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.
RISE UP AND CREATE!
We invite you to design a twelve-inch album cover 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 is calling on its community of artists to RISE UP AND CREATE!
We invite you to design a twelve-inch album cover – 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.
To participate, sign up by Sunday, January 7. Completed works must be delivered during the weekend of January 11–12.
Join us for the grand opening on Friday, January 17, as we unveil this inspiring exhibition, which will run through mid-February.
All proceeds support WPKN, sustaining the independent music and voices you love.
Sign up to submit your artwork by clicking the link below.
GOV’T MULE
New Year’s Eve Run 2024
Saturday December 28th – College Street Music Hall, New Haven CT
Doors 7pm – Show 8pm
When Gov’t Mule’s GRAMMY-nominated Heavy Load Blues was released in late 2021, few who heard the album could have sensed that it was merely one part of a two-album project from guitarist/vocalist Warren Haynes and his band mates, drummer Matt Abts & keyboardist Danny Louis. While Heavy Load Blues was designed as a live-in-the-studio project exploring the blues idiom, in the midst of that creative rush, Haynes found himself with a bumper crop of new material that ventured outside of the blues genre. The result is Mule’s 12th studio album, the sparkling Peace…Like a River (Fantasy), out now. This event is Fully Reserved Seated on the Floor with General Admission Standing Room Only in the Back, and Reserved Seated in the Balcony.
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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