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ng from its 50,000-watt signal broadcasting tower on top of the Empire States Building, WBAI 99.5FM carries programming from its facilities at 120 Wall Street to listeners in Connecticut to Delaware, New Jersey to upstate New York and to the five boroughs of New York City. In addition, WBAI streams and archives on www.wbai.org. Follow us on twitter.com/wbai_radio.
Operating as usual
is back!
TUNE IN TOMORROW at 7am EST to 99.5FM. I’ll be joined by my brother who is going to tell you about what’s going on between New York & Texas in the fight for immigrants. It’s pretty enraging and not many folks are talking about it. Murad will break it down and let us know what we can do to help.
You can also listen live online at wbai.org from where ever you are.
Imhotep Gary Byrd presents a Radio Global Black Experience Tribute to Marvin Gaye’s iconic recording What’s Going On. What's Going On Live is a live album recorded in 1972 by Gaye and released posthumously in 2019 by Motown. Tune in this Sunday from 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm on WBAI 99.5 FM, or listen online anywhere via www.WBAI.org
The Radio GBE tribute highlights the live album performances at the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C and at the Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland (both in 1972). Herb Boyd, the award-winning journalist and author of several books including Black Detroit: A People's History of Self-Determination offers contemporary commentary, as does Marko Nobles, 2nd vice president of Harlem Week. Under the visionary leadership of LLOYD WILLIAMS, president of the Greater Harlem Chamber of Commerce, this year’s 2022 Harlem Week will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the iconic album’s original release. For more information on Harlem Week’s special events and tributes, visit www.HarlemWeek.com
Marvin Gaye’s What’s Going On Live: A Tribute is produced by Imhotep Gary Byrd of the Global Black Experience; recorded, mixed, and edited by Reggie Johnson of WBAI Radio.
Tomorrow is your last chance to catch as the guest host of WGO! Wednesdays! His guest Carlyn Cowen (they/siya) is an advocate, activist, and Filipinx-American dedicated to building social, racial, and economic justice through radical systemic change. They were also recently featured and recognized by Pride 100.
Tuesday, July 26, 9-10pm
CAT RADIO CAFÉ: THREE ROOMS PRESS: “MAINTENANT #16: THE JOURNAL OF CONTEMPORARY DADA WRITING AND ART”
On tonight’s show we’ll be joined by Peter Carlaftes and Kat Georges, the founders and publishers of Three Rooms Press, to celebrate the publication of Maintenant #16: The Journal of Contemporary Dada Writing and Art, whose theme this year is “NYET ZERO,” and whose stated aim – both ecological and anti-war -- is “to lay the groundwork for an artistic power grab using Dada in the form of art, poetry and writing aimed at exposing the hypocrisy of the engine-idle rich on recycled paper.” Maintenant #16 includes work by artists, poets and writers from all seven continents on the planet with more than 240 contributors from 34 countries. The Seattle Book Review has described the new issue as “A smorgasbord for those who are sick and tired of it all.”
Hosted by Janet Coleman and David Dozer
Join Harriette Cole for a conversation with Michelle Browder, Lead Artist and Visionary of The Mothers of Gynecology Monument: Anarcha Lucy Betsey in Montgomery, Alabama. Tune in Friday, July 22, 2022 9am ET on WBAI 99.5 FM New York or livestream on WBAI.ORG.
Hi y'all from the WBAI CAB - you're invited !! Meeting Sun 7/24 at 1 PM
the WBAI Community Advisory Board would
like to invite you to our next meeting
Sunday, July 24, 2022 1:00 PM ET
Call in number is 623-600-3766. Meeting I.D. IS 963003.
we're looking for some new members, greater member participation,
fresh ideas, or old ideas that were good and got ignored or tossed ..
no matter what your past experience has been we'd like you to give us
a shot, come and participate - tell us what you think
to jumpstart things and get the juices flowing we will hopefully
have a Headliner / Guest Speaker - Sam Harris from
Counterpoint / WPKN, and maybe Anna Mago who works with him
details are inlined below
SO COME JOIN US ON SUNDAY JULY 24 & see what you think !!
WPKN wwpkn.org
On Air with the Greatest Radio Station in the World
https://www.newyorker.com/.../on-air-with-the-greatest...
Counterpoint
https://btlonline.org/counterpoint/about-counterpoint/
Counterpoint
BTL
HOW WE CAN FIGHT BACK AGAINST THE ASCENDANT RIGHT WING
Writer Freddie DeBoer, organizer Afeni, former lawyer current writer Molly Shah and Plan C Pills co-founder Amy Merrill discuss how the hell we can fight back against the Ascendant Right Wing, its Supreme Court and the Democrats who refuse to do anything about them.
Freddie deBoer is a writer and academic and the author of The Cult of Smart. His writing has appeared in The New York Times Magazine, Harper’s Magazine, The Los Angeles Times, The New Republic, Politico. Find his work at https://freddiedeboer.substack.com/
Afeni (https://twitter.com/ReddIsAri) is a Black q***r activist and core organizer with Freedom Fighters DC. During the George Floyd Uprisings Afeni saw first-hand how abusive the police are towards human rights protesters. Her advocacy and voice is lended to all marginalized people from our Palestinian cousins to protesters being brutalized in Nigeria, Afeni's voice knows no border. Afeni is passionate about equity, anti-racism and transformative mutual aid.
Molly Shah (https://twitter.com/MollyOShah) is a contributing writer to The Real News and social media consultant based in Berlin. Prior to moving to Germany Molly was an activist, teacher and lawyer in Louisville, Kentucky.
Amy Merrill is an artist and activist, and cofounder and digital director of abortion pill access campaign Plan C at plancpills.org (https://www.plancpills.org/). She also leads a web design and communications studio Eyes Open at eyesopendesign.com. Amy has a background in nonprofit management and social impact startups, choosing complex issues like voluntourism, human trafficking and gender inequality - which ultimately led her to focus on reproductive health equity and self-determination, and to cofounding Plan C.
Equal Rights & Justice 2hr. special 9 -11am, EST, Thurs. June 30th: “They Say Get Back” & we say “Fight Back Abortion Is Liberation,” with SHERo Mississippi
Equal Rights & Justice, is working with SHERo (Sisters Helping Every Woman Rise and Organize) a Black Women’s Reproductive Justice organization in Mississippi to continue and expand their reproductive justice work , a real survival issue for the poor and women of color. SHERo, under it’s sheroic Michelle Colon has fought for and will expand the fight for safe, legal abortion on demand without apology. SHERO is on the frontlines in clinic defense protection; works to overturn state barriers to reproductive choices; to stop forced sterilization; sterilization; against caging kids, forced assimilation, & child welfare abuses; to end medical & environmental racism; for universal healthcare; and to defend q***r & trans families; and for affordable childcare; for Sexual self-determination for people with disabilities; and to Uphold social progress with expanded voting rights & strong community and labor groups.
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Join Harriette Cole for a conversation with actress, director, playwright, educator and activist Regina Taylor. Tune in this Friday, July 1, 2022 at 9am ET on WBAI 99.5 FM New York or livestream on WBAI.ORG.
In the wake of SCOTUS announcing the overturn of 50 years of Abortion Rights, we're bringing you voices of resistance from the Supreme Court and across the country TODAY 3-5PM
Listen at 89.3FM and wpfwfm.org in DC and 99.5FM and wbai.org in New York!
LISTEN ON DEMAND: https://www.harriettecole.com/podcasts/ontheline
Join Harriette Cole for a conversation with Chavoita Lesane and Stuart McClave , producers of “On the Line: The Richard Williams Story”. Tune in Friday, June 24, 2022 at 9am ET on WBAI 99.5 FM New York or livestream on WBAI.ORG.
Come out and support two of WBAI’s world class DJs Tuesday afternoon! “Kickstart your summer and join the Apollo, Make Music New York, the Festival of New York and WBAI for an afternoon of music under the Apollo’s iconic marquee. Hosts MamaSoul & The L.A.W. from The Harlem Connection radio show lead the musical journey through Motown, Soul, Hip-Hop, Afrobeat, Caribbean, Latin Music and more. Whatever your style, we’ve got you covered.
Grab your crew and your dancing shoes!
Then at 6pm, take the party inside and join Apollo Education’s Career Panel: Crossfade as some of the industry’s most prolific creators share tangible lessons on developing a career in music production.” RSVP https://www.apollotheater.org/event/music-under-the-marquee-2022/
In 2022, 52 million people are working for less than $15 an hour while 250,000 die per year from poverty and inequality. Join WBAI and for March On Washington this Saturday to make the faces of poor and low-income people seen and their voices heard!
The Poor People's Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival and its 40 state coordinating committees, supported by over 170 mobilizing partners, over 20 religious and denominational bodies and a growing Prophetic Council of over 2,500 clerics, will hold the Mass Poor People's and Low-Wage Workers' Assembly and Moral March on Washington and to the Polls.
The assembly and march will be held from 10 a.m. ET to 3 p.m ET on Saturday, June 18, at 3rd Street and Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D.C.* Impacted people, faith leaders, unions, environmental, civil rights and women's groups – all the people who make up the fusion movement that is the PPC:NCMR – join our national co-chairs, Bishop William J. Barber II and Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis, to make the nation hear the voices and see the faces of the poor and low-income people who represent the 140 million who suffer under this nation's policies.
Know your government. Criminal justice. Voting rights, and the constitution.
For young people and curious adults.
Introducing Freedom Class Taught by Gloria J. Browne-Marshall and guests! Tune in Saturday June 25th 1-2PM and catch the animated series on
We’re bringing you coverage of the public hearings for the January 6th, 2021 insurrection on the Capitol. Hearings commence tomorrow, June 9th at 8pm and will continue June 13, 15, and 16 from 10AM to 2PM with the final hearing taking place on June 23rd.
For a fourth consecutive year, The Healing of the Nations Foundation in association with Carnegie Hall will present the 2022 Juneteenth Celebration. This evening will commemorate the important contributions that African Americans have made to the United States, honoring educator and poet, Sonia Sanchez and community activist Opal Lee. WBAI is honored to broadcast this celebration to honor Juneteenth!
2022 Honorees
Sonia Sanchez
Opal Lee- The Grandmother of Juneteenth
Performances by
Twitter
2022 Master of Ceremony
Presenter
Mahogany L. Browne
For more info visit juneteenthus.info/
On Sunday, June 5, City Watch will present a three-hour special, Pride and Promise, exploring the successes and setbacks on the path to full equality for the LGBTQIA+ communities.
The special is hosted by WBAI's Jeff Simmons and former New York City Councilmember Carlos Menchaca, who earned the distinction as New York State’s first Mexican-American elected official and Brooklyn’s first openly gay officeholder.
Throughout the special, Jeff and Carlos will bring you interviews with leaders focused on challenging anti-LGBTQIA+ legislation, preserving rights, providing healthcare, and ensuring their schools are free from bias and discrimination.
Guests include: of the National LGBTQ Task Force , Stephen Petrus of Ricardo Martinez of , experts on healthcare, a teenager who started a Gay-Straight Alliance at her school, and more.
Join Harriette for a conversation with Dr. Ariana Hoet and Becki Last to discuss their study, "The Impact of COVID-19 on Student Mental Heath in Communities of Need." Tune in Friday, May 27, 2022 9am ET on WBAI 99.5 FM New York or livestream on WBAI.ORG.
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Friday at 10PM on this week’s edition of The Harlem Connection: Healing, Joy & Liberation: Mental Health & the Arts broadcast from the Apollo Theater ft. Mara Campo, Mount Sinai Psych’s Dr. Sidney Hankerson & Dr. Shaakira Haywood Stewart. Tune in for great music plus how to get, keep, and spread joy!
NOT TO MISS! The  radio rebroadcast of The Apollo Theater's Healing, Joy & Liberation: & the Arts. GREAT MUSIC + how to GET, KEEP, & SPREAD JOY featuring Mount Sinai Psychiatry’s Dr. Sidney Hankerson. on Friday May 20th at 10pm - The Harlem Connection on WBAI 99.5 FM New York and Rhythm And Soul Radio.
The National Black Theatre: Institute for Action Arts
NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
CUNY School Of Medicine
American Composers Orchestra
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
NOT TO MISS! The  radio rebroadcast of The Apollo Theater's Healing, Joy & Liberation: & the Arts. GREAT MUSIC + how to GET, KEEP, & SPREAD JOY featuring Mount Sinai Psychiatry’s Dr. Sidney Hankerson. on Friday May 20th at 10pm - The Harlem Connection on WBAI 99.5 FM New York and Rhythm And Soul Radio.
The National Black Theatre: Institute for Action Arts
NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
CUNY School Of Medicine
American Composers Orchestra
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Tomorrow we celebrate Malcolm X’s birthday with a three hour special of Equal Rights and Justice. Malcolm would be 97 years old tomorrow.
Tune in at 7PM tonight as we explore the economic impact of the end of Roe v Wade, AND explore the contentious issues pending in the NY State Assembly on Advocating for Justice - WBAI 99.5 FM and WBAI.ORG
THE ECONOMIC AND LEGAL IMPACT OF THE END OF ROE
NOREEN FARRELL
Noreen has devoted her legal career to the pursuit of social justice. She is a nationally recognized leader on gender justice and the architect of several high impact collaborative campaigns improving the lives of millions of women and families. She chairs the Equal Pay Today! Campaign, a national campaign led by Equal Rights Advocates A and 25 other organizational partners closing the gender and race wage gap in states across the country. Noreen also leads national impact litigation efforts to address gender discrimination in schools, sexual harassment, workplace leave and accommodation, and the protection of caregivers from discrimination at work.
THE NY ASSEMBLY TACKLES HEALTH, CLIMATE, GUNS and TENANTS RIGHTS
ASSEMBLY MEMBER KHALEEL ANDERSON
At age 24, Khaleel, from Queens, was elected as the youngest member of the state Legislature in 20 years, and the youngest African American member of the body in history. He has gone on to become a stalwart member of the Assembly's progressive wing. The legislature has only 6 weeks to go, but big issues are pending from the NY Health Act, to Good Cause Eviction, and continuing controversy over gun violence and how to address it.
TONIGHT! Thursday May 12! Steph Coleman and me will be hosting the WBAI Folk Radio show live from the studio in Brooklyn 10pm - Midnight.
Tune in to 99.5 FM or with this link from anywhere on world wide web 10pm est. https://wbai.org/listen-live/
We'll be playing some our favorite records and influences, plus we might play a few tunes live on the air!!
Call us in the station too if you want to chat! 212.209.2877
Jalopy Records Jalopy Theatre and School of Music WBAI 99.5 FM New York Bob Boilen
We want to spotlight these 8 shows this Mayday that stand in solidarity with workers around the world!
You can thank them for their dedication to a variety labor justice oriented issues by becoming a BAI Buddy in the name of that show at the link in our bio.
#laborradiopod
Tune to City Watch on WBAI 99.5 FM New York at 10AM Sunday when host Jeff Simmons focuses on animal rights with NYS Michael Gianaris, Allie Taylor of Voters For Animal Rights & Bill Ketzer of ASPCA – and then spotlights the New York City Fire Museum with Executive Director Jennifer Logothetis Brown
Tune in for network-wide day of fundraising today and only today!
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WBAI honors this Women’s History Month with a series of trailblazers featured in our Women’s History Audio Collection. For your monthly BAI Buddy contribution, you can own 79 hours of restored audio recordings dating back to the earliest days of community radio broadcasting in 1949. This thorough complication is culled from over 6 seasons of Pacifica Radio Archives weekly radio program From The Vault. Visit women.wbai.org for more info!
WBAI honors this Women’s History Month with a series of trailblazers featured in our Women’s History Audio Collection. For your monthly BAI Buddy contribution, you can own 79 hours of restored audio recordings dating back to the earliest days of community radio broadcasting in 1949. This thorough complication is culled from over 6 seasons of Pacifica Radio Archives weekly radio program From The Vault. Visit women.wbai.org for more info!
This Day in Racial Injustice hosted by Michael G Haskins
Today from our series This Day in Racial Injustice hosted by Michael G Haskins #frazierbaker
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This video is from the Pelham Parkway section of the Bronx. Send in your #Sandy pics/videos - From safe locations, of course, and we will post them on our page. #Sandy #Hurricane #HurricaneSandy #NYC #WBAI
Breaking:The storm is picking up here in the Bronx! What are the conditions in your area? Send your pics or videos From safe locations, of course, and we will post them on our page. Email:[email protected] #HurricaneSandy #Sandy #NYC #WBAI
The wind is picking up along Pelham Parkway. WBAI wants your pics... From safe locations, of course and we will post them on our page. Email them to our Social Networking specialist: [email protected] #WBAi #Sandy #NYC #HurricaneSandy
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