Welcome to Ithaca Community Radio and
Fingerlakes Community Radio
Ithaca Community Radio (ICR) is now re-broadcasting WSQX on 88.1 in Ithaca, thereby continuing to bring programs like Democracy Now!, Alternative Radio, Counterspin, and Living On Earth to our listeners. This is the current On-Air Lineup on 88.1 FM. Over the next month, ICR will work with WSKG staff to make schedule changes, add new programming, and iron out the technical details.
Among our first goals is to provide news and information shows that are an alternative to the readily available NPR shows. Airing Democracy Now! live at 8 AM on weekdays and adding Free Speech Radio in the afternoon are among our top priorities.
If you have any suggestions about programs or scheduling, please drop us a line or visit our forum where you can share your thoughts with other community members as well as see what they are thinking.
You can hear samples of some recent locally produced programs by going to the bottom of this page.
We realize that changes are not always welcome, but these changes bring us closer to our long-term goal, as well as having short-term gains. For example, you may have already noticed that our radio signal sounds much better than it ever has. Soon we hope to broadcast with an even cleaner signal in stereo. We look at the changes as opening up new opportunities for Ithaca Community Radio to serve its mission.
Our plan is to phase in more of the independent syndicated programs local listeners already love, such as Free Speech Radio and Making Contact, as well as some new offerings that will include some of ICR's high-quality locally produced programs that will be at the heart of ICR's schedule in the future.
Please take a moment to look at WSQX's, programming schedule you will find, as you no doubt have heard, big differences between this new schedule and what we previously aired. However, some of the programs you may be looking for are there, but airing at another time. For example, Democracy Now! broadcasts LIVE at 8 AM (with a repeat at noon) and Morning Edition is on at 9 AM. Some of the programs no longer available on our broadcasts are available on other public radio stations in the area.
When we began our broadcast operation in 2002, we re-broadcast WEOS (a station owned and operated by Hobart and William Smith Colleges in Geneva) to Ithaca but that was not our primary mission, which is bringing a community-owned and operated radio station operating for the public good to our community.
We are now collaborating with WSQX in our programming as we embark on the next phase of our transition towards becoming a full service radio station.
Once we're on the air with a full schedule, the programming section will provide listeners with a complete weekly schedule of shows we're broadcasting.
The Audio Archive section will be your source for all downloadable ICR content. Here you'll find podcasts of your favorite shows—just in case you missed them the first time around. The Audio Archive section will also have exclusive programming available for download. This may include audio documentaries, extended interviews, interesting news stories, and even live concert recordings. The possbilities are endless, and the accessbility is only a click away.
Click on these links for recent episodes of "Common Talk." Locally produced, globally relevant. There's also a link to Unwelcome Guest's site.
Ithaca Community Radio will have a strong focus on locally produced shows, but we will also broadcast other programs such as:
Free Speech Radio News
Democracy Now!
Between the Lines Weekly Newsradio
To the Point
Explorations in Science & Science Fantastic
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Contact us by Electronic Mail | Phone 607.319.5445 | The Clinton House, 103 West Seneca St., Suite 305, Ithaca, N.Y. 14850.
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