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88.5 FM WFCR / 640AM WNNZ

88.5 FM WFCR is a National Public Radio (NPR) member station, and an affiliate of Public Radio International (PRI) and American Public Media (APM). Over 180,000 listeners seeking a wide-range of news and cultural programming set their dials to 88.5FM every week.

In its fourth decade, WFCR airs diverse award-winning programming not found on commercial radio stations:

  • accurate, in-depth local news, with national and international news programs from NPR like Morning Edition and All Things Considered, and PRI's Marketplace
  • exceptional locally produced classical, jazz, and world music programs like Morning Music, Jazz á la Mode, Jazz Safari, and Tertulia
  • an array of intellectually stimulating information and entertainment programs like Car Talk, This American Life, Sound Waves, and A Prairie Home Companion
  • WFCR's affiliate station, 640AM WNNZ, offers public radio news and talk programming not found on 88.5 FM.
  • WFCR also sponsors cultural trips as well as numerous regional arts and music events in the belief that live performance is a vital part of its mission to entertain and educate.

Learn more at http://www.wfcr.org.

Contact:
Director of Development
WFCR
Hampshire House
131 County Circle
University of Massachusetts
Amherst, MA 01003-3630
TEL: 413-545-0100
FAX: 413-545-2546

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