WMNF

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WMNF first went on the air in September, 1979 thanks to the hard work of a small group of dedicated volunteers who went door-to-door raising money for Florida’s first community radio station.

The call letters stand for: M ember-sponsored N on-commercial F M.

Radio with a mission

WMNF is a listener-supported community radio station that celebrates cultural diversity and is committed to equality, peace and economic justice.

WMNF provides broadcasts and other forums with a grassroots local emphasis, that promote creative, musical and political vitality.

Radio with values

WMNF advocates for peace, social and environmental justice through independent media and programming neglected by the mainstream. We embrace diversity, tolerance of others’ opinions, and freedom of expression. WMNF celebrates and promotes the creative, cultural and political vitality of the local community.

Radio with a vision

The force that drives this organization is its sense of values, and therefore WMNF provides programming that is consistent with those values.

Our music, arts, and cultural programming cover a wide spectrum of expression from traditional to experimental, reflecting the diverse cultures we serve. We strive to foster an appreciation of music and cultures we serve. We strive to foster an appreciation of music and culture that is not generally available to listeners in the Tampa Bay area.

Radio with a message

Our news and public affairs programming emphasize controversial, neglected, and non-mainstream points of view on important local as well as national or world issues, illuminating our values particularly regarding peace, human rights and environmentalism .

We provide access to the airways for individuals and organizations that support our mission. The station provides a forum for the gathering, exchange and transmission of ideas in a cooperative environment that is respectful of each individual’s cultural or political perspective .

Community events also serve as a public extension of our programming and mission.

We are committed to the values expressed by our mission, especially as they relate to issues involving the various ethnic groups living in our community, women, the economically disadvantaged or challenged, and other groups who may be disenfranchised in our society.

We offer safe haven for expression by members of these groups, regardless of their social status, race, gender or sexual orientation. By our activities hope to promote peace, goodwill and a sense of community beyond the walls of this radio station.

Radio for the rest of us

WMNF continues to be volunteer-powered and listener-sponsored , providing the listening community with eclectic music as well as non-mainstream news, views and public affairs programming. Thanks to all the wonderful WMNF volunteers, staff, board of directors and more than 10,500 listener-sponsors!

WMNF is a 70,000 watt non-commercial, listener supported community radio station, licensed to the Nathan B. Stubblefield Foundation, a non-profit organization established solely to operate WMNF. WMNF is a section 501(c)3 charitable organization. All gifts and donations are tax deductible in accordance with the law.

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punchy storytelling - different voices on a theme

  • From: WMNF
  • Updated: Jun 20, 2005
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Life Elsewhere is your source for all things arts, culture and media, hosted by British radio personality, Norman B. Life Elsewhere is dedicated to bringing you an intellectual and entertaining approach to today’s trending topics, as well as insight into fascinating subjects found off the mainstream spectrum.

  • From: WMNF
  • Updated: Nov 26, 2013
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Improvised comedy series

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  • Updated: Feb 10, 2007
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Improvised humor and music

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  • Updated: Aug 01, 2005
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Improvised comedy series

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  • Updated: Feb 11, 2007
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  • Updated: Feb 11, 2007
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WMNF Tampa and the Studio@620 in St. Petersburg present original radio theatre performances recorded in front of a live audience.

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  • Updated: Nov 25, 2013
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Short pieces from Offramp - WMNF's Improvised Comedy Series

  • From: WMNF
  • Updated: Aug 03, 2005
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Ned Averill-Snell has performed Shakespeare, Mamet and Eugene O'Neill, as well as playing Teddy Roosevelt. A veteran of theatre and a writer with a gift for exacting description, his thoughts about time on the boards are hilarious and breathtakingly poignant.

  • From: WMNF
  • Updated: Aug 08, 2013
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The best of classic and modern bluegrass with a beloved host

  • From: WMNF
  • Updated: May 06, 2007

Latest Pieces

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Exploring how parents of children diagnosed with Autism experience their children and child-rearing.

Bought by KTSW 89.9


  • Added: Apr 02, 2014
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 1
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A thoughtful array of ideas about race, with the voices of President Obama, young James Batley, and theatre professor Fanni Green.

  • Added: Nov 27, 2013
  • Length: 03:47
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A piece developed in workshops with cancer survivors, and performed by seven women who survived the disease.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 25, 2013
  • Length: 09:49
  • Purchases: 1
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"Misogyny trumps racism every time in the rock-paper-scissors of life."

  • Added: Sep 26, 2008
  • Length: 08:12
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Comedian-Actress Janeane Garofalo talks about Rescue Dogs and Politics

  • Added: Sep 24, 2008
  • Length: 29:32
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first person stories on a theme

Bought by Vocalo.org


  • Added: Oct 25, 2005
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 1