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.
WPKN PRESENTS: RUFUS WAINWRIGHT
GOING TO A TOWN SOLO TOUR 2025
Friday March 7th – District Music Hall Norwalk CT
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!
WPKN PRESENTS: The LeeVees
Adam (Guster) & Dave (Zambonis) present a HANUKKAH PARTY FOR ALL!
Thursday December 12th – Fairfield Theater Company in The Warehouse Doors – 7pm
Adam Gardner (GUSTER) and Dave Schneider (THE ZAMBONIS) joined forces in 2005 and started a band called The LeeVees. They wrote four songs about Hanukkah and were quickly signed to a record deal. “Channukah Rocks” was released on Warner Bros/Reprise Records and so began the amazing journey of The LeeVees. Creator of NPR’s Tiny Desk Concert Bob Boilen declared the release as “the best holiday record of the decade without question”.
Coming soon! December 2024 a one hour long PBS Hanukkah Special will feature interviews with Adam and Dave, exclusive live performances and features five LeeVees tunes.
The band has toured extensively with The Barenaked Ladies, Matisyahu and Guster. They performed with The Boston Pops at Symphony Hall as well as doing plenty of tours of their own. Several LeeVees songs have been featured on “Grey’s Anatomy” and on Family Guy offshoot “The Cleveland Show”.
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.
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