In anticipation of #AFJ2015 – The Association of Food Journalists annual conference – We have a great gaggle (or would it be brace? Herd? My fav- A Volary?) of food writers coming on to Art in Your Ear this week. There will be a wide ranging discussion–not just how to eat and write about it; food porn; where… Read more »
Surface Noise celebrates 36 year of being wild in anticipation of one of our birthday events!
WMNF is having an All Station Meeting on Tuesday September 15th at 7pm at the station. We are located at 1210 E. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. Tampa 33603. This meeting is free and open to the public. Topics will include the State of the Station, Budget, Upcoming Fund Drive, and the Candidates for… Read more »
We have some old program guides from the 1980s and will be posting those images today: More to come! Please come celebrate our birthday with us! We have a birthday party at Skipper’s on Friday, and our Luau on Monday.
WMNF turns 36 next Monday (9/14). We’re going to be posting some fun pictures and memorabilia over the next few days. Today’s pictures aren’t the best quality, but it is fun to read how WMNF was anticipated. Today, a picture of our first home that I swiped from LindaLu’s office, and a picture a listener… Read more »
Oneblood will be at WMNF this Friday in their big red bloodmobile from 9am-2pm in the west parking lot. Our community is invited to come to the station and donate blood on the bus. September 11th is a National Day of Service in remembrance of the 9/11 attacks. One wonderful way to counteract all acts of… Read more »
Duncan Strauss’s guest on Talking Animals this Wednesday Sept. 9 at 10am ET will be Dr. Steven Tauber, USF Associate Professor in the Department of Government & International Affairs, who’s just published a new book, Navigating The Jungle: Law, Politics, and the Animal Advocacy Movement. Dr. Tauber wrote in Navigating the Jungle:
Borrowing our title from Ray Wylie Hubbard’s shout-out to Austin musicians, the next Tuesday Morning Show with Marcie features singers paying homage to other musicians. We were inspired by his song to do this a few years ago, but there were songs we didn’t get to and more that have come out since then. In fact,… Read more »
WMNF’s Diversity Committee meets bi-monthly. The next meeting is Tuesday, September 22, at 7pm at the station. WMNF is located at 1210 E. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr Blvd in Tampa, 33603. Please call 813.238.8001 for more information. The meeting is free and open to the public. There is free parking on either side of… Read more »
On this, Mike Eisenstadt’s 10th yahrzeit, we’re having a special show this Sunday to remember him and his contributions to our community, complete with a bunch of special guests in-studio and via phone. Please join us! You can always listen to the Sunday Simcha here.
On Sunday, September 6, Nicky Hopkins would have been 71. The famed keyboardist died at the even earlier age of 50 in 1994. Plagued by Crohn’s disease from youth, poor health and ongoing surgery made it difficult for him to tour. This resulted in his working primarily as a studio player for most of his career. Yet his… Read more »
What do we have to say to bring attention to, and to end the sexual violence against women? One out of every five women will be raped and only 5% will result in felony convictions. Every 7 minutes someone in America commits a rape. Maybe I should have started with the last statement. We are… Read more »
