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JoEllen Schilke

This cardboard sign was placed in windows of residences where patients were quarantined due to polio.

Keep Off This Street:
The Epidemics of Polio and COVID19

The epidemics of polio and COVID19 Empty beaches, hollow pools, abandoned and quiet streets. Bans on gatherings. Fear layering daily activities with hesitation, and loss. While the Spanish Flu of 1918 is evoked by the...

Don’t Panic (yet): Financial & other resources for artists, arts organizations, and small businesses

List of resources for artists, arts organizations, non-profits, and small businesses for financial help with the coronavirus impact.

What has the Florida Legislature done in the last 2 days?

(Originally published 4/26/2019) A lot. Florida’s legislature has 60 days (though special sessions can be, and are often, called) to make lots of laws. In odd numbered years, like 2019, the session begins the first...

Dr. Martin Luther King Holiday ~ things you may not know

WMNF always marches in the Tampa Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Parade. We hope you will join us this year – more information on that is here. We are position #107, and are meeting at...

Radical Noise, Radical Life – WMNF Community mourns the loss of Pamela Wiener Dubrule

Any new music lover in the early 1980s had an appointment with their radio on Saturday afternoons to listen to Radical Noise. This groundbreaking punk, new wave, alternative music show was a fulcrum of the...

City of Tampa municipal election results (spoiler-there will be a runoff)

City of Tampa election results                March 5, 2019 is the final day of voting for Tampa Mayor, City Council seats, and 17 charter amendments. Early voting sites were open...

Florida Bar won’t dismiss complaint over Rep. Gaetz tweet

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A Florida Bar disciplinary investigation will continue into a tweet sent by Republican U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz about President Donald Trump’s former lawyer, Michael Cohen. Gaetz is a strong supporter of...

Full text of Mueller’s questions and President Trump’s answers from the Mueller Report

From the AP CNN has a link to the redacted Mueller Report here.  Robert Mueller’s 448-page investigative report into allegations of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election includes 23 unredacted pages of Mueller’s written...

WMNF General Manager Craig Kopp resigns

WMNF General Manager Craig Kopp resigned today, effective immediately. In his resignation note, he cited the community’s reaction to the firing and subsequent re-hiring of News and Public Affairs Director Rob Lorei as the reason,...

Overflow parking for 3/18 board meeting at WMNF

For those attending tonight’s board meeting, there is parking in the lot on the west side of the station (1210 E. Dr. MLK Jr Blvd) with a couple of spots saved for the DJs. There...

Update from WMNF’s Board of Directors

The WMNF Board of Directors Personnel Committee is expecting a grievance/appeal from Rob Lorei regarding his termination. Once the grievance/appeal is received, the Personnel Committee of the Board of Directors will examine the evidence and will present its...

Changes at WMNF – News Director Rob Lorei out

WMNF Community Radio has ended its long-running relationship with News Director Rob Lorei. We are deeply grateful to Rob for all he has done for WMNF. Rob is one of the co-founders of WMNF and...

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