WHFR Radio 89.3 FM

Non-commercial, independent radio out of Henry Ford College. Music and talk you won’t find anywhere else on the Metro Detroit dial.

Program schedule

Sunday, May 3, 2026

Now - 2:00 pm Play It By Ear
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm Live At The Bop Stop
4:00 pm - 7:00 pm WHFR Presents
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Hotwax radio
9:00 pm - 12:00 am WHFR Sunday Night Mysteries

Monday, May 4, 2026

12:00 pm - 2:00 pm Mountain Stage
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm The Malt Shop & We Are Not Alone
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm Roll and Tumble Take 2

Latest news

"WHFR Journal" Shares 2026 Barrett Creative Writing Awards Ceremony - Friday, May 1, at 1pm

Join us today on the WHFR Journal as we share excerpts from the 2026 Francis G. Barrett Creative Writing Contest and the Larry Colter Poetry Prize Awards Ceremony on that took place on April 17, where five students were recognized for their winning work. This year is the 51st anniversary of the Barrett Creative Writing Contest, which HFC holds annually to honor the memory of the English Department's first department chairperson, Frances G. Barrett. Enjoy!

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Play It By Ear

"Abstraction + Variants on a Theme of Thelonious Monk (Criss Cross)" by John Lewis - Gunther Schuller - Ornette Coleman +++
John Lewis presents Contemporary Music: Jazz Abstractions
"Peace on You" by Alexander Hawkins & Tomeka Reid
Shards
"Armando's Rhumba" by Chick Corea
Forever Yours
"Thank You Song" by Adam O'Farill
Elephant

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Talk Shows

WHFR Journal

Friday
1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.

WHFR Sunday Night Mysteries

Sunday
9:00 p.m. - 12:00 a.m.

We Are Not Alone

First Monday of each month
2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Radio Vault

Tuesday
10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.

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Uncle Ritmo and 5HOURS- Show Me Love
youbet- youbet
Mikaela Davis- Graceland Way
Ghost Funk Orchestra- Live in Europe
Oteil Burbridge & Lamar Williams Jr. - Hush
Temples- Vendetta

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