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The Clearing expands to three hours, Saturdays 10pm – 1am

The Clearing, a program of meditative and contemplative music hosted by Captain Christopher, is expanding from two to three hours every Saturday night on 96.9FM in Baton Rouge and streaming worldwide.

Walk past the stone wall, through the old wooden gate, and join the Captain around the magic pond for an extra hour every Saturday starting at 10:00pm now to 1:00am late night Sundays on Baton Rouge Community Radio.

 

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Baton Rouge Community Radio highlighted by Pacifica Radio Network

Baton Rouge Community Radio was recently featured in an article on the Pacifica Radio Network’s website. WHYR-LP is affiliated with Pacifica, a nation-wide community radio network, and plays several syndicated Pacifica programs weekly on 96.9FM.

 

http://pacificanetwork.org/why-community-radio-whyr-of-baton-rouge-has-several-answers/

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Louisiana All-American Sports’ coverage of #BlackLivesMatter featured in nation-wide broadcast

This week the Pacifica Radio Network, WHYR-LP’s nationwide community radio partner, broadcast coast-to-coast and internationally special coverage of the Alton Sterling killing and protests on its weekly program Sprouts: Radio from the Grassroots. You can hear the show on 96.9FM Thursday, July 14th, at 6:00am.

The Louisiana All-American Sports team and guests are featured on the program heard in 40+ radio stations in the U.S., Canada, and Europe. Excerpts from their special live broadcast on Friday, July 8th are featured. The episode also includes coverage of the Philando Castile killing from fellow community radio station KFAI 90.3FM in Minneapolis, MN  hosted by Soul Tools Radio.

You can listen to the episode ‘Black Rage, Black Grief from the Grassroots’ here: