Community FM
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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.
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This edition of Firebarn Chats features a discussion of housing rights and housing justice in the City of Syracuse. Host Madelyn Kelly's guest is fair housing advocate and 9th District…
read more → Larry Luttinger has been a force of nature on the local jazz scene for decades. His organization, CNY Jazz Central, is dedicated to presenting and preserving jazz as a unique…
read more → Throughout the 50th anniversary season, audience members were invited to record a memory of their experiences at Syracuse Stage. Recorded in an audio booth located right in their lobby, enjoy…
read more → Solvay Public Library's Brian Rowlands joins Tom and Maggie to preview the library's second annual Comic Con for kids. It's free, of course! And, your illustrious hosts share even more…
read more → In this On The One LIVE!, host DJ Bella J chats with Caribbean singer and songwriter Kev Jones about his latest music and his inspiring journey into Central New York's…
read more → Community FM is pleased to present this premiere episode of Repeating History, a new monthly program hosted by Bob Searing, Curator of History for the Onondaga Historical Association. Just in…
read more → For 75 years, the Hiscock Legal Aid Society has been champions of "Justice For All" in Central New York, handling more than 9,000 cases and assisting nearly 15,000 people just…
read more → Veteran volunteers are needed for the “Veteran Honoring” program conducted by Hospice of Central NY and the Finger Lakes. Under the program, veterans visit veterans who are enrolled in Hospice…
read more → President of the World Federation of ADHD and Distinguished Professor in the SUNY Upstate Psychiatry Department, Dr. Steve Faraone, talks with “Dr. Neckup” psychologist Rich O’Neill about all things Attention…
read more → Integrating innovative practices within a school's framework is about understanding a school's physical space and its teachers' spatial adeptness. The edition of Innovate to Educate explores how spatial fluency can…
read more → Fingerprints, DNA, even eyewitness identification. Research into forensic science now suggests those forms of ID may not be as reliable as they seem toward correct criminal convictions. Also in this…
read more → Before leaving his native Afghanistan, Sohrab Omery was a translator working with the U.S. Air Force. He came to the U.S. when the Taliban retook control of his country and…
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 → 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 → 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…
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Glow lets the Funkies use the Greasy Spoon’s kitchen to make cookies for a bake sale to raise money to buy the vacant lot that means so much to Dr.…
read more → Imagine being successful in all of the ways society defines success: the house with the ocean view, two successful sons, a kind and loving husband and a satisfying career. Yet…
read more → Quanta Magazine's The Joy of Why is a special addition to WCNY Community FM. It's hosted by Cornell mathematician Steven Strogatz, and senior produced by Genevieve Sponsler (also a producer…
read more → Talented film producer Sarah Dowland visits with host Francisco Suarez in this edition of From Suarez's Basement! In the episode, Professor Suarez discusses Dowland’s career transition from visual effects to…
read more → (#51, 7/11/24) In this episode of CNY Latino Podcast, we talk with jeweler and artist Daniel Carbajal; not only about making precious ornaments and charms, but also about how to…
read more → The ARISE podcast comes to WCNY Community FM from ARISE in Syracuse. Hosted by CEO Tania S. Anderson, each episode introduces listeners to someone in our community supporting access and…
read more → When thinking of any bank or financial institution, it’s likely you think of a place to manage your money, maybe a physical building or an ATM. All of that is…
read more → A WCNY Community FM debut: The D.O.T. P.O.D. shares stories from the agency that keeps you moving, the New York State Department of Transportation. In this episode, the Syracuse I-81…
read more → Walk on the wild side in this edition of Shadow // Yaddo, with two phenomenal biographers: Cynthia Carr on Candy Darling—dreamer, icon, superstar—and Brad Gooch on Keith Haring, whose bold,…
read more → Two bills – one imposing a controversial waste reduction mandate and the other a broadly supported employee benefit update – successfully made it through the state Senate in the waning…
read more → This month on North Words, North Country filmmaker Scott Carroll spent a couple of weeks recently above the Arctic Circle, documenting his view of climate change for an app he…
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Monday |
Jazz Network |
Sounds of Jazz with Leo Rayhill |
Capitol Pressroom |
Central Current Radio |
Checkup from the Neck-Up |
Our New Neighbors |
Science Today |
D.O.T.P.O.D. |
Talk CNY |
Behind the Woman |
On the One LIVE! |
Jazz Network |
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Cycle of Health |
From Suarez's Basement |
CNY Latino Podcast |
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Firebarn Chats/ Repeating History |
Footlight Parade |
Jazz Network |
Tuesday |
Jazz Network |
Sounds of Jazz with Leo Rayhill |
Capitol Pressroom |
Built to Serve |
Innovate to Educate |
The Joy of Why |
ARISE Podcast |
Zestful Aging |
Central Current Radio |
North Words |
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Jazz Network |
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D.O.T.P.O.D. |
CNY Heroes |
On the One LIVE! |
From Suarez's Basement |
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 |
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Built to Serve |
Syracuse (On)Stage |
Firebarn Chats |
Repeating History |
The Joy of Why/ARISE Podcast |
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 |
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Zestful Aging |
Cycle of Health |
Syracuse (On)Stage |
On the One LIVE! |
Jazz Network |
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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 |
D.O.T.P.O.D. |
Firebarn Chats |
Repeating History |
Behind the Woman |
Checkup from the Neck-up |
Jazz Network |
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Innovate to Educate |
On the Money |
Syracuse (On)Stage |
Science Today |
North Words |
Jazz and the American Spirit |
Jazz Network |
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Jazz Network |
Reading Buddies (10:06) / Check It Out (10:35) / Funky Foodies (10:45) |
Capitol Pressroom |
Central Current Radio |
Talk CNY |
Firebarn Chats |
Repeating History |
Science Today |
From Suarez's Basement |
CNY Latino Podcast |
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The Joy of Why |
ARISE Podcast |
Jazz Network |
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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 |
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Shadow//Yaddo |
On the One LIVE! |
Ciao! |
Bill Knowlton's Bluegrass Ramble |
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Sounds of Jazz with Leo Rayhill |
Jazz Network |