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Katie Halper Show

Wed, Apr 24, 2024 - 3:00PM

Rene Lichtman

Electronic Intifada

Wed, Apr 24, 2024 - 4:00PM

201 Days of Genocide & Resistance Campuses Fight Back

News Special

Wed, Apr 24, 2024 - 6:00PM

Mumia Abu-Jamal Turns 70

What's Happening

Wed, Apr 24, 2024 - 8:00PM

Arts Express

Wed, Apr 24, 2024 - 9:00PM

MARIO VAN PEEBLES CHECKS IN

Afrobeat Radio

Wed, Apr 24, 2024 - 10:00PM

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Driving Forces

Thu, Apr 25, 2024 - 5:00PM

Stories from the Front Lines of Climate Change

Democracy Now!

Thu, Apr 25, 2024 - 6:00PM

Evening Edition

Folk Radio

Thu, Apr 25, 2024 - 10:00PM

Host Steve Rathe with Dick Connette

The Harlem Connection

Fri, Apr 26, 2024 - 10:00PM

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News

Protests at Columbia University (04/21/2024) On Thursday a pro-Palestinian protest encampment at Columbia University was removed. The occupation of 50 tents and banners...

Open Letter to President Biden re: United States aiding and abetting mass starvation and war crimes in Gaza (03/14/2024) Dear Mr. President: Willful avoidance does not exculpate your responsibility. There is no exception for the Palestinians...

Hedges: Julian Assange's Day in Court (02/21/2024) — By the afternoon the video link, which would have allowed Julian Assange to follow his final U.K. appeal to prevent his...

UN Security Council Is Losing Credibility with Arab States (02/20/2024) The United States vetoed an Arab-backed United Nations resolution put forth by Algeria today demanding an immediate...

Top UN Court Orders Israel to prevent genocide but stops short of ordering ceasefire (01/26/2024) — The United Nations’ top court on Friday ordered Israel to do all it can to prevent death, destruction and...

John Pilger, investigative journalist, war correspondent, filmmaker has died (01/01/2024) John Pilger, the Australian-born investigative journalist, war correspondent, author and filmmaker has...

City threatens Community Composting; Activists Fight Back (12/04/2023) ...

WBAI News Roundup (12/03/2023) Truce crumbles and Israel resumes bombingJewish Voices for Peace disrupts fundraiser by Friends of the Israeli...

The Horror, The Horror (11/11/2023) I am in the studio of Al Jazeera’s Arabic service watching a live feed from Gaza City. The Al Jazeera reporter in northern...

Meetings

WBAI Town Hall Assembly
Open to the public, Sunday, April 28, 2024, 1:00 PM ET at Teleconference

- Wednesday, April 24, 2024

WBAI Local Station Board
Open to the public, Wednesday, May 8, 2024, 7:00 PM ET at Teleconference

- Wednesday, January 3, 2024

WBAI Finance Committee
Open to the public, Wednesday, May 15, 2024, 7:00 PM ET at Teleconference

- Wednesday, April 17, 2024

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Note to Listeners

Note to Listeners Speaking Truth To Power with Charles and Inez Barron (04/12/2024) NEW YORK, NY – April 5, 2024 - WBAI 99.5 FM New York is thrilled to announce the launch of a captivating new radio show...

Note to Listeners AIPAC is TOXIC Forum - fighting back (04/10/2024) Progressive Action Network: AIPAC (the American Israel Public Affairs Committee) has committed tens of millions of dollars...

Note to Listeners Malachy, dear, dear Malachy (03/17/2024) We knew you'd be leaving but it's still so very sad. Malachy McCourt passed on the morning of March 11, 2024. The...

Note to Listeners James Irsay RIP (02/05/2024) Dear Listeners, I'm very sad to report that James Irsay passed away today. His wit and wonder, his compassion and...

Note to Listeners Ralph Poynter Presente! (12/26/2023) RALPH POYNTER, a fearless, revolutionary warrior, longtime activist, fighter for Black rights, Political Prisoners and human...

Note to Listeners Are you listening to WBAI Radio (12/14/2023) If you appreciate WBAI, then please make a contribution to keep the station alive. You can do this by becoming a BAI Buddy,...

Note to Listeners Emergency Transmitter repair Dec 12th (12/12/2023) Dear Listeners, WBAI will be off the air from 8am to noon at 99.5 FM, our terrestrial radio home for emergency repair at the site...

Note to Listeners From WBAI's Program Director (12/03/2023) Dear Listeners, I hope you are doing well as December is settling in. We are grateful that you listen to WBAI and very much...

Note to Listeners Johanna Fernandez: Decolonization: Indigeneity, Education & Society (10/13/2023) Structures of settler colonial domination in Israel and in the United States from Johanna...