Community FM

If you believe in the importance and the mission of community radio for Central New York, click here to make a donation to WCNY!

Community FM is available on an HD radio: at WCNY 91.3 HD3 Syracuse, WUNY 89.5 HD3 Utica, and WJNY 90.9 HD3 Watertown. Live stream the station here at wcny.org (just click the blue button below!). You can also listen live on apps like TuneIn, or ask Alexa to “Play WCNY,” then follow the instructions to “Play HD-3.” Listen on demand to programming by clicking on the tabs below. Check out relevant original local programming like Central Current Radio, Built to Serve, Our New Neighbors, Science Today, Syracuse (On)Stage, Innovate to Educate, CNY Heroes, Check It Out, and Checkup From the Neck-Up.

Community FM also broadcasts great, locally-produced podcasts of interest to listeners throughout our region, including the award-winning From Suarez’s Basement, a behind-the-scenes look at some of your favorite TV shows, movies, play, musicals, concerts, and more. Community FM also airs Shadow // Yaddo, the podcast produced by the renowned artists’ retreat in Saratoga Springs, CNY Latino Podcast, with topics of interest to the local Hispanic community, a brand-new local podcast for tweens, Funky Foodies, plus five more terrific local podcasts: the award-winning Zestful Aging, Talk CNY from CenterState CEO, North Words from North Country Public Radio, THIS Is Ithaca, and Dispatches from Planet Albany, a podcast produced by WCNY’s own political expert David Lombardo.

• Listen Live

  • Original Programming
  • Local Podcasts
  • Program Schedule
  • Sponsors

  

  Micron Corporation's investment in our region presents a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to eradicate the chronic poverty suffered by many of our neighbors. Find out how, from Melanie Littlejohn, the new President…read more →

  

  WCNY Community FM is pleased to present this premiere episode of Firebarn Chats, a radio spin-off of the popular Strathmore Speakers Series. In this show, co-hosts Courtney Black and Patricia…read more →

  

  Tom and Maggie have a special guest, Legislator for the 6th district of Onondaga County, Julie Abbott. She shares how important libraries have been in her life, and about the…read more →

  

  This session of Thursday Morning Roundtable features Syracuse Mayor Ben Walsh, who provides an update on the state of the city and discusses developing more and better housing in the…read more →

  

  Check out the re-release of this On the One LIVE! episode with Tink Bennett from Tailor Made! Since 1992, this band has been rocking out and blending country music with…read more →

  

  Find out how YOU can help improve childhood literacy in our own community, in this month's edition of Built to Serve. Host Charles Roberts welcomes Laurie Black, Community Education Director…read more →

  

  It's a scene straight out of Star Wars! A prosthetic arm that can feel hot and cold, just like Luke Skywalker's. But now, it's not just part of a science…read more →

  

  Desire Ndagijimana fled unrest in his native Democratic Republic of Congo. The refugee eventually made his way to Central New York in 2016. He is now a proud U.S. citizen…read more →

  

  WCNY Community FM is pleased to partner with On Point for College. Since 1999, On Point has helped more than 11-thousand youth from our region get into college, stay there,…read more →

  

  Syracuse Stage closes out its 50th anniversary season with the heartwarming musical “Once.” Syracuse (On)Stage Host, and the director of this production, Melissa Crespo, sits down with cast members Ana…read more →

  

  In just the past few years, Esports have exploded in popularity. 40-percent of the world's population considers themselves gamers, high school courses in gaming are regularly offered, colleges including Syracuse…read more →

  

  Our summers are getting hotter, the winters warmer and less snowy. If you're worried about the future of the planet you're not alone. In this month's Check from the Neck-up,…read more →

  

  For more than 60 years, Syracuse University has offered members of the active military specialized training in visual journalism. Today, the Advanced Military Visual Journalism Program offers an intensive 10-month…read more →

  

  Built is a podcast all about special spaces where we gather, and this season they visited a stadium in Atlanta, a music venue in Chicago, and our very own Landmark…read more →

  

  WCNY Community FM is pleased to present the 2024 Syracuse State of the City Address, delivered by Mayor Ben Walsh on Thursday, January 18. Walsh is in his second term…read more →

  

  InterFaith Works of Central NY organized this evening of prayer, song, and poetry to pray for peace in the world. The event was held at Onondaga Community College on December…read more →

  

  Syracuse Opera and Tri-Cities Opera are making connections, with the arts and with the community. This season, in cooperation with WCNY, they are hosting a series of panel discussions related…read more →

  

  WCNY's The Capitol Pressroom presents this special series, exploring decades of history as New York State grappled with its treatment of people with special needs. PART ONE - "A Cycle…read more →

  

  After years of complaints with the state’s rollout of the marijuana marketplace, Gov. Kathy Hochul waded into this quagmire in the spring and directed OGS Commissioner Jeanette Moy to examine the operations…read more →

  

  Francisco Suarez's guest in this edition of the Basement is the award winning actor, Paul Sun-Hyung Lee! Professor Suarez and Lee discuss Lee’s early acting years as a main character…read more →

  

  (#47, 5/15/24) In this episode of CNY Latino Podcast, Marisol Hernandez and Hugo Acosta visit the prestigious Schweinfurth Art Center in Auburn, where they interview the Spanish artist, judge, and…read more →

  

  This month on North Words, we learn about an unlikely feminist icon. Josephine McCarty was a 19th Century lobbyist, spy, medical student, and an Albany abortionist, who was also tried…read more →

  

  Muffy lets the Funkies sell her homemade muffins to fund their plan to purchase the vacant lot needed for a nature center and community garden, but everything falls flat. Kid-friendly…read more →

  

  Central New York’s current economic development pipeline, the mechanism we use to monitor economic opportunities, is 20 times what it was in 2019. As of May 2024, it’s tracking around…read more →

  

  Anyone out there believe in synchronicity? Zestful Aging host Nicole Christina is walking part of the Camino de Santiago in May. She's been thinking, planning and talking about it a…read more →

  

  Audio from 1890, the symbolic power of pizza, blue suede shoes, thinking like a vulture, and more...all in Shadow // Yaddo's season roundup of favorite moments, with Nafis White, Chris…read more →

  

  It this edition of THIS Is Ithaca, we meet Tony Diehl, the Ithaca Police Department's parking meter collector. Also, Samantha Mason of Gimme Coffee, who describes herself as a "barista/unionista."…read more →

  Air Date	12:00am-10:00am	10am-11am	11:00am-12:00pm	12:00pm-12:30pm	12:30pm-1:00pm	1:00pm-1:30pm	1:30pm-2:00pm	2:00pm-2:30pm	2:30pm-3:00pm	3:00pm-3:30pm	3:30pm-4:00pm	4:00pm-4:30pm	4:30pm-5:00pm	5:00pm-6:00pm	6:00pm-6:30pm	6:30pm-7:00pm	7:00pm-7:30pm	7:30pm-8:00pm	8:00pm-9:00pm	9:00pm-10:00pm	10:00pm-12:00am
  Monday	Jazz Network	Sounds of Jazz with Leo Rayhill	Capitol Pressroom	Central Current Radio	Checkup from the Neck-Up	Our New Neighbors	Science Today	Dispatches From Planet Albany	Talk CNY	Behind the Woman	On the One LIVE!	Jazz Network			Cycle of Health	From Suarez's Basement	CNY Latino Podcast		Firebarn Chats	Footlight Parade	Jazz Network
  Tuesday	Jazz Network	Sounds of Jazz with Leo Rayhill	Capitol Pressroom	Built to Serve	Innovate to Educate	Thursday Morning Roundtable		Zestful Aging	Central Current Radio	North Words		Jazz Network			Dispatches from Planet Albany	CNY Heroes	On the One LIVE	Shadow//Yaddo	Connect NY	Classic Sinatra with Leo Rayhill	Jazz Network
  Wednesday	Jazz Network	Sounds of Jazz with Leo Rayhill	Capitol Pressroom	Our New Neighbors	Talk CNY	Ivory Tower	CNY Heroes	Checkup From the Neck-up	Science Today	On the Money	Shadow//Yaddo	Jazz Network			Built to Serve	Syracuse (On)Stage	Firebarn Chats		Thursday Morning Roundtable	Jazz Night in America	Jazz Network
  Thursday	Jazz Network	Sounds of Jazz with Leo Rayhill	Capitol Pressroom	Central Current Radio	Innovate to Educate	Connect NY		Zestful Aging	Cycle of Health	Syracuse (On)Stage	On the One LIVE!	Jazz Network			Our New Neighbors	Checkup from the Neck-Up	Shadow//Yaddo	From Suarez's Basement	CNY Latino Podcast	Jazz Inspired	Jazz Network
  Friday	Jazz Network	Sounds of Jazz with Leo Rayhill	Capitol Pressroom	Built to Serve	CNY Heroes	Ivory Tower	Dispatches from Planet Albany	Firebarn Chats		Behind the Woman	Checkup from the Neck-up	Jazz Network			Innovate to Educate	On the Money	Syracuse (On)Stage	Science Today	North Words	Jazz and the American Spirit	Jazz Network
  Saturday	Jazz Network	Reading Buddies (10:06) / Check It Out (10:35) / Funky Foodies (10:45)	Capitol Pressroom	Central Current Radio	Talk CNY	Firebarn Chats		Dispatches From Planet Albany	From Suarez's Basement	CNY Latino Podcast		Thursday Morning Roundtable		Jazz Network
  Sunday	Jazz Network	Reading Buddies (10:06) / Check It Out (10:35) / Funky Foodies (10:45)	Connect NY	Built to Serve	Innovate to Educate	Zestful Aging	CNY Heroes	Our New Neighbors	Syracuse (On)Stage	North Words		Science Today	On the One LIVE!	Ciao!	Bill Knowlton's Bluegrass Ramble					Sounds of Jazz with Leo Rayhill	Jazz Network

  Bousquet Holstein PLLC