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WDFH extensively covered the national political conventions during the summer of 2004. Marc Sophos and Josephine Arce traveled to Boston to report from the Democratic National Convention. We also reported from the Republican National Convention in New York City. Contributing to WDFH's coverage were a number of political science experts as well as a talented and enthusiastic group of volunteers from WDFH.
Concurrently with our convention coverage, we are extremely pleased to join the Pacifica Radio Network. We have added Democracy Now! and Free Speech Radio News to our daily schedule. More new programming will be added in the coming months!
WDFH's Press Release about the convention and the new Pacifica Affiliation For
Immediate Release
WDFH-FM
Plans In-Depth Coverage and Commentary
DOBBS
FERRY, New York, July 18, 2004 — WDFH-FM announces that it will be covering the
Democratic National Convention in Boston from July 26 to July 29. Armed with convention credentials, Marc Sophos, the
station’s Executive Director, and Josephine Arce, its Assistant Executive Director,
will report on events from the convention site. WDFH,
which is concurrently becoming a Pacifica Network affiliate, will also carry key segments
of Pacifica’s own convention coverage during the four days of the event. In addition, faculty members of the Mercy College
political science department will be nightly guests at the station’s studios, adding
local, national, and international perspectives and insights into the week’s exciting
events.
The
coverage by WDFH will run from 7 PM to around midnight on each of the convention’s
four days, and will include both live and taped segments that will pre-empt scheduled
program as events dictate. WDFH can be heard
in Ossining and vicinity on the radio at 90.3 FM and on-line on the World Wide Web at
www.wdfh.org.
WDFH’s
affiliation with Pacifica comes at an opportune time for WDFH, as it gives the Hudson
Valley station access to reporting resources that were never before available to it. “Live and taped convention coverage by WDFH
staff and Pacifica reports, coupled with the commentary from Mercy College’s own
astute faculty and invited guests, marks a welcome milestone in the long and sometimes
difficult road that WDFH has followed,” says Sophos.
“There is no doubt that the events that we will cover in the days to
come are of great historical significance, both for the country and the station. We have only begun to serve the Lower Hudson Valley
in the way we have envisioned for years.”
The
station has also received credentials to cover the Republican National Convention starting
on August 29 in New York City, and will provide similar coverage at that time.
About
WDFH-FM and Mercy College
WDFH
is a noncommercial FM radio station that broadcasts a freeform mix of many types of music,
including progressive and alternative rock, folk, blues, and jazz. The station, which broadcasts around the clock, is
equally committed to news and public affairs, particularly on a local level. The station’s transmitter is located in
Ossining and the station can be heard there and in nearby communities in Westchester and
Rockland counties on 90.3 FM. The station can
also be heard worldwide on the Internet from the station’s web site at www.wdfh.org. WDFH, an independent, volunteer-operated station,
has studios located on the Dobbs Ferry campus of Mercy College.
Mercy
College is a New York-based independent, coeducational institution with campuses in Dobbs
Ferry, the Bronx, Manhattan, White Plains, and Yorktown.
In addition to its traditional offerings, it offers an extensive array of
courses and programs available via the internet. With
a current enrollment of more than 10,000 students, Mercy offers over 90 undergraduate and
graduate programs to a diverse student population. For more information, log on to www.mercy.edu.
The
Mercy-WDFH alliance provides listeners with a refreshing outlet for original,
community-based programming. It also improves
the ability of both the College and the station to meet their longstanding, long-term
goals of serving the community. WDFH's Press Release about our coverage of the Republican National Convention For Immediate Release WDFH-FM Offers In-Depth
Coverage and Commentary DOBBS FERRY, As with its coverage of the
Democratic National Convention, WDFH offers an original and thoughtful alternative to the
tepid and reluctant reporting done by the mainstream media.
“Contrary to what people might think, being a small, noncommercial
radio station run by volunteers gives us a huge advantage over big commercial
broadcasters,” said Marc Sophos, the Executive Director of WDFH. “For example, during the Democratic Convention,
when television caved in to corporate pressure by opting to air reruns of inane sitcoms,
WDFH dedicated hour after hour of unique news and opinion. We
plan to do the same during the Republican convention and accompanying street
protests.” (Photos, interviews, and
coverage notes from WDFH-FM’s reporting from the Democratic Convention are available
at
wdfh.org.) The radio station, which
recently became a The coverage by WDFH will
start with coverage of the protests scheduled for Sunday, August 29, and will then run
from roughly 7 PM to midnight on each of the four days of the convention itself (Monday
through Thursday). It will include segments
that will pre-empt regularly scheduled programming as events dictate. WDFH-FM can be heard in WDFH’s affiliation
with About WDFH-FM WDFH is an
independent, noncommercial, volunteer-operated community radio station, one of only about
200 such stations nationwide and the only one in the lower Hudson River valley. WDFH
broadcasts a freeform mix of many types of music, including progressive and alternative
rock, folk, blues, and jazz. The station,
which broadcasts around the clock, is equally committed to news and public affairs. WDFH’s
transmitter is located in
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