The Relay

2020-05-23T20:32:52-04:00

The Relay with Jason Bischoff-Wurstle. Open a window and stay up late. There’s a lot of vinyl goodness heading your way on The Relay, 11 PM – 2 AM, the 2nd Tuesday, on the month. Jason Bischoff-Wurstle hosts The Relay. He is a museum director and is on the Board of Directors of The New Haven Preservation Trust. Learn More Listen on Soundcloud

Radio Free Arcadia

2020-05-01T13:41:28-04:00

Radio Free Arcadia with Tom Poplawski is a melange of sounds for the head. Psychedelic and progressive rock from everywhere, anytime. Grateful Dead, Ozric Tentacles, Krautrock. Comedy and spoken word– since 1996. Tom Poplawski hosts Radio Free Arcadia at WPKN Learn More Listen on Soundcloud

Off-Beat!

2021-04-16T08:48:18-04:00

Off-Beat! with Rich Kaminsky airs Saturdays, 2 a.m. – 6 a.m. Off-Beat is a late-night celebration of the best in underground and international rock, pop, punk and more. The weekly Off-Beat New Music Review examines and exposes the latest releases, followed by the Off-Beat Spotlight Artist of the Overnight, where the discographic history of transcendent artists are mined for gold. Rich has been on the airwaves at WPKN for nearly 30 years. Learn More

Shut Up & Listen

2022-12-29T19:48:57-05:00

Shut Up & Listen with Mystery Girl & DJ Enigma is a music/talk show featuring interviews with artists, entertainers, creatives, and entrepreneurs, plus highlights of the latest events and happenings in music and entertainment. The show’s #MysteryMix playlist segment puts a spotlight on music from independent, up-and-coming artists. Based in Connecticut, the show has a heavy focus on the Tri-State area. Who do we interview? If you’re making waves in the music & entertainment industry, let’s talk! (singers, songwriters, musicians, DJs, producers, rappers, entertainers, comedians, actors, etc.) If you’re doing something outside of that realm, the mic is on for that too. If you have something interesting to share ...

First Tuesday Rainy Day Radio

2021-09-04T17:25:59-04:00

First Tuesday Rainy Day Radio with Richard Hill celebrates Jazz, Latin, African and Caribbean folkloric and pop, R&B, and Funk; as well as his obsession with public affairs. My life is divided between directing the band, doing radio at WPKN, teaching music and dance (Swing and Salsa), and teaching and hosting youth radio programming. Learn More Listen on Soundcloud

Sugar Magnolia Radio

2020-10-31T11:37:19-04:00

Sugar Magnolia Radio with Kyle M. Starkey brings listeners a mix of blues, classic rock, country, folk, gospel, world, jazz, oldies, reggae, soul & funk, singer-songwriter, and the Grateful Dead, of course. Airs on the second and fifth Thursday of the month, 4 p.m. – 7 p.m. My passions are music, food, flowers and gardening, dance, golf, bicycling, reading, volunteering, live entertainment, and the arts. Favorite band is the Grateful Dead but inspired by all genres. I have been doing radio at WPKN since 2010 and love being around creative intellectuals who are passionate and supportive of community radio and non-for-profits. Learn More ...

Almost Perfect Isolation

2022-03-21T21:31:23-04:00

Almost Perfect Isolation with Art Venable plays music from nearly all realms of the imagination that I enjoy, and I hope you do too. Listen to my show every 2nd, 4th, and 5th Friday mornings from 2:30am until 6am, and the first Tuesday of the month at 11:30pm until 2:30am at 89.5FM My earliest memory of music: Driving along a deserted stretch of country road with my Uncle Jeff, sometime in the mid-80's. He was going on and on about how he had modified the rear speakers in his 1972 BMW Bavara with sand buckets from the McDonald's Happy Meal to "enhance the bass"... Learn More ...

The WPKN Annual Kinks Special

2020-06-10T13:11:43-04:00

The WPKN Annual Kinks Special with host Jeff Day Jeff Day hosts Esoterica Et Cetera and the Kinks Special. He is a musician and has played in Scottish pipe bands, avant rock, psyche/prog, and free improv ensembles. He lives in Pediddleville, CT, and works for a big corporation that you hate. Learn More

In the Domain

2021-09-04T17:29:47-04:00

In the Domain with ICON airs occasionally on Saturday afternoons from 4 PM to 7 PM. Formatted with the first hour of Vintage Reggae, Ska and Rock Steady from the '60s and '70s. Anything is possible thereafter -- World, Jazz, Blues, R&B, Country, Conscious and Dancehall Reggae, Social Commentaries, Soca, Pan, Spoken Word and Interviews - basically anything worth listening. The show usually ends with a "REV-ED UP" wake up. Icon produces The Soca Showcase 8 PM to 10 PM on the 1st Saturday of the month and In The Domain occasionally on Saturday afternoons from 4 PM to 7 PM. Both shows present music and ...

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