WRFI Community Radio News
1,062 episodes - English - Latest episode: 1 day ago - ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsWRFI Community Radio News brings you local-first news and voices by, and for, the people of Tompkins and Schuyler counties. Listen to AM and PM newscasts each weekday at 88.1FM in Ithaca, 91.9FM in Watkins Glen, at wrfi org or wherever you get your podcasts.
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WRFI Community Radio News 06/04/2021
June 05, 2021 00:04 - 33 minutes - 30.7 MBWRFI Community Radio News 06/04/2021 On today’s Show, There’s a bill in the New York State Legislature calling for a moratorium on cryptocurrency mining. Environmentalists say mining the digital currency puts New York on a collision course with the goals outlined in the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act. We speak with Water Front reporter Peter Mantius. But first, as violence in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict continues, ralliers in Ithaca continue voicing support for Pa...
WRFI Community Radio News 05/28/2021
May 28, 2021 20:00 - 30 minutes - 27.7 MBWRFI Community Radio News 05/28/2021 On this week's episode, we bring you another episode of the WRFI’s Which Way Forward series. This is the final story in this installment. While Governor Cuomo’s Executive Order 203 required all local governments to review their police practices, the Public Safety and Police Departments on College Campuses were out of the order’s reach. Next, Ithaca has lost one of it’s great musicians, Al Hartland. He was a talented percussionist and beloved personality...
WRFI Community Radio News 05/21/2021
May 21, 2021 22:16 - 26 minutes - 24.2 MBWRFI Community Radio News 05/21/2021 On this week's episode, we bring you another installment of the Which Way Forward series. This episode is a reflection of a student activist, and professor on the last year of Black Lives Matters protests. Then, a speech from the recent 2021 Izzy Awards for Independent Media. Ithaca College’s Park School for Independent Media honored Liliana Segura for her reporting on the executions carried out by the Trump administration in 2020, during the twilight ...
05/21/2021 WRFI Community Radio News
May 21, 2021 22:16 - 26 minutes - 24.2 MB05/21/2021 WRFI Community Radio News On this week's episode, we bring you another installment of the Which Way Forward series. This episode is a reflection of a student activist, and professor on the last year of Black Lives Matters protests. Then, a speech from the recent 2021 Izzy Awards for Independent Media. Ithaca College’s Park School for Independent Media honored Liliana Segura for her reporting on the executions carried out by the Trump administration in 2020, during the twilight o...
WRFI Community Radio News 05/07/2021
May 07, 2021 22:14 - 28 minutes - 26.2 MBWRFI Community Radio News 05/07/2021 On this episode of WRFI Community Radio news, we hear another installment of WRFI’s Which Way Forward Series, a public affairs project exploring the Reimagining Public Safety collaborate, and the plan it produced. This episode will explores the range of public opinion and reaction to the draft plan as it was shaped into its final form. Then, we bring you a speech from the recent 13th annual Izzy Awards. Hosted by Ithaca’s Park School for Independent Me...