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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.

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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. 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”.

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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!

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