WFDD

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88.5 WFDD,88.5 WFDD, Public Radio for the Piedmont, is the only public radio station of its kind located in the Piedmont Triad. We broadcast news, information, and public affairs programming covering the arts, people, and institutions in the area.
We are the state's charter NPR® member and the longest continuously broadcasting public radio station in North Carolina. WFDD is a member of the North Carolina Public Radio Association. It is a broadcast service of Wake Forest University.

88.5 WFDD
#8850
1834 Wake Forest Road
Winston-Salem, NC 27109

phone: 336-758-8850
news tips: 336-758-3083
fax: 336-758-5193

wfdd@wfu.edu
wfdd.org

In Boone, you can hear WFDD at 100.1 FM.

Series

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35 Pieces

Steinway recording artist Peter Kairoff makes classical music accessible to all in Kairoff At The Keyboard.

  • From: WFDD
  • Updated: Feb 25, 2019
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1 Piece

News, personal reflections, commentaries, interviews, self-narrated pieces and much more. All stories are produced by High School students as part of their Radio 101 class.

  • From: WFDD
  • Updated: Aug 18, 2017

Latest Pieces

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In this episode, Peter explores Robert Schumann’s nostalgic Scenes of Childhood. The set of thirteen pieces paints different pictures of the compos...

  • Added: Aug 29, 2018
  • Length: 04:29
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George Frideric Handel took a unique approach to variations when he used the bass notes to create variations in his Passacaglia.

  • Added: Aug 29, 2018
  • Length: 04:29
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Time to whip up a nice fugue. First, mix yourself a short musical theme. Then, repeat it slightly higher or lower; sprinkle in a few other voices; ...

  • Added: Aug 29, 2018
  • Length: 04:29
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In this episode we’ll hear the passion, tragedy, and playfulness of human existence all wrapped up in just six little piano pieces that Schubert ca...

  • Added: Aug 29, 2018
  • Length: 04:29
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The late Romantic composer combined the best of Bach and Beethoven to write some of the most emotionally gripping music ever.

  • Added: Aug 29, 2018
  • Length: 04:29
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In this episode, Peter takes a look at the Baroque dance suite.

  • Added: Aug 29, 2018
  • Length: 04:29
Caption: Franz Joseph Haydn, 1791, Credit: Public Domain (http://bit.ly/2hAqaIW)
In this episode, Peter walks us though exactly what makes classical music so, well…Classical.

  • Added: Aug 29, 2018
  • Length: 04:29
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Peter explains the powerful simplicity behind Frederick Chopin's Prelude in E minor, one of the twenty-four preludes Chopin composed in homage to h...

  • Added: Aug 29, 2018
  • Length: 04:29
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In this episode, Peter shows how Beethoven used form to bridge the Classical and Romantic eras of musical history.

  • Added: Aug 29, 2018
  • Length: 04:29
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Peter takes an in-depth look at Johannes Brahms.

Bought by Delmarva Public Media


  • Added: Aug 29, 2018
  • Length: 04:29
  • Purchases: 1