WFDD

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88.5 WFDD,88.5 WFDD, Public Radio for the Piedmont, is the only public radio station of its kind located in the Piedmont Triad. We broadcast news, information, and public affairs programming covering the arts, people, and institutions in the area.
We are the state's charter NPR® member and the longest continuously broadcasting public radio station in North Carolina. WFDD is a member of the North Carolina Public Radio Association. It is a broadcast service of Wake Forest University.

88.5 WFDD
#8850
1834 Wake Forest Road
Winston-Salem, NC 27109

phone: 336-758-8850
news tips: 336-758-3083
fax: 336-758-5193

wfdd@wfu.edu
wfdd.org

In Boone, you can hear WFDD at 100.1 FM.

Series

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35 Pieces

Steinway recording artist Peter Kairoff makes classical music accessible to all in Kairoff At The Keyboard.

  • From: WFDD
  • Updated: Feb 25, 2019
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News, personal reflections, commentaries, interviews, self-narrated pieces and much more. All stories are produced by High School students as part of their Radio 101 class.

  • From: WFDD
  • Updated: Aug 18, 2017

Latest Pieces

Caption: The Lonesome River Band, based in southwest Virginia, has been delighting audiences at bluegrass festivals and theater shows since the 1990s.   We feature the band, including life stories of its members, on this edition of Across the Blue Ridge.  , Credit: Paul Brown
The Lonesome River Band, under the leadership of banjo picker Sammy Shelor of Meadows of Dan, Virginia, is celebrating 35 years in 2017. It’s been...

  • Added: Jul 31, 2017
  • Length: 56:57
Caption: Bill Monroe … the Foddrell Family of Patrick County, Virginia … Etta Baker … and Elizabeth Cotton are just some of the musicians featured on this week’s Across the Blue Ridge episode.  , Credit: Paul Brown
This week we take a fascinating trip … back in time! We start with some progressive bluegrass from fiddler Michael Cleveland and banjoist Alan Mun...

  • Added: Jul 24, 2017
  • Length: 56:57
Caption: Renowned blues singer Bessie Smith was born and raised in Chatanooga, Tennessee, where she busked on the street as a girl to help support herself and her siblings.  She’s one of the artists featured this week, in a segment showcasing Tennessee musicians. , Credit: Carl Van Vechten for the Library of Congress. Public Domain.
Our summer listening sessions continue this week with a selection of music from Tennessee, some soulful and satisfying bluegrass singing, and a ban...

  • Added: Jul 17, 2017
  • Length: 56:58
Caption: Earnest East (far left) is one of the featured musicians on this Across the Blue Ridge episode. The award-wining Surry County, NC player (1916-2000) was widely known, with his band The Pine Ridge Boys (L-R Earnest East, Mac Snow, Scotty East, Gilmer Woodr, Credit: Paul Brown Collection
It’s another fabulous summer listening program this week, perfect for time at home, a barbeque, vacations, or that long road trip. Hear early star...

  • Added: Jul 10, 2017
  • Length: 56:58
Caption: Scenic Sunrise, Blue Ridge Mountains.  , Credit: Jean Beaufort, Public Domain
This week we hear selections from a new recording by Bobby Hicks – one of the greatest fiddlers in the history of bluegrass – and Mark Kuykendall. ...

  • Added: Jul 03, 2017
  • Length: 56:57
Caption: A powerful and haunting rendition of “Washington’s March” performed by the late West Virginia fiddler Edden Hammons features on the Fourth of July segment in this Across the Blue Ridge episode.  , Credit: Paul Brown
This Fourth of July week show explores the confluence of American and British sounds of the American Revolution in the contemporary U.S.

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  • Added: Jun 26, 2017
  • Length: 56:58
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Payne Cotton Mill Girls, by Lewis Hine, 1909, Macon, Georgia. This week’s Across the Blue Ridge presents music of memory, loss and hope. , Credit: Public Domain, National Archives & Records Administration.
This week, as gardens come in, people start out on summer trips to home places and family, we hear a selection of songs reflecting the southern att...

  • Added: Jun 20, 2017
  • Length: 57:00
Caption: Cousin Emmy (Cynthia May Carver) is one of the many entertainers we hear on this week’s Across the Blue Ridge listening session. , Credit: Paul Brown Collection
The first of this year’s Across the Blue Ridge summer listening sessions brings us a wonderful selection of old and new songs and tunes demonstrati...

  • Added: Jun 12, 2017
  • Length: 56:57
Caption: The New Ballard’s Branch Bogtrotters,  a powerful and charming old time mountain string band with a rich history, are our featured performers on this episode of Across the Blue Ridge.  L-R Josh Ellis, Eddie Bond, Dennis Hall, Bonnie Bond, Caroline Beverly, Credit: Paul Brown
This week we hear a fabulous Muddy Creek Music Hall stage performance from The New Ballard’s Branch Bogtrotters, one of the finest mountain string ...

  • Added: Jun 05, 2017
  • Length: 56:57
Caption: Wade Ward (l.) and Charlie Higgins were two of the most revered old time musicians from the southwest of Virginia in and around the town of Galax.  We hear from them and others in a program focusing on Virginia traditional musicians.   , Credit: John Cohen
This week, as the fiddlers’ convention season in the south really gets underway, we check out some songs and tunes old and new from the Virginia mo...

  • Added: May 30, 2017
  • Length: 56:58