Listen to the Louisiana Poor People’s Campaign speak with Baton Rouge Community Radio

Listen here to a conversation between two members of the Louisiana Poor People's Campaign, Jasmine Pogue and Mia Taylor, on WHYR's weekly call-in show A Pause for Thought (live Wednesdays @ 5:00pm). In a half-hour live conversation, host Wayne Parker, Jasmine and Mia discussed the goals and actions of Louisiana's Poor People's Campaign and the national movement against poverty occurring on the 50th anniversary of the original 1968 Poor People's Campaign. […]

May 28, 2018 3

Announcements

New shows coming to Baton Rouge Community Radio this summer

New shows, and some scheduling changes to your favorite existing shows, are coming to Baton Rouge Community Radio this summer! On August 2nd WHYR will premiere Locals Only, a pre-recorded 30 minute hip-hop music show hosted by Cindy Wonderful. Locals Only will air 7:00-7:30pm Thursdays, right after The Black Xperience. Thursday nights on 96.9FM will be even more so the undisputed place to hear local, underground hip-hop in Baton Rouge. […]

May 18, 2018

Announcements

WHYR’s Third Place on medical marijuana, the EBR Metro Council, racial justice, and more

Check out recent new episodes of Third Place, WHYR's half-hour public affairs interview show. Host David Brown's recently spoken with Kevin Caldwell on drug law reform, EBR Metro Councilman Lamont Cole on the Alton Sterling case, Jan Moller on the state budget, Chris Tyson and Maxine Crump on race in America, and much more. You can hear Third Place on-demand here and weekly on 96.9FM 6:30am and 5:30pm Thursdays and […]

May 1, 2018

Announcements

LA Governor’s Office spying on Bayou Bridge protesters, from Democracy Now!

The Louisiana Governor's Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness has been spying on Louisiana citizens concerned about the construction of Energy Transfer Partners' Bayou Bridge Pipeline through the Atchafalaya Basin ending in a African-American community in St. James parish already surrounded by industrial sites. Construction on that pipeline was stopped in federal court in late February. Democracy Now!, an hour-long national and global news program you can only hear […]

March 13, 2018

Announcements

Where the Alligators Roam with Rhonda Gleason of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense

Where the Alligators Roam spoke recently (before the Parkland, FL shooting) with Rhonda Gleason, Louisiana member of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense. Listen on-demand to this and dozens of other Where the Alligators Roam websites at their website, and listen on the radio in Baton Rouge every Friday at 5:00pm. http://wherethealligatorsroam.us/index.php/podcast/schools-as-killing-fields-reignite-moral-outrage-over-gun-deaths/

February 22, 2018 1

Featured

Meet a Louisiana lawyer you’ll like on Law and Disorder, heard only on 96.9FM in Baton Rouge

Baton Rouge Community Radio airs lots of great locally-produced shows every week. We also carry many syndicated shows, from Democracy Now! to the Ralph Nader Radio Hour, State of Belief, Planetary Radio and many more. (You can see our entire weekly schedule and click on the name of any show to learn more about it and get on-demand podcasts of previous episodes here). Every Wednesday, Law and Disorder airs on […]

December 18, 2017

Featured

WHYR’s A Pause for Thought on felon disenfranchisement and the ongoing struggle for voting rights in Louisiana

Baton Rouge Community Radio's A Pause for Thought recently covered felon disenfranchisement in Louisiana. You can listen to the episode here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5a57wmpOh1M The program features an interview with Norris Henderson, executive director of VOTE (Voice Of The Experienced), a non-profit by, of, and for formerly incarcerated individuals and their families. VOTE is the lead plaintiff in VOTE v. Louisiana, currently in the First Circuit Court of Appeals, charging that the state […]

November 22, 2017

Announcements

Life is a Rock and ALTitude coming to WHYR Wednesday nights starting November 8th @ 8pm

Fans of 96.9FM's Wednesday night country, blues, and rock lineup will have two new shows to enjoy starting Wednesday November 8th. Joining Baton Rouge Community Radio will be Life is a Rock, 8:00-9:00pm, and ALTitude, from 9:00-10:00pm. Life is a Rock is a classic rock program with a weekly theme on historic events and milestones of rock personalities from that week in history, playing the hits and the B-sides by those […]

November 2, 2017

Announcements

Good Points Radio now on WHYR Mondays @ 10:00pm

Good Points Radio is the newest show to join Baton Rouge Community Radio. Listen every Monday from 10 to 11pm for 'the greatest music ever recorded, one hour at a time.' Check out the show, listen to past episodes, and see the play list at Good Points' website: https://www.goodpointsradio.com/ One more thing: Every fourth Monday, Good Points Radio will become 'Shakedown Radio', Louisiana's ONLY Grateful Dead radio hour! Does the neat […]

September 14, 2017

Programming