FEB. 17: THU

2 – 6am, Kevin Patrick, So Many Records So Little Time will exclusively feature music from the black-owned and black artist-centric labels of the ’50s, ’60s and ’70s, including Vee Jay, Stax, Sugarhill, Chess, Loma, Excello, Okeh, Verve, Sue, Fire/Fury and Prestige. Listener requests are welcome. Send along your music suggestions please: [email protected]

10am – 12pm, Joseph Celli: My Other Music (MOM) interviews Jeff Baldwin of Mega Bass Prod about the upcoming Funk Night and musicians Reggie & Greg for the Deeper Than Skin Concert and finally Pastor Anthony Bennett from Mt. Aery Baptist Church.

11pm – 12am, Simon Hunter: Another Girl Another Planet: “Black, British and Proud” An eclectic exploration of the impact of Black British artists on popular culture, from Jimmy Cliff to Stormzy, via Two Tone, Rock Against Racism and the Guns of Brixton!

FEB. 18: FRI

12am – 2am, Simon Hunter: Another Girl Another Planet: “Black, British and Proud” An eclectic exploration of the impact of Black British artists on popular culture, from Jimmy Cliff to Stormzy, via Two Tone, Rock Against Racism and the Guns of Brixton!

9am – 12pm, Emma Speer: EMuse, Focus on Erykah Badu’s albums New Amerykah Part II (Return of the Ankh)

1 – 4pm, Howard Thompson: PURE, Black Beauty: All Black Female Soul/R&B/Funk Vocalists

10pm – 12am, Michelle Morgan: Love & Communication – presents black queer and female artists/black artists who play in genres outside of the usual blues/jazz/r&b

FEB. 19: SAT

12am – 2am, Michelle Morgan: Love & Communication – presents black queer and female artists/black artists who play in genres outside of the usual blues/jazz/r&b

7 – 9:30pm, WPKN & Mega Bass Prod. Present Black History Funk Night with What Up Funk Band, Le Mixx & Anthem Reggae Band, Bijou Theatre

FEB. 20: SUN

5:30 – 6pm, Mike Merli: Mic Check, Black History Guest

7:30 – 9:30pm, Voices Cafe & WPKN presents Deeper than the Skin Concert, Unitarian Church of Westport

FEB. 21: MON

2am – 6am, Sam Hopkins: On the anniversary of his assassination, The A-List celebrates Malcolm X featuring many of his most memorable speeches and music dedicated to his life.

7 – 9am, Mark Mushin: One Step Ahead of the Blues featuring black history of the blues

9am – 12pm, Johnny Be Good: Legends of African-American Music including Paul Robison, the Staple Singers, Big Mama Thornton, Louis Armstrong, Nina Simone, Billy Holiday, Ray Charles and many more.

12 – 1pm, Steve di Costanzo: GM Report to the Listeners, Interview with the Executive Director of the Mary & Elizabeth Freeman Center in Bridgeport and Board Chair Bernicestine McLeod Bailey

1 – 4pm, Rick Petrone: The Jazz Sound featuring the award-winning Tell My How Long Trane’s Been Gone (PT 3), a 5-hour audio documentary on the life, music and legacy of John Coltrane by producer Steve Rowland

4 – 8pm, Kevin Gallagher: Digging in the Dirt – Kevin’s guest is Leah Penniman, a Farmer and Co -Director and Program Manager of Soul Fire farm in upstate New York, and author of the new book “Farming While Black.” It’s a comprehensive “how-to” guide that is specifically aimed at African-heritage growers seeking healthy food independence and reclaiming their place in American Agriculture. Karen Washington, the founder of the Garden of Happiness in the Bronx and the national organization of Black Urban Growers, says, “‘Farming while Black’ encourages us to reach for the greatest and settle for nothing less. Know your history. Share and tell our stories. Pay respect and honor our elders. Pass on the gift of knowledge and fortitude to our youth. Find strength in family and community, but above all love one another, love the Earth, and be true to one’s self.”

8 – 10pm, Scott Harris: Counterpoint – Longtime Bridgeport resident Warren Cooper reflects on the many changes in Connecticut’s largest city over the past 50 years, with a focus on Bridgeport’s many challenges related to poverty, education, crime, racial injustice and opportunities for young people coming of age in the 21st century.

FEB. 22: TUE

7 – 9am, Steve DiCostanzo: Radio Base Camp – From Biloxi to Bijou Square – All vinyl blues show

1 – 4pm, Lisa Sahulka/Afternoon Jazz: Focus on the work of Black Women In Jazz

4 – 6pm, Valerie Richardson: Radio Something – Interview with Erin Riley, editor of “Chasing Me to My Grave: An Artist’s Memoir of the Jim Crow South,” by the late New Haven artist Winfred Rembert

6 – 6:30pm, East End Ink Special – Dr. Patricia Sullivan, professor of history and Afro-American Studies at the University of South Carolina, speaks about her book “Lift Every Voice: The NAACP and the Making of the Civil Rights Movement”. The book was published in 2009 by The New Press on the 100th anniversary of the founding of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Also we hear East Hampton architect Bill Chaleff reading Langston Hughes’ poem ‘Freedom’s Plow’ from 1943.

FEB. 23: WED

7 – 9am, Ebong Udoma Global Beat: Contemporary Music From Africa

9am – 12pm, I Messiah: Mirror Ya Vibes with Reggae

4 – 6:50pm, Harry Minot – Harry has invited three brilliant African American women to commandeer his program. They’ll say what they want and they’ll choose the music. Dr. Joy Cox is the author of “Fat Girls in Black Bodies” and the host of the podcast “Fresh Out the Cocoon.” Saucye West is a plus model, fat fashion influencer, and fat activist. Her #fightforinclusivity campaign challenges the plus industry to make clothing beyond 4X. Tigress Osborn is the Board Chair of the National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance (NAAFA). She has energized NAAFA toward greater inclusivity and activism. Harry will act as the facilitator for this good-time discussion on opposing anti-fat bigotry.

7:30 – 8pm, East End Ink: The annual read-in of Afro-American writers produced by Canios Cultural Cafe, Sag Harbor’s John Jermaine Library and the Eastville Historical Society.

FEB. 24: THU

10am – 12pm, Martha Willette Lewis: The Flux Capacitor – A high-octane dance party in celebration of Black History

1 – 4pm, BHM programming, TBA

8 – 11pm, Colette Rossignol – Blues for Bob and You: Focus on Black Blues artists, Muddy Waters, etc.

FEB. 25: FRI

9am – 12pm, Nikea Pierre-Louise: Zanj Radio, Focus on Haitian Culture

1 – 4pm, Night Nurse: Rockers Arena with Reggae

FEB. 26: SAT

12pm – 1 pm, What A Story with Ina Chadwick: THE BIG SHOT – A short play by Jim Gordon At two AM on bitter cold February morning, a Black man, on his way home from work finds a well-dressed, ailing older white man sitting on bench outside his family’s apartment in a mostly Black neighborhood. The older man rebuffs medical help. He has come to this bench to die. Then, A Dramatic Monologue of Mistaken Identity in the Segregated South When a little white girl is seen in Colored Town in the small Southern town where Lillian E. Smith grew up in the early 1900s, the concerned townsfolk pluck her out from the wrong environment and deliver her to a more appropriate household; Lillian Smith’s boisterous, and loving liberal, kind family. The little girl, Janie, takes to her new surroundings with some confusion, yet happily turning to Lillian’s sister-like affection. Writer/Actress Susan Jacobson crafted a monologue from Lillian Smith’s memoir. Smith wrote gently yet decisively of her privileged life in the late 1800s through the 1920s. Smith’s outspoken advocacy in support of the civil rights struggle made her a target for segregationists. In the winter of 1955, two young white boys burned down her house, destroying her correspondence, manuscripts, and works in progress.

1pm – 1am, Ebong Udoma, Sam Hopkins, Icon & Night Nurse, Amy Wachtel: A Celebration of Peter Tosh, Marathon Tribute to reggae great Peter Tosh with special guests including members of the Tosh family and reggae historians

FEB. 27: SUN

7 – 9am, Solidarity with Garnett Ankle: Culture from the Black Diaspora

9 – 10am, Garnett Ankle: What’s Your Point, A discussion of issues facing the black community

FEB. 28: MON

2am – 6am, Sam Hopkins: The final installment of The A-List’s Black History Month celebration, we will take a listen to voices from the Civil Rights Movement of the past and the present with the politically conscious music of Black Activist Artists.

7am – 9am,  Rob Silber: Rock Therapy “Music From Black Rock” – Great black musicians who have made some important contributions to Rock & Roll including Jimi Hendrix, Living Color, Bad Brains, Tom Morello and some of Rock’s founding fathers Chuck Berry, Little Richard and Bo Diddly.

9am – 12pm, Joseph Celli: My Other Music (MOM) celebrates Black History Month with speeches by Martin Luther King, interviews with writers Toni Morrison and James Baldwin, and spoken word artists Jayne Cortez and the Firespitters, Sonia Sanchez, and Amiri Baraka, and early jazz with Scott Joplin, Fats Waller, Fletcher Henderson, Louis Armstrong among others.

1 – 4pm, Rick Petrone: The Jazz Sound featuring the award-winning Tell My How Long Trane’s Been Gone (PT 4 & 5), a 5-hour audio documentary on the life, music and legacy of John Coltrane by producer Steve Rowland

4 – 7pm, Pete Stewart: Steam of Consciousness – Focus on Black Artists

8 – 10pm, Scott Harris: Counterpoint – Jeannette Huezo, Executive Director and Richard Lindayen, National Communications Director with the group United for a Fair Economy, talk about their 2022 “Color of Wealth Report and MLK’S Dream,” that documents the growing racial and economic divide in the U.S., which is the result of hundreds of years of laws, practices and policies created to sustain white supremacy and protect white wealth.