WPKN 89.5 FM Community Radio
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. Programming that promotes diversity, tolerance, and freedom of expression.
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.
Thank you to our generous friends who have supported WPKN in 2024 and throughout our 61-year history!
2024 has been a year of growth and community connection. Thank you so much for your continued support and for helping us to keep the momentum going! In 2025 we will continue to provide great music, alternative sources of news & public affairs, an expanded local daily news program that will allow us to better serve the communities in our listening area & we have so many more exciting surprises coming your way!
RISE UP AND CREATE!
Twelve-inch album covers inspired by the theme: “Anthems of Hope and Resistance:
SING LOUD and SING PROUD.”
As we move into 2025, many of us are struggling to find ways to “stand tall” amidst the external chaos. In response, WPKN has called upon our community of artists to RISE UP AND CREATE! —  twelve-inch album covers – real or imagined – in any medium, inspired by the theme: “Anthems of Hope and Resistance: SING LOUD and SING PROUD.”
This benefit exhibition is like an art show and record fair combined.
Join us for the grand opening as we unveil this inspiring exhibition – 6 PM, Friday, January 24 – which will run through mid-February.
All proceeds support WPKN, sustaining the independent music and voices you love.
WPKN & Bethel Arts presents
The Aaron Goldberg Jazz Trio
Saturday February 8th –Â at 7 PM
Veronica Hagman Concert Hall at Western Connecticut State University, Danbury CT
This concert features John Patitucci on bass and Al Foster on drums. Aaron Goldberg has released six studio albums and performed worldwide with musicians including Joshua Redman, Wynton Marsalis, Ron Carter, and Guillermo Klein.
WPKN Presents: RUFUS WAINWRIGHT
Going To a Town Solo Tour 2025
Friday March 7th – District Music Hall, Norwalk CT
Doors 7pm – Show 8pm
See one of the world’s most celebrated and renowned singer-songwriters! WPKN Presents: Rufus Wainwright Going to a Town Solo Tour at District Music Hall in Norwalk, Friday, March 7, 2025 with doors at 7pm and the show at 8pm in partnership with Premier Concerts and Manic Presents. The New York-born, Montreal-raised singer-songwriter has released ten studio albums to date, three DVDs, and three live albums collaborating with the likes of Joni Mitchell, Brandi Carlisle, Anohni and more. WPKN continues a Wainwright tradition as many of you may remember Louden Wainwright’s (father to Rufus) benefit concert on Long Island a few years back!
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