ABOUT THIS PODCAST 🔗
Often live, unique, remote, out-in-the-wild WPKN broadcasts.
WPKN, cited as “the greatest radio station in the world” by The New Yorker, founded in 1963 as a 100-watt campus outlet, WPKN is today a 10,000-watt listener-supported community radio station broadcasting at 89.5 FM and streaming online at WPKN.org. WPKN’s terrestrial signal now reaches to a listenership of 1.5 million people in Connecticut, Long Island, parts of New York and Massachusetts. Operating 24/7 and largely run by volunteers, WPKN offers a unique and eclectic mix of live and recorded music, news, public affairs, spoken word, arts and culture and other free-form programming which defy genre. WPKN is proud to be listener-supported, commercial-free, community-driven radio available to the public at no cost, any time, day or night.
WPKN, cited as “the greatest radio station in the world” by The New Yorker, founded in 1963 as a 100-watt campus outlet, WPKN is today a 10,000-watt listener-supported community radio station broadcasting at 89.5 FM and streaming online at WPKN.org. WPKN’s terrestrial signal now reaches to a listenership of 1.5 million people in Connecticut, Long Island, parts of New York and Massachusetts. Operating 24/7 and largely run by volunteers, WPKN offers a unique and eclectic mix of live and recorded music, news, public affairs, spoken word, arts and culture and other free-form programming which defy genre. WPKN is proud to be listener-supported, commercial-free, community-driven radio available to the public at no cost, any time, day or night.
Hosts:
Update frequency:
every 41 days
Average audio length:
116 minutes
Guest interviews
Video podcast
English
United States
14 episodes
since Aug. 27, 2024
episodic
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LATEST EPISODE 🔗
Residual Groove hits around the 1:25 mark!
Residual Groove rolled through the WPKN studios yesterday, blending soul, funk, and jazz into a live in-studio set and interview with Martha Nachman.
The band’s deep-pocket grooves and improvisational edge brought serious energy to the room. Big love to Da…
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Dr. D (Dwayne Smith), Kiden Smith, Steve di Costanzo, and guests present a special podcast exploring the music, traditions, and history of Juneteenth; the federal holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the United States and celebrating Black freedom, resilience, and cultural achievement. Featu…
This Saturday March 28, 2026, from 12 to 3pm, we here at WPKN will be using these airwaves to pay tribute to our dear friend and programmer Pete Stewart.
Beginning in August of 1988, Pete Stewart brought his unique perspective, humble heart, and compassion, conviction, and strong sense of community…
Connecticut's fave raves The Problem With Kids Today performed live on the WPKN airwaves with a blistering 45 minute set of tunes from their rocketing album Take It! The band packed into the WPKN Community Room dazzling a crowd of ~20 fans and friends. Don't miss this essential raw document of the …
Chris Ruggiero's monthly Preservation Sound Radio program presented a mindblow of an archival find. Via Chris:
"I restored a full 90min 1/4” recording of Bob Alexander’s The Good City Rock Show as aired on WBAI NYC Weds 9/17/77…. The day after Elvis Died. Alexander interviews Johnny Thunders and W…
Many thanks to those who paid reverence to the Puerto Rican, Afro-Cuban, and Latin grooves of Lou Pomales' La Esquina Latina this past Sunday. 50+ years of a WPKN broadcasting powerhouse, uniting many in Sunday afternoon song. Dig the picture of WPKN revolutionaries above including (left to right) …
This WPKN Special Broadcasts Podcast features songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, Joe Flood in studio with Brendan Toller, DJ B the T Jr. of Shake 'N' Vibrate Radio. Karen Schoemer of the New York Times says Flood has “songs bursting with eccentric characters ... a voice that perfectly straddles …
Goodnight Moonshine join WPKN's Mike Horyczun for a beautiful in-studio and performance ahead of their myriad of appearances in the Northeast.
WPKN's Valerie Richardson, Martha Willette Lewis, and Brendan Toller lead a special live broadcast from New Haven's Erector Square Open Studios featuring interviews with Eric March, Oi Fortin, Lesley Finn, Janet Warner, Adrian Martinez, Paul Theriault and more.
WPKN's debut in-studio live concert broadcast with Black Rock, Bridgeport musician, Gold Eris!
http://www.golderismusic.com
Gold Eris was formed by singer/songwriter Thomas Oliverio in 2017. Indie/Alt/Artrock, with influences including David Bowie, St. Vincent, and notes of 90's grunge, Gold Eris …
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