Press Room
This National Radio Day, ‘local radio more important than ever,’ WMFE host says
• “In the midst of a once-in-a-century pandemic, economic turbulence, civil unrest, a historic election, and so much more, local radio is more important than ever,” WMFE’s Nicole Darden Creston says in Thursday’s Orlando Sentinel.
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WMFE’s reporting on TSA in Orlando, Pulse shooting named best in the country
• Community-based WMFE’s investigative series on the TSA in Orlando continues to be recognized. Public Media Journalists Association has named it best in the country along with a WMFE investigation into the Pulse shooting. Society of Professional Journalists members also honored the TSA and Pulse reporting along with an Apollo digital media project.
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WMFE adds arts & culture, in-depth programs to weekend lineup
• It’s Been a Minute with Sam Sanders, BBC’s The Arts Hour, The Splendid Table, Planet Money and How I Built This debut this Saturday and Sunday, July 25-26, filling the four hours that were opened by the sunset of Live From Here.
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WMFE Hosts Celebration of Central Florida Musicians with “NPR’s Tiny Desk Contest: Orlando Favorites”
• WMFE is shining a spotlight on Central Florida favorites from NPR Music’s Tiny Desk Contest.
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Return to Flight: WMFE Special Explores New Beginning for U.S. Human Space Travel
• WMFE, “America’s Space Station,” will present a special program, just hours before the first human launch from the U.S. in nearly a decade.
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Central Florida’s WMFE Receives Top Honors from the Florida Association of Broadcast Journalists
• Community-based WMFE’s investigative series on the Orlando TSA was one of three works named best in the state by the Florida Association of Broadcast Journalists on Saturday.
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WMFE teams up with WUSF for Facebook Live show to expand coverage of coronavirus
• WUSF Public Media in Tampa and 90.7 WMFE in Orlando are teaming up to produce a weekly Facebook Live show to immediately and directly connect with people in the Central Florida and Tampa Bay regions.
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