Happy Thanksgiving!
WHFR.fm would like to extend a very Happy Thanksgiving holiday from our family to yours. As you reminisce about what you are thankful for, please know that here at 89.3 WHFR.fm, we are very thankful to have you as a loyal listener!
"WHFR PRESENTS": Celebrating the Legacy of Soul Train
In preparation for tonight's Soul Train Awards ceremony, we are going to board the train with your conductor Missy J at 4:00 pm and experience the Hippest Trip In America. We will celebrate Music, Style, Culture, Entrepreneurship, A Movement and Vision. During the ride, WE will honor Don Cornelius who was inducted posthumously (Ahmet Ertegun Award) into the 2023 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame WE will depart the train at 8:00 pm after taking time to remember our 35th President of the United States; John Fitzgerald Kennedy.
WHFR Goes to the Symphony
WHFR Radio will have a table set up at the Dearborn Symphony this Friday. Stop by to say hello (maybe your favorite DJ will be working the table!) and be sure to pick up free WHFR swag. We'll be set up in the lobby of the Ford Community and Performing Arts Center in Dearborn, Friday, November 17th, from 6:45 to 7:30pm.
"WHFR PRESENTS": Spotlight on Chess Records
WHFR Radio will premier a new series of Sunday programming with a two-hour spotlight on Chess Records. The Chicago based record label was a prime outlet for blues in the '50s and '60s before branching out into jazz and soul music in the '60s.
Artists such as Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Willie Dixon and Chuck Berry recorded extensively for the label which inspired many artists around the world in their approach to blues and rock music.
NEWS TIME!
Have you heard the news about our "new and improved streaming sound quality"?
Read all about it!: https://www.hfcc.edu/news/2023/whfr-has-new-and-improved-streaming-sound-quality
Remembering David S. Ware Tuesday November 7, 6-11PM EST
David S. Ware was one of the greatest of avant-garde saxophonists during his all too short career and life on earth. His classic quartet with pianist Matthew Shipp, bassist William Parker and a host of revolving drummers is considered by many as the tour de force of avant-garde working groups. From his early mentoring days with Sonny Rollins to his short stint with the Cecil Taylor Unit, his early trio Apogee with the great Cooper-Moore and the classic quartets, David set the jazz community afire with his incendiary and spiritual outpouring of music.
Talking Tech on WHFR Journal 11/03/2023
Join us today from 1pm-2pm on the WHFR Journal as we talk technology! We'll hear from Jeremy Palmer, HFC's Manager of Recording Arts about the new HFC state-of-the-art recording studio and the accompanying certificate available through HFC. We'll then talk with Kenny Nichols, Project Manager of the Trade and Apprentice Education area at HFC about the new battery technician certification and all that it involves.
TOP TEN BLUES for October 2023
Please join Highway 61 for the best in new Blues releases and local area Artists' music every Friday, 2pm until 4pm, with host DJ~KittyLuv;) 'making~waves'.
Here is our latest Top Ten Blues new releases being aired at WHFR-FM 89.3:
Halloween Shows!
– 4th Annual Hotwax Radio Halloween Special –
Let the White Rabbit put a spell on ~YOU~ Mondays from 8:00 pm to 10:00pm with ghoulish, haunting & frightening songs, sounds, shrieks & screams!
• Part 1: Monday October 23rd
• Part 2: Monday October 30th
C’mon, it’s just a bunch of Hocus Pocus...right?
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha
4th Annual Hotwax Radio Halloween Special
Let the White Rabbit put a spell on ~YOU~ Mondays from 8:00 pm to 10:00pm with ghoulish, haunting & frightening songs, sounds, shrieks & screams!
• Part 1: Monday October 23rd
• Part 2: Monday October 30th
C’mon, it’s just a bunch of Hocus Pocus...right?
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha
EDGEFEST RADIO SPECIAL TUESDAY OCTOBER 17, 6-10PM EDT
Spirits Rejoice Radio will present a special program spotlighting the artists who will be performing at the 27th Annual Edgefest in Ann Arbor. The festival will run from Wednesday October 18 through Saturday October 21. Edgefest is a world renowned showcase for the jazz avant-garde and features a multitude of great musical artists from around the globe as well as just around the corner.
"WHFR Journal" - Basketball and the Hawk's Nest
Please tune in to this week's edition of the WHFR Journal when we talk with HFC Men's Basketball Coach Christopher Shepard about his approach to coaching a winning team and his thoughts on the season ahead. We'll also talk with HFC Student Activities Assistant Kayla Colling about the HFC Hawk's Nest Food Pantry and the important food drive that's currently taking place to help restock the pantry and support our students in need. The WHFR Journal airs Fridays from 1pm-2pm right here at 89.3FM and on whfr.fm. Check it out and Go Hawks!
Thelonious Monk Birthday Broadcast October 10th
They called him the High Priest of Modern Jazz and rightfully so. Thelonious Sphere Monk was born October 10, 1917, and proceeded to turn the jazz world on its ear with his inventive style of piano playing, quirky compositions and general demeanor on stage. His piano stylings remain unique to this day and his compositions, once considered too difficult to perform, are now re-interpreted by countless musicians worldwide.
