WHFR-FM 89.3

WHFR-FM 89.3 broadcasts on 89.3 FM from Dearborn, Michigan, and streams through its official website. The station is operated by Henry Ford College as a real-world media communication lab for students, with student and alumni volunteers supervised through the college. WHFR’s format is described as alternative variety, including music little heard on Detroit-area radio. Its programming includes alternative and modern rock, big band, Americana and folk, blues, hip hop, jazz, space rock, urban, world music, classical music, and a weekly public affairs show. The station began as a student radio club in 1962, received its FM license in 1979, went on the air in 1985, and has maintained a 24-hour schedule with internet streaming since 1997.