1st Monday
12 AM: Paralelo Zero-Radio Brazil: K C Vaz
2 AM: The A List: Sam Hopkins
6 AM: Alternative Radio: David Barsamian
7 AM: Mark Mushin
9 AM: Johnny Be Good: John Corvino
12 Noon: Report To Listener: General Manager Steve di Costanzo
Steve di Costanzo, GM of WPKN-FM reviews some internal issues here at the station: Bob Marley Marathon this Thursday and Friday; next week’s “All that Jazz” 72 hours of Jazz… including the Monday night screening of the movie “Jazz on a Summer’s Day” that profiles the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival. Also, a review of our WPKN AUTO CLUB program and our IMPACT event on February 22 “Imagine Mixing Percussive Artforms CT” at the Arcade in Bridgeport. 12:15 to 12:25: Patty Calabrese, Special Events Coordinator for Sterling House in Stratford, CT. This non-profit has their annual gala on February 15 at the Downtown Cabaret Theatre – this year’s theme MOTOWN featuring BAND TOGETHER. 12:30-12:40: Kathryn Simos, coordinator of the 7th Annual Long Island WINTERFEST: Live on the Vine festival from February 8 – March 16 on the East End of Long Island. 12:45-12:55: Stephen Grant, Communications Manager of The Arts Council of Greater New Haven
1 PM: Special Programming (fill-in for The Jazz Sound: Rick Petrone)
Rebroadcast of the Fairfield Museum’s “Rocking Top Ten” Panel discussion recorded LIVE by WPKN on January 16 featuring: Chris Frantz & Tina Weymouth (Talking Heads & Tom Tom Club); Jose Feliciano; Nile Rogers (Chic-Daft Punk); Chip Damiani (The Remains).
4 PM: Pete Stewart
6:55 PM: WPKN Local News – from CTNewsJunkie.com, EastEndBeacon.com, RiverheadLocal.com and Long Island Patch sites
7 PM: Feature Story News
7:30 PM: This Way Out: The International Lesbian & Gay Radio Magazine
8 PM: Counterpoint: Scott Harris
Featured Guests:
- Erich Pica, President of Friends of the Earth discusses the U.S. State Dept.’s just-released Environmental Impact Statement on the Keystone XL pipeline project, the response by environmental activist groups which oppose construction of the pipeline — and the frustratingly few public policy initiatives to effectively address climate change in the U.S. and around the world.
- Joel Berg, author of the book, All You Can Eat: How Hungry is America? who currently serves as executive director of the New York City Coalition Against Hunger. He discusses the recent Congressional agreement in the federal Farm Bill to cut $8 billion in funding for SNAP, the food stamp program over the next decade — while increasing subsidies for big agribusiness companies. He’ll also address the broader public policy debate on addressing hunger in America and growing poverty.
- Norman Solomon, a former California congressional candidate, co-founder of RootsAction.org and author of War Made Easy, How Presidents and Pundits Keep Spinning us to Death. He talks about his recent article, “The State of Phony Populism,” which examines the failure of President Obama to honestly and effectively address the causes and antidote to long running economic inequality and the redistribution of wealth from the poor and middle class to the wealthiest one percent over the last several decades.
- A tribute to the late Pete Seeger, one of the world’s best-known folk-singers, song writers and social activists. We’ll air an interview with Pete Seeger conducted by Counterpoint – Between The Lines producer Scott Harris recorded on June 5, 1994 at the annual People’s Music Network Retreat in Pine Bush, New York. Seeger talks about music, democracy, capitalism, threats to the environment, the future of the human race and his Clearwater project.
10 PM: Writer’s Voice: Francesca Rheannon
Ann Patchett talks about her collection of essays, This Is the Story of a Happy Marriage. Then we re-air our 2012 interview with Patchett’s mother Jeanne Ray “also a writer” about her novel, Calling Invisible Women.
11 PM: Sonic Spectrum: Chris Ferrio
2 AM (Tuesday): Luis Luna
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