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WFHB Local News – September 14, 2022

This is the WFHB Local News for Wednesday, September 14th, 2022 Later in the program, WFHB Correspondent Abe Shapiro speaks with Attorney ​​Jeremiah Frei-Pearson about a lawsuit against the ride-share company Lyft over its alleged lack of wheelchair accessible vehicles, or WAVs. More in today’s Disabulletin. Also coming up in the next half hour, Shapiro be live in the studio …

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WFHB Local News – September 12th, 2022

This is the WFHB Local News for Monday, September 12, 2022. Later in the program, WFHB Correspondent Zyro Roze speaks with Dr. Ziva Cooper about the perils and promise of Cannabis use in recreational and medical settings. More in today’s feature report. Also coming up in the next half hour, we speak with Roze live in the studio in light …

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Leave a Message on the WFHB Love Line

WFHB has created a hotline for listeners, supporters, volunteers, community members, and non-profits to call and record messages for airplay. Supporters and listeners of WFHB are encouraged to call 901-800-WFHB and leave a message to give a shout out to their favorite DJ or program, share the reasons why they support WFHB, dedicate a donation to a loved one, and …

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Ron Eid, Publisher of the Limestone Post: A Fund Drive Testimonial

Ron Eid, publisher of the Limestone Post, talks about why community journalism is so important. He mentions his support of the diversity of programming here at WFHB, such as Bring It On, Hola Bloomington, Kiteline and Eco Report. Eid also discusses how WFHB banded together with the Limestone Post on several collaborative projects, such as the housing and eviction crisis …

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Interchange – Concentrating Caliban: A Fund Drive Anthology

The deeply racist Nobel Prize-winning novelist William Faulkner once wrote in his 1951 novel, Requiem for a Nun, that the past isn’t dead, it’s not even past. In that same book Faulkner has the “nun,” which carries the meaning of prostitute in Shakespeare’s time, a Black drug addict named Nancy, offer that salvation comes from suffering. And though this is …

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Daily Local News – October 7, 2019

In today’s segment, we took the opportunity during our fund drive to look back on some of the best of Daily Local News! We heard a story from a former intern, Jonah Chester, about Indiana caves reopening after being closed due to prevention of a fungal infection killing over a million bats nation wide. Jonah then tells WFHB’s Sarah Vaughan …

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Interchange – Supporting Women: A Spring Fund Drive Special

Today we show our support for women as we ask you to show your support for Interchange. We’ll hear clips that highlight the fight for women’s rights in the country where 77% percent of women polled will not identify as feminist but believe men and women should be equal socially, politically and economically. Those are 2013 poll numbers but I …

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Interchange – Who Owns the Radio? A Fund Drive Special

For our Fall Fund Drive show we offer some program highlights from the last several months to show, not tell, how deserving we are of your financial support. And we open the show with The Who’s “Eminence Front”…it’s a favorite of mine. We used this in the show with Thomas Frank, “It Takes a Democrat.” The sun shines And people …

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bloomingOUT – Jonathan Balash of Spencer Pride – April 6, 2017

Join bloomingOUT anchors Colin and JP as they welcome Jonathan Balash to the show! Jonathan discusses what’s new with Spencer Pride as well as plans for this year’s festival. The bloomingOUT crew also shares reasons for the community to support WFHB during out Spring Fund Drive. Tonight’s episode features your weekly LGBTQ+ news roundup from bloomingOUT News Director, Noelle Philipps; …

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bloomingOUT – Jacques Rozier – September 8, 2016

Tonight, join anchors JP and Ryne as they interview Jacques Rozier, a sports journalism Master’s student at the IU Media School who studies the history of LGBTQ+ athletes in the public eye and in the shadows. Tonight’s episode features music from the Black Eyed Peas and Sia; plus upcoming LGBTQ+ events from around the area. On this episode of bloomingOUT, …

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