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WPKN Featured in CTPost
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The upcoming WPKN move to Bijou Square in downtown Bridgeport is a big deal for the station and a big deal for the downtown, too. We think the energy of the ...
WPKN Participates in Giving Day
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For Further Information, Richard Epstein, 203-858-9638 WPKN is participating in the Fairfield County Giving Day, which takes place this coming Thursday, February 25, 2021. We have participated in this event before, ...
WPKN’s Own Chris Frantz Presents the Lockdown Festival March 13
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For Further Information, Jim Motavalli, 203-610-0549 Chris Frantz, drummer for Talking Heads and Tom Tom Club and a WPKN disc jockey for a decade, is presenting a virtual day of music, The ...
WPKN Thanks 2020 Donors
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For Further Information, Lisa Sahulka, 203-331-9756 As a 501(c)3 listener-supported community radio station, WPKN routinely turns to our listener base for financial contributions to help keep the station operating, and 2020 ...
WPKN Launches $300,000 Fundraising Campaign for Historic Move
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For Further Information, Jim Motavalli, 203-610-0549 After staying put for more than five decades in the Student Center at the University of Bridgeport (since 1965), listener-supported WPKN Radio (89.5 FM) is ...
Listener-Supported WPKN to Move to Bridgeport’s Newly Vibrant Downtown
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For Further Information, Jim Motavalli, 203-610-0549 After 57 years broadcasting from studios at the University of Bridgeport, listener-supported, non-commercial WPKN (89.5 FM) is making its very first move to new premises—and ...
Save the date! LennonMcCartney fundraiser Sept 28 and 29
Save the Date: LennonMcCartney Come Together September 28 & 29 for a WPKN Fundraiser Be prepared to be glued to your radio! Join us for LennonMcCartney, September 28/29 from 7 am -10 pm. This special ...
WPKN Receives $5,000 Grant from Newman’s Own Foundation
Funding Will Support Independent Community Radio Broadcast Bridgeport, CT – WPKN has been awarded a $5,000 grant from Newman’s Own Foundation, the independent foundation created by the late actor and philanthropist, Paul Newman. The ...
Popular, Free to the Public Jazz Concert Series Kicks Off July 31 Through August 28
The Fairfield Museum is thrilled to announce the return of its popular summer concert series, Jazz Fridays! Free performances will be held every Friday from July 31 through August 28 from 6:30 pm to ...
WPKN leverages volunteers, and Brand4Market, for website design
WPKN Website Design Highlights Programmers Bridgeport, CT – WPKN is excited to announce the launch of the new WPKN.org website design. Revamping the website is a major, preliminary step that is part of planned ...
WPKN Coronavirus (COVID-19) Information
The best clearinghouse for all scientific and medical information about the coronavirus is through The Centers for Disease Control. The CDC website is at www.cdc.gov/coronavirus Connecticut’s COVID-19 website is at gov/coronavirus. This site includes medical information, public health resources, ...
WPKN’s Music Mash 20-Record Fair is March 7
The independent, non-profit community station WPKN 89.5-FM is hosting Music Mash 20-Record Fair at Read’s Artspace in Bridgeport March 7, with station programmers DJ’ing live sets. Learn more
Broad Casting
Kathy Leonard Czepiel of The Daily Nutmeg explores the sights and sounds and people of WPKN. Learn more
Four Decades of Radical Radio: an Interview With WPKN’s Scott Harris
Four Decades of Radical Radio: an Interview With WPKN’s Scott Harris by ANDY PIASCIK on COUNTERPUNCH Scott Harris has been hosting a show at WPKN, Bridgeport’s independent, alternative radio station, for a remarkable 42 years. ...