© 2024 Western New York Public Broadcasting Association

140 Lower Terrace
Buffalo, NY 14202

Mailing Address:
Horizons Plaza P.O. Box 1263
Buffalo, NY 14240-1263

Buffalo Toronto Public Media | Phone 716-845-7000
WBFO Newsroom | Phone: 716-845-7040
Your NPR Station
Play Live Radio
Next Up:
0:00
0:00
0:00 0:00
Available On Air Stations
Donate Today Banner

WBFO Brief Thurs. Oct. 21, 2021

On today’s WBFO Brief, “Stonebush Blues”-- internationally known transgendered writer Leslie Feinberg’s look at Buffalo, celebrated by preservationists tonight. Also a new market-rate apartment complex in downtown Buffalo and former Gov. Cuomo is still pushing back on the report of his sexual harassment charges.

Latest Episodes
  • Follow-up on the Total Eclipse that happened across Western New York and Ontario.
  • Get prepared today's Solar Eclipse on today's WBFO Brief.
  • Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown is publicly acknowledging the likelihood of a tax increase for city residents. Theater Talk with Peter Hall and Anthony Chase.
  • Stefon Diggs traded to the Houston Texans and other sports updates. Buffalo City Court judge to work though over 700 cases of lead poisoning. Discussions on the Kensington Expressway project continue. Buffalo prepares to welcome visitors for the upcoming solar eclipse.
  • Another group of local workers join the Organized Labor Movement as 40 employees at Evergreen Health file to unionize, and NYS prisoners will be on lockdown for the solar eclipse on Monday.
  • Today is Let's Go Day, and Jay Moran speaks with the series' guide Chrisena.
  • Catch up on the day's news on today's WBFO Brief.
  • More details have emerged regarding the rescinded offer for Buffalo State University's new president. Gov. Kathy Hochul has conceded that the state's new budget will be late. Theater Talk with Peter Hall and Anthony Chase.
  • Gov. Kathy Hochul made it official that the new state budget will not be passed before the illegally mandated deadline of April 1. Curator Tiffany Gaines spoke with Jay Moran about the AKG exhibit "Before and After Again".
  • Catch up on the day's news on the WBFO Brief.