This Week on Panhandle Community Radio

Here is what’s airing this week, January 12-16, on our live current affairs programs.

These local shows air at 8 a.m. every Monday-Friday on 88.5 KRFY Community Radio. Tune in on your trusty radio, or stream them right here!

MONDAY, January 12: The Community Character Hour takes a trip down memory lane with selected holiday news stories from local papers, from 1905 to 1975.

TUESDAY, January 13: Phil Hough is talking to Melissa Hendrickson, North Idaho Co-Chair of the Idaho Chapter of Backcountry Hunters and Anglers. Have a listen to the recording here.

WEDNESDAY, January 14: Chris Bessler hosts a preview of the 2026 Idaho Legislative Session featuring interviews with the elected representatives of Legislative District 1, which includes Bonner and Boundary Counties: Representative Mark Sauter and Senator Jim Woodward. Representative Cornel Rasor has also been invited to participate.

• Hear Representative Mark Sauter:
• Hear Senator Jim Woodward:

THURSDAY, December 15: Talking with Heather White and Brendan Naples of the Panida Theater about the Kyiv Ballet‘s upcoming performance of Swan Lake, and an update from the folks at the Festival at Sandpoint on this morning’s show.

Also don’t miss on FRIDAY on KRFY:

North Idaho News of the Week airs every Friday with program hosts and journalists from the Sandpoint Reader and Daily Bee dissecting local headlines in a 30-minute review of the biggest local news of the week. Tune in Fridays at 8 a.m. to 88.5 FM… or stream it live, right here on KRFY.org.

Did you miss Friday’s show? Click to hear the January 9 News of the Week:

Hear recent recorded shows:

• Medical Musings with Dr. JoAnn: January 2026
• Garden Life: January 2026

Weekly programming on 88.5 KRFY

Listen to KRFY’s Coverage of the Upcoming Election

KRFY’s Local Decision series of interviews with candidates in contested races in the upcoming November 4 general election, as well as discussions of ballot items, are airing each Wednesday on the Morning Show. Recorded podcasts are available here following each show. Click to hear as the candidates contest the issues with one another.

Candidate forum recordings
KRFY, in partnership with Sandpoint Online and the Sandpoint Reader hosted a candidate forum for the November 4 general election. Forums were held at the Sandpoint Center and broadcast live on 88.5 KRFY; click to hear the recording:

Download the audio of the forum here.

Candidate interviews
For KRFY’s Local Decision series, Morning Show hosts conduct interviews with candidates in contested races for the November 4 general election. This year, there are four candidates vying for the three seats on Sandpoint City Council.

• Incumbent Joel Auspiro

• Incumbent Rick Howarth

• Candidate Joe Tate

• Candidate Joshua Torrez

Ballot measures
On Wednesday, October 29, the KRFY Morning show will air two conversations on upcoming ballot measures. Those will be available below after they air.

• Holly Ellis, Sandpoint Public Works Director on the Sandpoint wastewater bond
• Ponderay Mayor Steve Geiger on the Ponderay 1% Local Option Tax

Election report and analysis

On Election Night, November 4, KRFY will interrupt its regularly scheduled programming to announce election results as soon as they are available.

Airing 8 a.m. Wednesday, November 5, KRFY hosts and local journalists will report on results of the previous night’s election, with analysis of issues that were featured in various races.

For additional information on the November 4 general election go to the Sandpoint Online Election Central, to find details on how and where to vote as well as links to additional information on candidates.

HOLIDAY SPECTACULAR TICKETS NOW AVAILABLE

The 2025 KRFY Holiday Spectacular will be on Friday, December 5th, at 7PM in the Panida Theater.

Get your tickets HERE!

Thanks to You

Last month, Panhandle Community Radio held its annual on-air Fund Drive with volunteer broadcasters, local musicians, and guests from the community of supports that keeps this radio station on the air.

The board and staff of the station want to thank all the listeners, volunteers, and friends for their generous donations of time and support- helping to keep local, independent community radio alive and well. This Fund Drive was a huge success in building the spirit of community here at 88.5 KRFY.  Thank you to all who made the live broadcasting event fun and inspiring, and to all who came out to toast the radio station at our Utara Tap Takeover event at the Idaho Pour Authority.

THIS WEEK ON KRFY

THIS WEEK, we’re celebrating Community Radio in North Idaho. Tune in for special morning shows at 8AM with station supporters from the local nonprofit community, and join us from 6-9PM on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday for live music in the studio.

THEN ON FRIDAY, join us for a day of music and live community radio excitement at our TAP TAKEOVER at the Idaho Pour Authority. Live music; the much-anticipated Quilt Raffle; new radio station merch; nice people and good beer!

This would be a fine time to renew your membership to KRFY, or better yet: become a new supporting member. Go to the DONATE page, or give us a call at (208) 265-2992, or just come up and pay us a visit at the studio on First Avenue during the week, or at the Idaho Pour Authority on Friday.

Presenting the 2025 KRFY Community Quilt

Attention, KRFY Listeners!

Local craftswoman Kerry Kresge has been hard at work on a beautiful, queen-size, hand-pieced quilt to show her appreciation for our local community radio station, KRFY 88.5.

This one-of-a-kind item is in turn being offered to our donors and supporters as a raffle prize as part of our upcoming on-air Fund Drive.

If you’re a 2025 member of KRFY- meaning, if you have made a NEW DONATION, RENEWED YOUR MEMBERSHIP, or make a SCHEDULED DONATION to the radio station (and have provided us with your NAME and some way of contacting you- not just dropped some cash in the donation jar) then you will be entered into the raffle for this quilt. Each name will be entered only once- but you might want to encourage your parents, spouse, or roommate to sign up and become a member today if you’d like to improve the odds of bringing this quilt into your home.

This quilt could be yours, just for making a donation to KRFY. A reminder- you must have donated to this station in this year, 2025. It’s not too late to get your name in the bucket. Click HERE to become a member today, or call in next week during our ON-AIR FUND DRIVE, May 27-30.

This Week on KRFY

Here is what’s airing this week, April 21-25 on our live current affairs programs. These local shows air at 8 a.m. every Monday-Friday on 88.5 KRFY Community Radio. Tune in on your trusty radio, or stream them right here!