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Radio Free Palestine, Friday 15 May 2026

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Radio Free Palestine (RFP) is organizing for the 78th anniversary of the ongoing Palestinian Nakba and resistance to Zionist Colonialism, Imperialism and Genocide commemorated this year on Friday, 15 May 15 2026.

Pacifica station WPFW 89.3 FM (white and red letters on a black background underneath a white silhouette of a trumpet blowing out a laurel branch)WPFW-FM will once again be the hub/host for the English language programming. Radio Waterloo will carry excerpts throughout the day.

Radio Free Palestine is highlighted in a chapter of ritimo | le changement par l'info!Free media: issues, challenges and proposals. We encourage listeners to read Radio Free Palestine: A Model for Cross-Border Solidarity Broadcasting.

Goals & objectives of Radio Free Palestine

Radio Free Palestine is designed to bring together people working on the issues of Palestine in Arabic, Spanish, English, and French in a 24 hour radio marathon commemorating the Palestinian Nakba or Catastrophe, internationally remembered on May 15th. The content will prioritize the Palestinian point-of-view, covering many diverse aspects of Palestinian opinion and culture that are underrepresented or misrepresented by mainstream media. One objective is to present the issues in a marathon format to flip the media system that marginalizes Palestinian voices, and also to provide historical context for the Nakba and the international struggle for a Free Palestine.

Listeners are engaged with award-winning programming that brings forward marginalized voices within the Palestinian community, including local diaspora voices, women, popular non-violent movements, and the multitude of flourishing liberationist arts and culture initiatives enforcing Palestinian humanity.

CKUT 90.3 FM MoNtRéal.CKUT-FM, where Radio Free Palestine was born, received the 2009 Community Radio Awards for Best Special Programming for the Radio Free Palestine Broadcast held May 15th, 2008.

Schedule

Radio Waterloo is not able to run the entire Radio Free Palestine marathon, but will feature excerpts throughout the day.

Radio Free Palestine airs on CKMS-FM on Friday 15 May 2026 at:

  • 4:00am to 5:00am: Music from and about Palestine.
  • 5:00am to 6:00am: DJ Abby – The End Has Begun: Music Beckoning a Liberated Palestine.
  • 8:00am to 9:00am: Democracy Now!
  • 2:00pm to 3:00pm: Palestinian Youth Movement – Generation after Generation, Until Return and Liberation: The PYM DMV Nakba 2026 Broadcast.
  • 6:00pm to 7:00pm: Dr. Ramzy Baroud – Before the Flood: A Gaza Family Memoir Across Three Generations of Colonial Invasion, Occupation, and War in Palestine and Other Expressions of Sumud, courtesy of KPFK-FM.
  • 10:00pm to 11:00pm: Esther Iverem – The Ongoing Nakba: ‘Greater Israel’ and the Open Secret of its Nuclear Weapons
  • 11:00pm to Midnight: Jenka Soderberg – Portland Solidarity with Palestine, courtesy of KBOO-FM.

Radio Free Palestine | 78th Anniversary of the Nakba | May 15th A special day of programming marking 78 years of Palestinian resistance & resilience | LISTEN LIVE AT ANY OF THE PARTICIPATING STATIONS! CKUT 90.3FM (Montreal, Quebec) CKMS 102 (Waterloo, Ontario) KBOO 90.7FM (Portland, Oregon) WPFW 89.3FM (Washington DC) | **Check with your station of choice for the broadcast hours**)

Off The Air, Radio Free Palestine Marathon

Radio Free Palestine Marathon

Radio producer Hadeel Al-Biss wanted to make her work make a difference. “We were asked to participate in a radio marathon for Nakba Day, and I figured that the best way to do that was to carry as many voices of Palestinian refugees as possible,” she told Arab News.

Al-Biss, the producer of the “Talet Sobh” morning show on Amman’s Radio Al-Bald, asked her team to report from various Palestinian refugee camps in Jordan. “People spoke freely and honestly about their desire to return, and the fact that hardships will not deter them from pursing their rights.”

The radio marathon is taking place over a 24-hour period on May 15, and is being broadcast over 28 stations in Palestine, Lebanon, Jordan, Tunis, Morocco, the US, Canada and over Pacifica Network stations.

Laith Marouf, Radio Free Palestine’s international coordinator, who began the idea of a radio marathon back in 2006, says that the project has grown a lot in recent years. “This year we were able to transmit Palestinian voices from Lebanon and Jordan, and bridge them with Palestinians in Jerusalem, Bethlehem and Gaza.”

Marouf says that he hopes that next year, the 24-hour broadcast will be available in four languages. “If Palestine is not free by next May 15, we will be able to broadcast the marathon live in Arabic, English, Spanish and French,” he told Arab News from Beirut.

George Rishmawi, head of the Rapprochement Center in Bethlehem, told Arab News that they have been involved in this project for 10 years, and it has been gradually gaining importance. “It is important that we can get Arab and international voices all on the same day because it shows the solidarity with the Palestinian people,” he said.

Rawan Jayyousi, anchor on “Talet Soboh,” told Arab News that the reaction of the program was huge. “I felt from the reaction I got on social media and personal contacts that despite the difficulties facing Palestinians, there is a hidden strength that came out and a feeling that Palestinians are not surrendering but are strong and resilient.”

Radio Free Palestine Marathon is not currently on the schedule.