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SIGNATURE EVENT | WBFO'S BUFFALO BLUEs BASH
WBFO's Buffalo Blues Bash
WBFO's Buffalo Blues Bash returns to our studios Saturday, April 6, 2019 with our headliner, Mississippi Heat! Get your tickets today!
Public Media for Western New York and Southern Ontario
WNED | WBFO is a trusted public media resource that enriches its audiences by providing educational, entertaining programming and services, as well as engaging the Western New York and Southern Ontario communities through cultural and civic involvement.
WNED | WBFO serves the people of Western New York and Southern Ontario with a community-supported alternative to commercial media. We provide our audiences with the knowledge they need to make informed decisions; convene community dialogue; bring the arts to everyone; and engage individuals to share their stories. We help teachers, students and their parents thrive in 21st century classrooms, and take people of all ages on a journey of exploration—exposing them to new people, places and ideas.
We celebrate diversity, embrace innovation, value lifelong learning and partner with those who share our passion for public service.
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New WNED | WBFO Event
WNED | WBFO Resolution Fair
Don't miss out on this unique spin on a popular event coming in April 2019! Free tickets are available now.
Celebrating 60 Years!
WBFO's 60th Anniversary
WBFO signed on the air January 6, 1959 beginning a legacy of community service.
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Are You a Canadian Listener Having Trouble Receiving WBFO?
If you live in the Greater Toronto area you may have recently had trouble tuning in WBFO-FM 88.7.
Around the world with WNED | WBFO
Travel the world with WNED | WBFO on exciting and exclusive excursions designed for fans of WNED | WBFO. Learn about our trip to see Come From Away in Toronto in March.
MAking Buffalo Home | Share Your Story
Share Your Story
We are collecting stories of people in our community who have come to America and set roots in Western New York. We want to add your family story to our Making Buffalo Home Mosaic.
WNED FaceBook Live | Making Buffalo Home
Artist Muhammad Zaman is Making Buffalo Home
Buffalo urban artist and calligrapher Muhammad Zaman talks about making Buffalo home. Watch as one of his creations come to life.
Introducing Reach Out - Recognize Relationship Abuse
One in three teenagers will experience some form of abuse in their dating relationships. WNED | WBFO has partnered with the Family Justice Center of Erie County to bring you Reach Out - Recognize Relationship Abuse, online and on television to help give you the tools you need to start a conversation with someone you think might be in an abusive relationship.
Visit the Project Website- reachoutwny.org
See what's new in WNED|WBFO Passport in March 2019
Highlights of the great new programming available to WNED|WBFO Passport Members. New videos added in March include: Margaret - The Rebel Princess, Equus - The Story of the Horse, Finding Your Roots and more. Become a WNED | WBFO Member, sign in and start streaming today!
BlaCK History Month | WAtch, Listen & Learn
Celebrating the African American Experience
WNED-TV offers documentaries and specials that explore the richness and complexity of the African American experience.
New Feature on Classical 94.5 WNED
JoAnn's Classical Corner | Weekdays at 8:30am
Listen to Classical WNED every weekday morning at 8:30am as the Buffalo Philharmonic’s Music Director and Conductor JoAnn Falletta joins Mark Swarts.
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WNED | WBFO Legacy Giving: Ken Burns and the value of PBS
Award-winning documentary filmmaker Ken Burns shares the importance of estate plans for the future of public broadcasting. To learn more about making a planned gift to WNED |WBFO, contact Colleen Miller at 716-845-7031 or cmiller@wned.org.
Interactive Multi-Media Story from NOVA
Restoring Hope | Fighting the Opioid Crisis in Buffalo
Users can watch video interviews with police officers, medical experts, public health officials, and "peers" in recovery and read about the situation in Buffalo.
NPR's Book Concierge: Our Guide To 2018's Great Reads
The Book Concierge is back! Explore more than 300 standout titles picked by NPR staff and critics.
Join the social conversation!
Our Apps
Enjoy the WNED-TV, WBFO, Classical 94.5 WNED and JazzWorks apps, now available on Apple and Android smart phones and tablets! The apps have everything you love most about our radio stations. Features include live streaming of local and national news coverage, the ability to search playlists easily for your favorite pieces of classical music and much more. Fan of all three stations? Each app flips seamlessly to whichever station you feel like listening to. Our apps give you the very best public media has to offer. Download them for free to your smart phone and tablet in the iTunes or Google Play store today!
Featured Videos
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Making Buffalo Home | Immigration and Our Economy
Host, Ba Zan Lin and guests, Eva Hassett from the International Institute of Buffalo and Bruce Fisher, columnist for The Public and economics teacher at Buffalo State College talked about the ways immigration impacts an economy like Buffalo.
They made connections in education, healthcare, the housing market, entrepreneurship, tourism, and the work force.
WNED-TV Facebook Live | Watch Online Now
Making Buffalo Home | Understanding the Refugee Process
Many people may not fully understand how refugees come to the U.S., where they come from, or why. There are also questions about how refugees are evaluated and admitted, the support they receive when they arrive, and the contributions they make to the community. In this first in a series of videos, WNED | WBFO explores the refugee process in order to answer these and other questions.
WBFO 's Mental Health Initiative | Facebook Live
Crisis Services: A Lifeline for Hope | Watch
As part of our Community Conversations on Mental Health series, WBFO Senior Reporter Eileen Buckley went inside Crisis Services, the 24-hour agency which handles more than 85,000 calls each year.
WBFO 's Mental Health Initiative | Facebook Live
Teaching Mental Health | Watch
A new law requires that mental health education be provided to students across every classroom in New York. WBFO examines the issue.