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The Million Dollar Bash!



Happy Birthday Bob!!  It's WJFf's Million Dollar Bash - AKA Dylanfest!  We pull out all the stops for a marathon celebration of all things Bob Dylan on the Friday closest to Bob's birthday.  This year it's Friday, May 24th and the festivities will start live at The Cooperage on 1030 Main Street in Honesdale, PA with live performances from WJFF friends and volunteers.  Then, later on the DJs will take over, going late into the night spinning some of their favorite Dylan tunes. 

Join us at The Cooperage starting at 7:00pm for the celebration, or tune in on-air anytime!

We'll be shutting down our webstream during this time though, to comply with copyright regulations. Don't worry though, the web stream will be back up by morning!

Farm to Table Fundraiser Dinner

Join WJFF at Hills Country Inn in Callicoon Center, NY on Saturday, May 25th for a four-course Farm to Table Fundraiser Dinner!  You'll be treated to a delicious meal prepared using ingredients from local farms and producers. Thanks to generous local winemakers and wine merchants, we'll be offering wine pairings with this dinner! Cocktails and live music with Little Sparrow starts at 7:00 and dinner is at 8:00.  Only 80 tickets are available to this event at a cost of $100 each.  Tickets must be reserved in advance with a Visa or Mastercard by calling WJFF at 845-482-4141.

Cocktails: 7:00pm

Dinner: 8:00pm

       


=menu=

(may change, veg upon request)

Asparagus soup w/spring cream

Housemade ricotta & duck egg ravioli, parmesan broth w/pea shoots, micro greens, lemon zest


Braised chicken, mashed potatoes, seared greens, battered & fried fiddleheads


Buttermilk panna cotta, rosemary rhubarb jam





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Committees Seeking New Members

WJFF's Board of Trustees (BoT), Program Committee (PC) and Community Advisory Board (CAB) are seeking new members.  Please click the "contact / about us" link at the top of this website to learn more about each committee and for more information on how to submit an application. 

Open House - Honesdale

On Saturday, June 1st WJFF will host an open house at its Honesdale studio, inside The Cooperage at 1030 Main St. in Honesdale, PA from 3:00-4:30pm.  Stop by, have a snack, chat with WJFF volunteers and learn more about community radio!

Farewell to Retro Radio

Sunday, May 26th will be the last day of airplay for Steve Van Benschoten's great "Retro Radio" program on WJFF.  This program will be sorely missed during our weekly lineup of locally-produced programming.  In its place, we hope you will enjoy Radio Lab, produced at WNYC in nearby New York City.

FOODSTOCK: a huge success!

WJFF's FOODSTOCK Fine Food & Wine Festival was a huge success!  More than 50 vendors, 400 guests and 23 hardworking WJFF volunteers made this event a huge success for WJFF and the whole community.  We succeeded in raising about $10,000 for Radio Catskill while also helping our vendors sell more than $13,000 in local goods.  Everywhere you looked on Saturday you saw a sea of smiling faces.  Let's do it again next year!


photo: j.dole


photo: j.dole


photo: j.dole


photo: a.weinreich

A plan to re-build

At a special meeting of WJFF's Board of Trustees on Thursday, April 25th, Sonja Hedlund outlined a plan to re-build WJFF's Board.  As the first step, longtime volunteer Glenn Wooddell and prior Operations Manager John Bachman were appointed as interim board members.  Along with Sonja they will work to appoint a nominating committee who will present a slate of board members and officers at the June 2013 board meeting. 


Adam Weinreich, Laurie McFadden and Sonja Hedlund
Photo: T.Waddell



Edie Downs, Maureen Neville and Jesse Ballew
Photo: T.Waddell


Sonja Hedlund, John Bachman and Glenn Wooddell
Photo: T.Waddell

Thanks for the great photos, Ted!

Management Change

The WJFF Board of Trustees would like to announce that Adam Weinreich, WJFF Assistant Manager will be the Interim Station Manager effective 5:00pm April 12 until further notice.

The Board would like to thank Adam for his willingness to step up to this challenge. We look forward to working with him in the days to come.

Please join the Board in their appreciation.

We're going to the NFCB Conference!

The National Federation of Community Broadcasters (NFCB) is a huge collective of great radio stations just like WJFF.  Once a year they all meet to share ideas, information and get to know each other better.  This year, WJFF will send two ambassadors to the NFCB conference: Interim Station Manager Adam Weinreich, and Interim Board President Sonja Hedlund.  The two of them are sure to come back from this conference filled with great new ideas and lots of know-how.  Stay tuned for more information about their trip!

All County Music Festival

WJFF presents highlights from the 59th annual All County Music Festival, recorded Saturday March 2nd at Liberty High School.  Students from all over Sullivan County worked hard with their teachers and guest conductors to put on this amazing show and we're pleased to be broadcasting it at 2pm on Sunday April 7th.


Click here to download a copy of the show as it aired


Special thanks to Gary Siegel, Dan McConnell and all the members of the Sullivan County Music Educators' Association.

Be a Volunteer!

The voices you hear when you tune in to WJFF belong to our great on-air volunteers.

We are currently seeking volunteers to train and become on-air hosts of the great national programs you hear on WJFF like All Things Considered, Performance Today, Morning Edition and more.  As an on-air host, you'll help WJFF connect to our community by reading the weather, local event announcements and more. 

It's exciting to learn and fun to do.  Plus you'll be helping keep community radio strong in our listening area.  To find out more, call 845-482-4141 or email andrea@wjffradio.org.

Be a part of the community that makes community radio happen!

In Memoriam Walter Keller


All of us at WJFF are saddened to learn the news of Walter Keller's passing.

Walter was a longtime friend of WJFF and a devoted volunteer beginning with his call-in program "The People Talk Back" and continuing through this past spring with "First Class Classicals."

Our thoughts and hearts go out to his family. WJFF will air a program in tribute to Walter in the spring. Friends and listeners who wish to contribute a verbal or written remembrance to this program should call WJFF at 845-482-4141.

In Memoriam

Cecily Fortescue
"The Queen of Dead Air"

Gallant Lady, Bon Vivant, Beloved Friend



WJFF presented a program
of tribute and remembrance on
Wednesday, October 24, 12 - 2PM

Follow the link below to access the program

on WJFF's Audio Archive:

Cecily Fortescue Memorial.mp3

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