Shows

Four new shows are coming to Baton Rouge Community Radio starting Monday, March 1st. Additionally, two existing local shows are expanding from one to two hours.  Starting on March 1st, on Monday mornings at 7:00am listen to For the Wild, a one-hour weekly syndicated show that describes itself "an anthology of the Anthropocene" and addresses issues like decolonization, ecological restoration, and social and environmental justice.  Learn more at https://forthewild.world/podcast Also starting March […]

The League of Women Voters Greater Baton Rouge State Unit (LWVGBR) has released its Voter’s Guide for the November 2020 Elections. The League asked every candidate for positions in Baton Rouge for their biographical information, campaign links, and answers to questions related to the position that they are seeking. Ninety percent (90%) of the candidates responded. The Voter’s Guide includes the candidates for the local positions of District Judge, Mayor, […]

Music Satisfaction is a classics and oldies show with an emphasis on Southern soul music and R&B. Join Noel Jackson as he pulls from multiple troves of recordings, designing his setlist as he goes. DJ Ally Bea bumps everything from Lil Wayne to Kaytranada. Hip-hop and pop culture are comin' your way! https://linktr.ee/djallybea Moose Harris provides the best in independent, underground, exclusive hip-hop, R&B and beyond. https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/urbangroovz Arts Council Radio Show: […]

There are seven new shows airing on WHYR. Tune in Saturdays at 7:00pm for our new, locally produced world music show One World! Your World! followed at 8pm by a new local electronic music program Syntheclectico. Then listen Sundays at 6am for Baroque and Beyond classical music, and later that day catch two new live local music shows. Gentle On Your Mind at 1:30pm will be oldies and rock and roll followed by Artist of the Week at 2:00pm, our first […]

Is hearing Noel Jackson Music Satisfaction once a week leaving you still unsatisfied? Well, now you can hear the best Southern Soul, R&B, even 'The Lady from England' Petulia Clark and Roy Orbison, all over again. We're glad to announce starting Tuesday, August 13th, you can hear a rebroadcast of Music Satisfaction every Tuesday morning at 9 o'clock. And you can only here it right here on 96.9FM, WHYR-LP.

Baton Rouge Community Radio brings you excellent local and syndicated shows seven days a week, music and talk and more from our own neighborhood and across the world. Through online streaming and syndicating our shows to dozens of community stations from Oregon to Vermont, 96.9FM’s programming reaches not just Baton Rouge, but all around the country.  WHYR is proud to announce this summer we’re rolling out seven new shows to […]

Louisiana All-American Sports spoke with Southern University Law Center Professor Angela Allen-Bell for the hour during their August 18th program. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dE3xUgAO8bc Among the topics discussed in this excellent discussion, Professor Bell spoke about the November 6th constitutional amendment to change Louisiana's non-unanimous jury law, the history of the 10-2 jury conviction law in Louisiana and its consequences for criminal justice. She also explained the case of the Angola 3, three […]