This Week on Panhandle Community Radio

Here is what’s airing this week, June 9-13, 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!

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!

Weekly programming on 88.5 KRFY

New Program!

Every Tuesday at 8PM, turn your radio on (or however you like to listen to the station) and listen to Made You A Mixtape, a new music show with KRFY’s Russ Tomlin.

The theme next week is Trains. Tune in to hear what songs listeners in North Idaho think best represent the topic!

Submit your suggestions and see upcoming programs Here!

This week: the KRFY Community Radio Celebration

CLICK HERE TO DONATE AND BECOME A MEMBER

This week, the hours that usually feature local content from the studio will be a little different. Panhandle Community Radio is devoting this time on our airwaves to gratitude for those volunteer broadcasters, and their listeners, without whom Community Radio in North Idaho – and anywhere – would not be possible.

The music, information and entertainment you count on will continue as usual- but we’re also pairing up our regular broadcasters with a guest DJ who can help the listening audience find out more about the hosts of the programs we are proud to feature on 88.5 FM.

Call in during our regular local shows- The KRFY Morning Show, Inland Island, The Beast and the Priest, CP@3, North Idaho News of the Week, The 50s Fun Show, The Sixties Sounds Show, The Gospel Music Mix, The Sunday Mix, and The Radio Flyer – and let the hosts know you’re out there, what you like about the show, and what you’d like to hear more of.

Plus, it’s our last big push before the end of the year to raise funds and keep the station going strong and growing in 2025. It wouldn’t be Community Radio without support from the community, and that includes financial help, as well as volunteer hours. Donations are welcome in any season, but this is a particularly good time to make a contribution and let our volunteers and other listeners know that they are part of a large community of KRFY supporters. You can call in and make your donation over the phone or if you prefer, simply follow the link above to our secure Donations page.

OPERATORS ARE STANDING BY FOR YOUR CALL at (208) 265-2992 (during normal business hours). If nobody takes your call, leave a message with your name and phone number and your call will be returned promptly. You can also visit us at the station upstairs at 323 N. First Ave.

Local Decision ’24: November 5 election

KRFY’s Local Decision series of interviews with candidates in contested races in the upcoming November 5 general election 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, Sandpoint Reader, Bonner County Daily Bee, and Selkirk Association of Realtors, hosted two candidate forums for the November 5 general election. Forums were held at Sandpoint High School and broadcast live on 88.5 KRFY; click to hear recordings:

• Wednesday, October 2, 2024: Click to hear recorded broadcast.
• Tuesday, October 15, 2024: Click to hear recorded broadcast.

Candidate interviews
For KRFY’s Local Decision series, Morning Show hosts conduct joint interviews with candidates in contested races for the November 5 general election.

Idaho Senate, District 1
Interview aired September 25, 2024 with candidates, Independent Dan Rose and Republican Jim Woodward.
  • Click to hear recorded podcast.

Idaho House of Representatives, District 1 Seat A
Interview aired October 9 with candidates Democrat Karen Mathee and Republican Mark Sauter (incumbent).
  • Click to hear recorded podcast.

Idaho House of Representatives, District 1 Seat B
Interview aired October 2, 2024 with candidates, Democrat Kathryn Larson and Republican Cornel Rasor.
  • Click to hear recorded podcast.

Bonner County Commissioner, District 1
Interview aired October 16, 2024 with candidates Republican Brian Domke and Democrat Steve Johnson.
  • Click to hear recorded podcast.

Bonner County Commissioner, District 3
Interview aired Wednesday, October 23 with candidates Republican Ron Korn and Independent Glenn Lefebvre.
• Click to hear recorded podcast.

Ballot measures
Program aired Wednesday, October 30, with discussions pro and con about ballot measures voters will see on the ballot. Click to hear recordings:
• Idaho Proposition 1, with Jennifer McKnight opposed and Christine Moon in favor.
• Sandpoint 1% Local Option Sales Tax with Mayor Jeremy Grimm
• Ponderay 1% Local Option Sales Tax with Mayor Steve Geiger

Election report and analysis
Airing 8 a.m. Wednesday, November 6, 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 5 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.