WBFO is the only radio station in Buffalo offering listener commentaries. They air Tuesday and Wednesday mornings at 6:35 and 8:35 during  Morning Edition. Recent commentaries are available for online listening.

WBFO seeks to broaden our listeners' perspectives on news and the arts through the inclusion of commentary in our news presentations. For WBFO's purposes, commentary is defined as the presentation of personal experience or opinion. Commentary may be connected to the news, but is not to be confused with reporting the news. We are truly appreciative of the response of so many listeners to this series and invite your participation as well.

Commentators should be articulate and original. Good commentators will have the same qualities as good writers. They should be keen observers, able to describe and read meaning into the small details of life. They should be well-informed and be able to express themselves clearly and plainly. Commentators must obey the rules of grammar and refrain from using obscenities.

The News Director will consider proposals for commentary, and have the authority to choose which ideas should be developed into commentaries. Where commentaries are directly related to news or public affairs, they should provide illumination or food for thought rather than ax-grinding for a particular cause or group. Commentators must be able to support all statements. Commentators work with the News Director to edit and refine commentaries for best effectiveness on the radio.

Commentaries and essays should be three to four minutes in length. Commentators are urged to time their scripts before hand to make sure they fit the time constraints. Please send the completed script to mscott@wbfo.org. If the commentary is accepted, the news director will schedule a recording session at our studios in Allen Hall on UB's South Campus. The reading of the commentary must meet WBFO's standards.

The General Manager, Program Director or News Director have full authority to edit the piece before airing and/or to reject it for broadcast, based on their judgement of what is in the best interest of the station.