Archive for January, 2010

Between The Lines – Jan 20 and Jan 24

Wednesday, January 20th, 2010

Between The Lines is heard Wednesdays at 12 Noon and Sundays at 5pm.

The week’s most under-reported news stories is followed by these interviews:

Scott Harris talks with Brian Concannon, of the Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti, who talks about the scope of the earthquake’s destruction in Haiti, delays in the distribution of aid and the task of rebuilding the nation after the crisis.

Melinda Tuhus talks with Richard Dieter, executive director of the Death Penalty Information Center, about the Law Institute’s withdrawal of support for its own capital punishment guidelines and what this could mean for efforts to abolish the death penalty in the U.S.

Scott Harris talks with Brian Miller, of United for a Fair Economy, who discusses his group’s recent report on racial disparity in the current economic crisis, titled “State of the Dream 2010: Drained

Between The Lines is archived and background information can be found at www.btlonline.org

Tuesday on WPKN

Tuesday, January 19th, 2010

White Rose Political Calendar

Saturday Jan 30: Concert for Haiti Relief at Fairfield Theater Co.

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Today’s Schedule:

6:00 am WPKN Mornings with  Jeep Ward:  hip-hop plus news, traffic, weather

9:00 am Johnny Be Good: John Corvino . jazz, etc

12:00 noon  Counterspin: review of the media from Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR)

12:30 pm Grit Radio: Laura Flanders

1:00 pm Jazz Adventures: Phil Bowler 

4:00 pm Radio Something: Valerie Richardson

5:55 pm Headline News from Free Speech Radio News

7:00 pm  Jeff Wignall

Jeff plays an eclectic mix of interesting music and in-depth interviews: blues, jazz, soul and lots of Van Morrison. Guests include writers, storytellers, actors, artists, photographers and musicians.

10:00 pm Democracy Now! Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez with in-depth news, interviews

11:00 pm Free Speech Radio News - from reporters around the nation and the world

11:30 pm Jeep Ward filling in for

Another Girl, Another Planet: Simon Hunter

3:00 am Six Feet Deep: Jeep Ward behind the board with hip-hop


Martin Luther King Jr. Day on WPKN

Monday, January 18th, 2010

Special Programming from 9 am to 7 pm

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Band Together Concert for Haiti Relief in Fairfield Jan 30

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Today’s Schedule:

6:00 am WPKN Mornings with Chris Teskey: music, news, community events

9:00 am to 7pm Observing  Martin Luther King Jr. Day

Today on Martin Luther King Day Service For Peace will lead hundreds of local volunteers as part of a nationwide initiative designed to celebrate Dr. King’s legacy of public service. Volunteers are asked to report at 8:30 AM at the Student Center at the University of Bridgeport for opening ceremonies. Free T-shirts will be distributed. Volunteers will then participate in various community service projects. A FREE Indoor Carnival called The Field of Hope will be held at the Wheeler Center at UB from 11:00 AM to 3:00 PM.

WPKN will be broadcasting from the event along with presenting special programming on Martin Luther King Jr. from 9:00am until 7:00pm.

7 pm: Patrick O’Sullivan with Jazz Variations

8 pm Counterpoint- details here with Scott Harris

interviews on Haiti earthquake and other topics

10 pm Democracy Now! with Amy Goodman

11 pm Free Speech Radio News

11:30 pm Chris Ferrio or Eric Cocks

Counterpoint for January 18

Monday, January 18th, 2010

Counterpoint, hosted by Scott Harris, is normally heard every Monday  between 8:00 and 10:00 pm

Tonight’s guests:

1) Haitian Disaster Relief: Brian Concannon, Director of the Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti, and co-manager of the Bureau des Avocats Internationaux in Haiti since 1996. He assesses the humanitarian relief operation in Haiti, the long term project to rebuild the country and the obstacles that have plagued the impoverished nation’s development over the last 200 years.

2) Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. Day Special Report: Brian Miller, Executive Director of United for a Fair Economy, discusses his group’s report, “The State of the Dream 2010 Drained: Jobless and Foreclosed; Pulling the Plug in Communities of Color,” which tells the story of the Great Recession and the racial wealth gap that continues to persist in America.

3) U.S. Economic Crisis: Thomas Ferguson, professor of political science at the University of Massachusetts, Boston and author of “Golden Rule: The Investment Theory of Party Competition and the Logic of Money-Driven Political Systems” He assesses the work of the Congressionally appointed Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission and the goal of holding accountable the banks and Wall Street firms that triggered the economic meltdown.

4) Haitian Disaster Relief: Marie St. Cyr, board member of the international women’s human rights organization MADRE – and a longtime NYC-based Haitian human rights advocate talks about the most effective ways people in the U.S. can assist the survivors of the deadly Haitian earthquake.

Counterpoint programs are archived at WhiteRoseSociety.org

Some segments of Counterpoint are edited for re-broadcast on the syndicated Between The Lines radio newsmagazine. Visit their web site at http://www.btlonline.org for free subscriptions to mp3 – podcast audio files, program summaries and interview transcripts.

Sunday on WPKN

Sunday, January 17th, 2010

Celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day Jan 18 on WPKN from 9am-7pm

Saturday Jan 30: Concert for Haiti Relief at Fairfield Theater Co.

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Today’s Schedule:

note: Sunday morning programming may be changed in response to the local Haitian community’s need for information and in order to direct our attention to relief efforts for Haiti.

5:00 am  Radio Advance: Haitian language

7:00 am Black Introspectives with Eric Ford

10:00 am Morning Maniac Music: Dave Golden

1:30 p.m. Live from the Pequot Library: Mark Naftalin and friends

3:00 pm La Esquina Latina: Luis with latin bands

5:00 pm Between The Lines: News and interviews not heard on the corporate media

5:30 pm Amazon Radio: Pam Smith with female vocalists

7:00 pm Antique Blues: Bill Nolan

Bring the best in old blues, country blues, swamp blues, Chicago blues, urban blues…and more blues.    Occasional “LIVE” blues, too.

10:00 pm  Dave “Casey Jones” Schwartz

12:00 am   Paralelo Zero -Radio Brazil: K.C. Vaz

2:00 am   Bob D’Aprile – in free form mode

music of original bands and performers from the past and present who have Connecticut connections.

Concert for Haiti January 30 Fairfield Theater Co.

Sunday, January 17th, 2010

WPKN’s friends at Band Together are putting on a Concert for Haiti January 30th at Fairfield Theatre Company.  Doors open at 7pm. Tickets are $20 and benefit the Red Cross.

Saturday on WPKN

Saturday, January 16th, 2010

Celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day Jan 18 on WPKN from 9am-7pm

Today at 8pm: WPKN Benefit, Stephen Talkhouse. Amagansett NY

The Thunder Bird Sisters, Caroline Doctorow, Mick Hargreaves

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Today’s Schedule:

6:00 am  The Carousel: Dave Z for the kids

9:00 am Car Bob Show: Bob Costanzo and Diesel Doug

Call in with your questions about car and transportation issues 203-336-9756

11:00 am Barricada: John Lugo and friends

en español – airs radical political discussion with explorations of all types of Latino music, especially Latin rock and nueva trova.

1:00 pm  Live from the Pequot Library: Music with Mark Naftalin and friends – details here

3:00 pm approx.  University of Bridgeport Basketball: from Downling College, Oakdale NY.

7:00 pm Jeff Day

10:00 pm Mikki’s Room

African-American and Native American culture, with history, poetry, what’s been and what could be. Always connecting with those behind the walls (in regional prisons), and scaling our personal walls, too.

2:00 am Tom Poplawski – Radio Free Arcadia

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Mark Naftalin & Friends – Live Saturday, Sunday

Saturday, January 16th, 2010

On Saturday Jan 16 and Sunday Jan 17

tune in for a concert from the Pequot Library, Southport, CT.

Saturday 1PM to 3PM (When UB Basketball starts)

Sunday  1:30 to 3PM

FREE TO PUBLIC   During the Library’s  WINTER BOOK SALE

Mark Naftalin & Friends

featuring

Chance Brown (vocals, guitar, harmonica)
Paul Gabriel (vocals, guitar)
Daniel J (vocals, guitar, harmonica)
Mark Naftalin, piano
Arno Hecht, saxophone
Bill Bileca (upright bass)
Barry Urich (drums)


Friday on WPKN

Friday, January 15th, 2010

Celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day

Jan 18 on WPKN from 9am-7pm

Thunder Bird Sisters, Caroline Doctorow, Mick Hargreaves

WPKN Benefit Jan 16 8pm StephenTalkhouse Amagansett NY

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Today’s Schedule:

6:00 am WPKN Mornings with Doug Echols

music, news, community information

9:00 am  Zanj Radio with Samba

12:00 pm  First Voices Indigenous Radio: Tiokasin Ghosthorse

1:00 pm  Radio Base Camp: Steve Di Costanzo and Eric Cocks

4:00 pm On the Horizon: Mike Horyczyn

5:55 pm Headline News from Free Speech Radio News

7:00 pm Ray Terlaga: Music, Skies of Bridgeport, AIDS Update

8:30 pm Kathy De Mino:

At last, Friday. Need to chill. Female vocalists and male guitarists receive special attention. And looks do count

10:00 pm Democracy Now! Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez with in-depth news, interviews

11:00 pm Free Speech Radio News - from reporters around the nation and the world

11:30 am Friday Night Fish Fry: Eric Ford

2:00 am  Off Beat: Rich Kaminski

Wednesday on WPKN

Wednesday, January 13th, 2010

Celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day

Jan 18 on WPKN from 9am-7pm

Thunder Bird Sisters, Caroline Doctorow, Mick Hargreaves

WPKN Benefit Jan 16 8pm StephenTalkhouse Amagansett NY

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Subscribe to WPKN’s Weekly Email Newsletter here


Today’s Schedule:

6:00 am WPKN Mornings with Ebong Udoma

news, community information, music from Africa, etc

9:00 am Mirror Ya Vibes: I Messiah with reggae

12:00 noon  Between the Lines: host Scott Harris

This week’s under-reported news stories and interviews you won’t hear on corporate media. Details here

12:30 pm Tidings from Hazel Kahan:

What makes an activist? What makes them different from you and me? Why did they go while we stayed at home? Hazel talks with activists from Long Island to Palestine.

1:00 pm American Popular Song: Malcolm C. Dankner

4:00 pm Music Sacred and Profane: Nick Jacobs

5:55 pm Headline News from Free Speech Radio News

7:00 pm University of Bridgeport Basketball: from C.W.Post College, Brookville, NY

10:00 pm Democracy Now! Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez with in-depth news, interviews

11:00 pm Free Speech Radio News - from reporters around the nation and the world

11:30 pm Soul Talk: Conscious

3:00 am Bruce Miller or Isidu: music for insomniacs