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Program Guide Changes

Laura Taylor about over 4 years ago

<>Hi, Laura Taylor, here...Development Director AND editor of the WMNF Program Guide we've reversioned for online and renamed The Link, WMNF's eGuide. We are no longer mass printing and mailing The Link...you can download it here.In it you'll find a... read this post


Vote Now for All Souls Listeners' Choice

Tags: ALL SOULS SPOTLIGHT, Listener's Choice

airstudio about over 4 years ago

You still have time to choose what our next Special Spotlight on All Souls will be in JANUARY. Here are the choices:

1 - Soul Divas

2 - Soul Men

3 - Blues Divas

4 - Blues Men

<>GET VOTING!! Either e-mail your choice in by 1/08/08 to me at scotte@wmnf.org... read this post


All Souls Host at Tampa Morning Market

Tags: DJ, ALL SOULS, Scott Elliott, Shopping

airstudio about over 4 years ago

That's right!!!

WMNF's own Scott Elliott (aka DJ Vertigo), host of ALL SOULS (Fridays from 2-4 PM) - will being spinning an array of eclectic music for your shopping pleasure at the new Tampa Morning Market in downtown Tampa.

<>Join us tomorrow, Frid... read this post


Six young girls killed in Gaza are related to Tampa family

Seán Kinane about over 4 years ago

An 18-year-old Tampa man who has dozens of extended family members in the Gaza Strip learned Sunday that six of his nieces died in an Israeli airstrike. Yusuf Dabus said the girls were killed in a strike on a Mosque near their home.

<>Dabus was bo... read this post


Calls From Home

cowley about over 4 years ago

Selections from the grassroots radio project Calls From Home will air on this Sunday's Critical Times program from 8-9 a.m. on Sunday, or available on our WMNF's archives.

<>Calls From Homebroadcasts the voices of U.S. prisoners and their families. I... read this post


Bush's Positive Impact on the Economy

Tags: Bush

Matt Cowley about over 4 years ago

In case you've been thinking that the Bush Administration has somehow had a deleterious effect on the economy, consider the positive effect Bush has had on one small business:

<><>Ramazan Baydan, owner of the Istanbul-based Baydan Shoe Company, has bee... read this post


What are your favorite holiday films?

Rob Lorei about over 4 years ago

What are your favorite holiday films for this time of year?

<>On the second half of the Radioactivity call-in program on 12?24 I asked listeners for recommendations for holiday films with a social conscience. I started the segment playing some sound ... read this post


What do you want to see in a transit plan for Tampa Bay?

Tags: TBARTA

Seán Kinane about over 4 years ago

TBARTA has come up with three draft transit plans for the region. Soon they will combine them into one "hybrid" plan.

Which of these do you prefer - or are there aspects of any of these that you like? Post a response!

<>Listen to my story about today'... read this post


WMNF Most Played CDs during 2008

Randy Wynne about over 4 years ago

WMNF 88.5 Tampa : Top 50 Most Played "CDs during 2008

1) Radiohead - In Rainbows - ATO

2) Various Artists: Cheatin’ Heart: Tales of Lies and Love - BAAMO

3) Alejandro Escovedo - Real Animal - Back Porch

<>4) Have Gun, Will Travel - Casting... read this post


Avett Brothers rescheduled (again)

Randy Wynne about over 4 years ago

<>WMNF's concert with the Avett Brothers, postponed once because of a baby, has to be rescheduled again because they are going on tour with the Dave Matthews Band during the spring. The concert will likely be rescheduled for some time in July. We wi... read this post


StoryCorps in Ybor City

cowley about over 4 years ago

<>The StoryCorps team is busy recording Tampa Bay voices and lots of WMNF listeners in Ybor City right now. They told us they've had a wonderful week of recording, so in the very near future you'll be able to hear stories recorded in Ybor right here... read this post


cd of the week

Tags: cd of the week, music

Mike Bagley about over 4 years ago

This week’s cd of the week is from crystal stilts called “Alight of Night”

From the Pitchfork review:

<><>The Crystal Stilts are moody-sounding guys who make fabulous stripped-down garage-pop. Their mix-and-match post-punk ditties manage to sound both a... read this post


Vote: All Souls Listener's Choice

Matt Cowley about over 4 years ago

You get to choose what our next Special Spotlight on All Souls will be in JANUARY. Here are the choices:

1 - Soul Divas

2 - Soul Men

3 - Blues Divas

4 - Blues Men

<>Please vote soon!! Either e-mail your choice in by 12/26/08 to me at scotte@wmnf.org or c... read this post


Human Rights speech by Eckerd College's William Felice

Seán Kinane about over 4 years ago

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights was adopted 60 years ago this week by the United Nations in 1948.

On Friday, the 35th annual Tampa/Hillsborough County Human Rights Award breakfast was held in west Tampa.

<><>Listen to the full speech on human ... read this post


Marriage Equality and Gov Christ's Wedding: What Do You Think?

Rob Lorei about over 4 years ago

What do you think of this? Write your comment below. -Rob

<>Good afternoon, welcome to WMNF’s Radioactivity. I’m Rob Lorei. Coming up in a moment- the governor is getting married tomorrow in St. Petersburg and there will be a demonstration by groups ... read this post