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: (l-r) Bill Hicks, Jim Watson, Joe Newberry and Mike Craver present old time songs, fiddle tunes, and songs from popular plays they’ve performed in and produced.  , Credit: Paul Brown
This week Across the Blue Ridge presents Craver, Hicks, Watson & Newberry from their April, 2016 show at Muddy Creek Music Hall. Mike Craver, Bill...

  • Added: Jan 04, 2017
  • Length: 56:57
Caption: The original card sent to NPR member stations offering Breaking Up Christmas: A Blue Ridge Mountain Holiday, for 1996 broadcast.  , Credit: Illustration by Judy Magier
Two decades after the first broadcast of Paul Brown’s Breaking Up Christmas: A Blue Ridge Mountain Holiday on NPR member stations in late 1996, we ...

  • Added: Dec 26, 2016
  • Length: 56:55
Caption: The Nashville Bluegrass Band is one of many artists featured on this week’s Across the Blue Ridge holiday special.  L-R Mike Compton, Alan O'Bryant, Pat Enright, Stuart Duncan, Andy Todd.  , Credit: Señor McGuire
This week’s Across the Blue Ridge is a feast of good listening for the holidays. Host Paul Brown presents a great selection of gospel and secular ...

  • Added: Dec 19, 2016
  • Length: 56:56
Caption: Dori Freeman (l), Scott Freeeman (c) and Willard Gayheart (r), three generations of traditional musicians in a family with Virginia and Kentucky roots.  , Credit: Paul Brown
Dori Freeman grew up around Galax, Virginia, a location world-renowned for its intense and varied musical culture. Her familiarity with old time m...

  • Added: Dec 15, 2016
  • Length: 56:57
Caption: Uncle Dave Macon was an uproarious entertainer in the old minstrel show, Vaudeville and medicine show styles, and an early Grand Ole Opry star.  , Credit: Public Domain
This week, in a rebroadcast of a popular show from May, 2016, we hear a broad selection of music from country music pioneers including Mac Wiseman,...

  • Added: Dec 05, 2016
  • Length: 56:54
Caption: Curly Seckler has helped establish the tradition of bluegrass harmony singing, and is also a great lead singer.  , Credit: Flatt & Scruggs TV show frame, 1950s.
This week we examine the career of bluegrass singer Curly Seckler, who turns 97 on Christmas Day 2016. A new biography is out by Penny Parsons, ti...

  • Added: Nov 28, 2016
  • Length: 56:56
Caption: West Virginia fiddler Wilson Douglas played in a decidedly old time style, with unexpected crooks and turns in his phrasing and timing.  , Credit: Brandon Ray Kirk
Thanksgiving is a time when many people think of hearth and home. This week’s Across the Blue Ridge brings us home and to thoughts of home. You’l...

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  • Added: Nov 21, 2016
  • Length: 56:57
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Caption: Tommy Jackson (3rd from left) was the fiddler who defined the Nashville session style, backing stars including Hank Williams and Ernest Tubb.  But he died nearly forgotten in 1979.  , Credit: findagrave.com & Kim Inboden.
Tommy Jackson established the Nashville studio session fiddle style with his long bow, fluid double stops, and virtuosic fingering. But he died in...

  • Added: Nov 14, 2016
  • Length: 56:57
Caption: Brothers Sam (l.) and Kirk (r.) McGee with Fiddlin’ Arthur Smith, early stars of the Grand Ole Opry whose music continues to influence roots music players today.  , Credit: Grand Ole Opry
This week’s Across the Blue Ridge gives us a sense of the continuity of an important southern American fiddling tradition. Host Paul Brown traces ...

  • Added: Nov 07, 2016
  • Length: 56:57
Caption: Molly O’Day, a pioneering country singer, combined old time mountain, gospel and contemporary country influences in her music.  , Credit: Tourpikecounty.com
The immediate post-World War 2 era was an exciting time in both traditional and contemporary country music. Old time mountain sounds were merging w...

  • Added: Oct 31, 2016
  • Length: 56:57