Archive for March, 2010

Monday on WPKN

Monday, March 22nd, 2010

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Today’s Schedule:

6:00 am WPKN Mornings with Annette Szczesiul: music, news, community events

9:00 am DJ Bobby Mondavi

12:00 noon Progressive Radio Interviews by Matt Rothchild, editor of The Progressive Magazine

12:30 pm This Way Out: news by/from the Gay community

1:00 pm Kimberly Massengill

New stuff from dead folks, some concert reviews, and a tribute to Jazz pianist Claude Sifferlen.

4:00 pm Pete Stewart:

Various shades of Blues, Folk, R&B, Newgrass, Rock, Country, Jazz and a little World. New stuff and artifacts from our collective past. It’s all about the music and connections between the songs.

Till 7pm with a break for:

5:55 pm Headline News from Free Speech Radio News (full report at 11 pm)

7:00 pm Jazz Variations: Patrick O’Sullivan with regional news and all that jazz.

8:00 pm Counterpoint: Scott Harris

Interviews you won’t find on the corporate media: details here

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 Radio Base Camp-late night: Steve Di Costanzo

A musical tribute to the late Alex Chilton (Box Tops, Big Star and solo) who passed away late last week at age 59.  A hugely influential musician, Chilton was set to perform with Big Star this past weekend at SXSW in Austin as well as be the focus of a symposium on his music.

3:00 am Insomnia: ‘ICON’ is our host

Sunday on WPKN

Sunday, March 21st, 2010

Sundays at Six Debuts:  March 21 6-8pm at the Acoustic Cafe

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Today’s Schedule:

5:00 am Radio Advance: Haitian language

7:00 am Integrative Wellness: Maud Joseph, Ameni Harris, Dr. Z

10:00 am Morning Maniac Music: Dave Golden

1:00 p.m. Sunday Brunch Concert: live concert

2:00 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

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 Connecticut Rocks! with Bob  D

Women in Music: Saturday on WPKN

Saturday, March 20th, 2010

Sundays at Six Debuts:  March 21 6-8pm at the Acoustic Cafe

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Today is the last day of the Women in Music Fundraising week.

Help keep independent community radio on the air.

Call the pledge line at 203 – 384 – 9756 or visit the WPKN Store.

Phone help is  needed: call WPKN’s office at 203-331-9756

Today’s Schedule:

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

9:00 am Women in Music:  with host Collette and Bill O’Grady

11:00 am  Women in Music continues with host John Lugo

1:00 pm  Deb Guhl takes the helm with more women in music

4:00 pm Annette Szczesiul winds up WPKN’s Women in Music week.

7:00 pm  phones will be open for a while but you can always pledge on line … thanks for supporting WPKN Radio

and now for something completely different:

7:00 pm Esoterica et cetera: Jeff Day

Am I still in this world? Sometimes “It’s A Crapshoot.” Lots of interesting music — avant garde, jazz, whacko, progressive, psychedelic, bagpipes and other drones, sometimes all at once! Annual Kinks special each spring. Everything is part of the “Big Note.”

10:00 pm Mikki’s Room

A room full of 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 Radio Free Arcadia: Tom Poplawski

An eclectic, unexpected mix of sounds and ideas. Space Rock. Kraut Rock. Prog Rock. Grateful Dead. Gong specials & Ozric Tentacles. It’s cosmic, heh heh. Contact: free_arcadia@hotmail.com

Friday on WPKN: Women in Music

Friday, March 19th, 2010

Sundays at Six Debuts:  March 21 6-8pm at the Acoustic Cafe

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Help keep independent community radio on the air.

Call the pledge line at 203 – 384 – 9756 or visit the WPKN Store.

Phone help is needed until Saturday March 20 – call WPKN’s office at 203-331-9756

Today’s Schedule:

6:00 am WPKN Morning with Doug Echols: community information, news, music

9:00 am Dave-O – expect Women in Reggae

12:30 pm Steve Di Costanzo:

Special show focused on Soul Diva’s, Women Funksters, Rockers, Punkers, Garagers and Strummers…. Like Dusty in Memphis, Aretha in ’69, Nina in the 60’s, The Ladies of James Brown, Janis and Grace and a few surprise Radio Base Campers as well.

4:00 pm Mike Zeeto

7:00 pm Kathy Demino

10:00 pm Democracy Now! Amy Goodman – independent news hour

11:00 pm Free speech Radio News: from around the world

11:30 Friday Night Fish-Fry: Eric Ford

3:00 am Up Beat: Rich Kominski says goodbye for a while

Sundays at Six Debuts with the Tall Pines

Friday, March 19th, 2010

WPKN kicks off a new series of monthly Sunday early evening concerts at The Acoustic Cafe from 6 to 8 pm on March 21. It’s “Live Music for those who gotta work Monday morning”

Admission price benefits WPKN.

The debut event in this new series features The Tall Pines, comprised of the singer-songwriting team of Connie Petruk & Christmas Davis. Admission is $15 and tix can be bought at the Acoustic Cafe box office or at Brownpapertickets.com

Thursday on WPKN: Women in Music Marathon

Thursday, March 18th, 2010

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Help keep independent community radio on the air.

Call the pledge line at 203 – 384 – 9756 or visit the WPKN Store.

Phone help is needed until Saturday March 20 – call WPKN’s office at 203-331-9756

Today’s Schedule:

6 am WPKN Morning: Tom Poplawski sitting in for Cliff Furnald and inviting you to join us in supporting WPKN community radio.   Totally listener sponsored – that’s us baby!

9 am Binnie Klein Show

12:30 pm All Mixed Up: Peter Bochan at it again

4:00 pm Bob Balogh just in from Backfish Mass and asking you to help keep him on the air .. call 203-384-9756

7:00 pm Blues Bob and Al Bell with women in the blues

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 Eric Ford

3:00 am Lounge Sounds: Jose Colon

Women in Music: St Patrick’s Day on WPKN

Wednesday, March 17th, 2010

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Help keep independent community radio on the air.

Call the pledge line at 203 – 384 – 9756.

Phone help is needed until Saturday March 20 – call WPKN’s office at 203-331-9756

Today’s Schedule:

6 am African Women in Music with Ebong Udoma

9 am  Women in Music: Reggae with I Messiah

12:30 pm Women in Music: Carl J Frano .. back to the 60s

4:00 pm More women in music with Richard Epstein

5:55 pm break for Headline news from Free Speech Radio News

7:00 pm Chris Teskey and women in blue grass

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


Women in Music Week: Tuesday on WPKN

Tuesday, March 16th, 2010

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Help keep independent community radio on the air.

Call the pledge line at 203 – 384 – 9756.

Phone help is needed until Saturday March 20 – call WPKN’s office at 203-331-9756

Today’s Schedule:

6:00 am  Jeep Ward behind the board with Alyssa B asking you to phone your support to keep the lights on.

9:00 am The marathon continues with Johnny Be Good

12:30 pm Phil Bowler with women in jazz

4:00 pm Valerie Richardson (with something good):

Val says “I’ll be doing a show focusing work of Joni Mitchell. My cohost will be Michael Benson for part of the show. At 6:00 p.m., I’ll be speaking with Michelle Mercer, author of Will You Take Me As I Am: Joni Mitchell’s Blue Period.”

break at 5:55 pm for Headline News from Free Speech Radio News

7:00 pm Rich Gelfand and Johnny Rizzo – something else!

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 Another Girl, Another Planet: Simon Hunter

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

Monday on WPKN: Women in Music

Monday, March 15th, 2010

WPKN’s Spring Fundraising
Drive
March 13th – 20th

Women in Music Week

Much of the music you will hear today is available at the WPKN Store.  Help Support WPKN Radio and pick up some great sounds!

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HELP NEEDED:

We need PHONE VOLUNTEERS this week … call 203-331-9756

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To support WPKN call the pledge line at 203-384-9756

or go on line to the WPKN Store

Today’s Schedule:

6:00 am Our Morning Host is Chris Teskey

9:00 am  DJ Bobby Mondavi at the controls – keep those calls coming

12:30 pm Mike Benson spins ‘em

4:00 pm Pete Stewart

7:00 pm Jazz Variations with Patrick O’Sullivan

7:55 pm  White Rose Political Calendar – click here for details

8:00 pm Counterpoint with Scott Harris

10:00 pm  Democracy Now! with Amy Goodman

11:00 pm  Free Speech Radio News

11:30 pm Chris Ferrio

3:00 am Insomnia with ICON


Women in Music: Sunday on WPKN

Sunday, March 14th, 2010

WPKN’s Spring Fundraising
Drive
March 13th – 20th

Women in Music Week

Much of the music you will hear today is available at the WPKN Store.  Help Support WPKN Radio and pick up some great sounds!

Call the pledge line at 203-384-9756 or go on line

Today’s Schedule:

5:00 am Radio Advance: Haitian language

7:00 am Integrative Wellness: Maud Joseph, Ameni Harris, Dr. Z

10:00 am Women in Music – Dave Golden host

2:00 pm  Women in Music with Luis Pomales  

5:00 pm Women in Music – Pam Smith and Doug Echols

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 Connecticut Rocks: Bob D’Aprile