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.
Join us for a special preview screening of the latest WNED-TV original production, "Reimagining a Buffalo Landmark" Thursday, April 11 at 5:30pm.
WBFO's Buffalo Blues Bash returns to our studios Saturday, April 6, 2019 with our headliner, Mississippi Heat!
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Don't miss out on this unique spin on a popular event coming in April 2019! Free tickets are available now.
WBFO signed on the air January 6, 1959 beginning a legacy of community service.
If you live in the Greater Toronto area you may have recently had trouble tuning in WBFO-FM 88.7.
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.
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.
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.
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!
Classical WNED welcomes our new Midday host! Genevieve Randall joins us from 11am – 3pm starting Monday, March 18th.
Listen to Classical WNED every weekday morning at 8:30am as the Buffalo Philharmonic’s Music Director and Conductor JoAnn Falletta joins Mark Swarts.
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.
Users can watch video interviews with police officers, medical experts, public health officials, and "peers" in recovery and read about the situation in Buffalo.
The Book Concierge is back! Explore more than 300 standout titles picked by NPR staff and critics.
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.
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.
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.
A new law requires that mental health education be provided to students across every classroom in New York. WBFO examines the issue.
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