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Friday Night Jazz (8-11 p.m.)

Friday Night Jazz

Join host Robert Kirk for three hours of music to put you in a Friday mood.

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The Capitol Steps: Politics Takes a Holiday
(Saturday at 1 p.m.)

The annual 4th of July special! No one can predict what's ahead for the economy, but the Capitol Steps know the only way to make sense of it: Find out what rhymes with it.

WFDD and Our Community

H.E.L.P. Partners Honored

This Spring, WFDD partnered with four area nonprofit organizations to raise awareness and, through the generosity of The Law Offices of Timothy D. Welborn, to provide some additional funds.

StoryCorps from 88.5 WFDD

You told your stories during the StoryCorps mobile booth visit to the Triad. Now it's time for WFDD to share them with the community!

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88.5 WFDD is proud to sponsor

· An Appalachian Summer Festival presents Buckwheat Zydeco

· Grandfather Mountain Highland Games

· Music for a Sunday Evening in the Park

· The Downtown Winston-Salem Partnership's Summer on Trade

· The Eastern Music Festival

Area Performances on 88.5 WFDD

Our 2008-2009 local concert series continues July 12th with a broadcast from the Eastern Music Festival!

World-class pianist Peter Serkin joins Maestro Gerard Schwartz and the festival orchestra for Brahms' often-neglected Piano Concerto #1.

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Triad Arts Up Close: Weatherspoon, Elsewhere, App Fest and Electric Moustache \| July 3rd \| It's a Triad art gallery tour including visits with curators and artists from Greensboro's Weatherspoon Art Museum and Elsehwere Artist Collaborative, and Winston-Salem's Electric Moustache Gallery. Plus we get An Appalachian Summer festival season preview from Turchin Center Curator Hank Foreman. "The Subject Is You", and she's joined by artist Nina Katchadourian. Weatherspoon Art Museum http:// Weatherspoon Art Museum http:// An Appalachian Summer Festival. The living museum of Elsewhere Artist Collaborative . www.bluetan.com http://www.krankiescoffee.com/emgallery.html \| Read more
Triad Arts Up Close: Weatherspoon Art Museum \| July 2nd \| Co-Curator Xandra Eden discusses the Weatherspoon's current exhibit "The Subject Is You", and she's joined by artist Nina Katchadourian. Weatherspoon Art Museum http:// \| Read more
Johnny Cash's 'Big River' \| NPR \| Classical violinist Mark O'Connor's boyhood hero was a country musician. O'Connor says that he'd spend hours on end learning the songs of Johnny Cash — and to this day, his great passion is the tune "Big River." Windows Media RealAudio
Poetic License Raises A Star-Spangled Debate \| NPR \| Rene Marie grew up in the segregated South, and has become one of the few jazz singers today whose talent and devotion to social issues have both won her attention. Case in point: her personal take on the national anthem. Windows Media RealAudio

Top headlines

The Business Report The Piedmont Triad gets ready for new construction projects ---meanwhile in Raleigh, millions of dollars ear-marked for our area---are stalled. The Business Journal's reporter Steve Ivy explains more to WFDD Kathryn Mobley.
Size of the City? Winston-Salem city officials say the city's population is larger than what it is getting credit for. WFDD's Jeff Tiberii reports.
88.5 WFDD News wins 6 awards for journalism excellence in 2008-2009 read more >>
An Afghan View Of The Surge
Rangina Hamidi, CEO of Kandahar Treasures, which sells handmade embroidery, talks about the surge in Helmand province. She says that to defeat the Taliban, American troops must help Afghanistan build infrastructure and maintain security. Marines Fan Out In Afghanistan Push New Generation Of Iraqi Military Pilots Looks To Sky Serious Gaps Remain Between U.S., Russia

Business & Economy

The Business Report | Friday, July 3, 2009 | The Piedmont Triad gets ready for new construction projects ---meanwhile in Raleigh, millions of dollars ear-marked for our area---are stalled. The Business Journal's reporter Steve Ivy explains more to WFDD Kathryn Mobley.

Drug May Help with Women's Weight Loss, Sexual Dysfunction | Friday, June 26, 2009 | In this week’s WFDD Business Report: A Triad pharmaceutical company is close to creating a lifestyle drug that could help millions of women around the world. The Business Journal’s Justin Catanoso explains to WFDD’s Kathryn Mobley.

Apple Warns Some iPhones May Have Heat Issues | NPR | Apple Inc. has issued an advisory that some 3G and 3GS iPhones may not do well in hot conditions. Apple is telling owners to keep the phones in places where the temperature is below 95 degrees.

FDIC Closes 1 Banks In Texas, 6 In Illinois | NPR | Seven banks were shut down Thursday — pushing the total number of banks that have failed this year to 52. The year is just half over, and already the figure is more than double what it was for all of 2008. Back in 2007, only three banks failed.

88.5 WFDD · Your NPR News & Triad Arts Station from Wake Forest University · wfdd@wfu.edu
Our address is #8850 · 1834 Wake Forest Road · Winston-Salem, NC 27109 · 336-758-8850

88.5 WFDD, the NPR® news and Triad Arts station broadcasting from Wake Forest University, is the only public radio station of its kind located in the Piedmont Triad. It broadcasts news, information, and public affairs programming covering the arts, people, and institutions in the area from both its Winston-Salem and Greensboro studios.

The state's charter NPR® member, 88.5 WFDD is the longest continuously broadcasting public radio station in North Carolina. It is a member of the North Carolina Public Radio Association.

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