JAMESTOWN, NY - On Thursday, October 13, WRFA-LP - in conjunction with other participating media members - will present a 60-minute debate featuring the two candidates for the New York State Assembly's 150th District: Andrew Goodell (R) and Sandra … [Read more...]
WRFA-LP, YWCA Jamestown Launch New “Broadscast” Radio Program
First Episode to Premier Friday, Sept. 30 with Special Guest Sukayna Burman JAMESTOWN, NY - A new, locally-produced radio program and podcast focusing on various social and women’s issues affecting the community is making its debut this fall in … [Read more...]
WRFA-LP to Present Weekly Local News Reports in Spanish Starting in September
JAMESTOWN, NY - WRFA Radio will be providing a weekly, Spanish-language newscast to its listening audience starting in September 2022. The weekly WRFA News "en Español" report will be broadcast Saturdays at 8 a.m. on 107.9 FM in Jamestown - … [Read more...]
WRFA Temporarily Off the Air – June 28, 2022
Reg Lenna Center for the Arts is experiencing some infrastructure issues and will be undergoing maintenance from Tuesday, June 28 through the morning of Wednesday, June 29, 2022. The situation is resulting in WRFA having to be off the air until the … [Read more...]
#GiveBigCHQ Raises Over $900 for WRFA-LP
JAMESTOWN, NY - WRFA-LP, Jamestown's only noncommercial, nonreligious community radio station, was able to raise over $900 as part of the #GiveBigCHQ annual day of giving on Thursday, Jan. 9. In all, the radio station received $799 from 25 donors. … [Read more...]
WRFA Announces “I Remember” Oral History Project
Project will launch in June with a goal of interviewing 100 area residents JAMESTOWN, NY - Area residents who want to share their memories to help chronicle local history in Chautauqua County will get a chance to do so later this year. WRFA-LP in … [Read more...]
WRFA’s 2022 Great American Picnic, “hAll Fired Up!”, is Tuesday, June 21
JAMESTOWN, NY - The Great American Picnic is back for another year at Southern Tier Brewing Company! WRFA’s annual summer fundraiser is taking place Tuesday, June 21 from 5 to 9 p.m. at STBC's Empty Pint in Lakewood, NY and will once again feature … [Read more...]
WRFA Seeks Summer Interns to Assist with Covering 2022 Jamestown Tarp Skunks Baseball Games
JAMESTOWN, NY - WRFA is once again seeking eligible college students to participate in a Sports Broadcasting Internship program, focusing on live coverage of the Jamestown Tarp Skunks collegiate baseball team during the 2022 summer season. This … [Read more...]
[LISTEN] Arts on Fire: Chautauqua Literary Arts Partners with JHS Class to Present “Holidays in Poetry”
WRFARadio · Holidays in Poetry WRFA's Jason Sample talks with Sony Ton-Aime, Michael I. Rudell Director of Literary Arts at Chautauqua Institution, and Betsy Rowe-Baehr, Jamestown High School English teacher. The two share details about The Holidays … [Read more...]
WRFA Seeking Public Input Into 2022 Programming
WRFA, a non-commercial, non profit community radio station serving Jamestown, NY, recently received funding as part of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting's American Rescue Plan Act Stabilization Grant program. The funding is intended to help … [Read more...]
