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WPKN 89.5 FM Community Radio

Founded in 1963 and located in Bridgeport Connecticut, WPKN is a 10,000-watt listener-supported community radio station broadcasting at 89.5 FM. We are also streaming live online here at WPKN.org, the TuneIn Radio app or the Radio Garden app. 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 & culture and other free-form programming which defy genre. We are proud to be listener-supported, commercial-free, community-driven radio available to the public at no cost, any time, day or night. We are here for YOU, any time, day or night.

Our Mission, at WPKN independent community radio station, is to strengthen and enrich our community through programming that is provocative, innovative, and free from commercial influence and promotes diversity, tolerance, and freedom of expression.

Our Future on the Line

Join us Tuesday, Nov. 5 from 8 PM to Midnight

for WPKN’s Alternative Election Coverage – Our Future on the Line

Bringing you a full roster of investigative journalists, progressive policy analysts and commentators
who will address the key issues generally given short shrift in the main stream media.
 Our guests will discuss women’s reproductive rights, voter suppression, immigration,
the climate crisis, LGBTQ+ rights, the wars in Ukraine and the Middle East, the resurgent labor movement…
 and above all, the looming threat to our democracy.
 We’ll also bring you results from key Senate and House races
and important ballot initiatives both locally and from around the nation.

Our Future on the Line 2024: WPKN Election Podcasts

The WPKN Public Affairs team have created a podcast series
featuring interviews with leading experts covering the 2024 U.S. election.
Listen, like, and subscribe to conversations with Hazel Kahan, Scott Harris, Brendan Toller and many more.
Featuring news correspondents, journalists, organizers, activists, and historians outside the mainstream.
Find Our Future on the Line 2024: WPKN Election Podcasts on all popular podcast platforms.

WPKN On-Air Program Schedule

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Some Picks of the Week for 10/14/2024

A Few Programmer's Picks for October 14, 2024 (In Alphabetical order) Ben Harper: 8 Minutes - Wide Open Light (Chrysalis, 2023) Kris Kristofferson: Slouching Toward The ...

Picks of the Week for 10/07/2024

WPKN Programmer's Picks for October 7, 2024 (In Alphabetical order) Amy Rigby: Dylan In Dubuque - Hang In There With Me (Tapete 2024) Bright Eyes: Bells ...

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