PM.

Reaching out farther into the community while still making waves, 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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Watching the Super Bowl this Sunday? Earn some early Valentine points with your Valentine by turning the sound down on the TV while piping up the volume to Hotwax radio.

The White Rabbit will be letting Cupid loose for two hours starting at 7:00pm, on the station that's making waves.