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.
Big Chief Donald Harrison Jr’s QUANTUM LEAP FESTIVAL
Friday 9/13 through Sunday 9/15 – Borghese Vineyard 17150 Middle Road Cutchogue, NY 11935
Funk, blues, jazz, hip-hop, zydeco, swampadelic guitar – the music and culture of New Orleans hits Long Island wine country.
WPKN partners on this festival featuring a staggering lineup of New Orleans greats including Fred Wesley of the JBs,
Sonny Landreth, Preservation Hall Legacy Band, Cyril Neville, CJ Chenier & The Red Hot Louisiana Band and so many more.
Could this be NOLA JazzFest east in years to come?
WPKN Presents The Psychedelic Furs & The Jesus and Mary Chain in concert at College Street Music Hall in New Haven
Tuesday, October 1st at 7PM – in partnership with Premier Concerts & Manic Presents
Two influential post-punk bands celebrate 40 years in rock ‘n’ roll with support from the modern art-pop music of Frankie Rose.
WPKN On-Air Program Schedule
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WPKN Special Ways to Donate – WPKN is a 501(c)(3) non-profit
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