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Today’s Schedule:

6:00 am WPKN Mornings with Ebong Udoma:

music from Africa, community events and news from all over

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 talk you won’t hear on the corporate media:

ACLU attorney Melissa Goodman, who explains why her group is challenging President Obama’s continued use of warrantless surveillance of Americans’ overseas phone calls and email.

Mary Anne Hitt of the Sierra Club’s Beyond Coal Campaign, who talks about her group’s efforts to end America’s dangerous dependence on coal.

Brian Miller, with United for a Fair Economy, who discusses his group’s Tax Fairness Pledge campaign, which is working to end the Bush-era tax cuts benefiting the wealthiest Americans.

12:30 pm  WPKN Magazine Special:

A talk by Georgia Congressman John Lewis recorded at the 50th Anniversary Reunion of the Student Non Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) at Raleigh NC on April 17, 2010.  Thanks to Lisa Votino-Tarrant of the Eastern Long Island Branch of NAACP.

1:00 pm Carl J Frano Show: the 60’s pop artists are back 

4:00 pm Music Sacred and Profane: Nick Jacobs

5:55 pm Headline News from Free Speech Radio News

7:00 pm Chris Teskey: bluegrass, etc.

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

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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 with 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  Radio Esoterica: Johnny Rizzo

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 Free Arcadia: Tom Poplawski

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

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Today’s Schedule:

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

9:00 am Connecticut Rocks with Bobby D

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  Mike Benson

4:00 pm  Kevin Gallagher

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…tonight including Noam Chomsky

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 Steve Di Costanzo Radio Base Camp-late night

3:00 am Insomnia: ‘ICON’ is our host

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Today’s Schedule:

5:00 am Advance Radio: Haitian language

7:00 am  Black Introspectives: Eric Ford

10:00 am Morning Maniac Music: Dave Golden

1:00 p.m. Sunday Brunch Live Concert: Brian Dolzani

Brian Dolzani is an engaging and energetic singer/songwriter, drawing comparisons to artists such as Dave Matthews, Neil Young, and Freedy Johnston. He is supporting his 5th CD release, the self-titled ‘Brian Dolzani’. Brian tours across New England and beyond, pulling audiences into his introspective, emotive and deeply imagistic songwriting. Tune in to hear songs from his latest release, as well as some brand new songs from his ever-evolving songwriting catalog. Not to be missed. For reservations & directions, call 203-331-9756.

2:00 pm  La Esquina Latina: Latin bands

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

5:30 pm J.F. filling in for Pam Smith’s Amazon Radio: J.F. interviews Patrick Foster

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 Backstage Buzz with Hosts Leo Meyer and Dolly Curtis

Actress Misty Rowe, Joy Franz & Comic Legend Steve Rossi talk about Sally Rand and their show  “Fandance, The Legend of Sally Rand”  at the Downtown Cabaret Theater through April 25.  Misty Rowe has a long career in TV and movies. She was a star on Hee Haw, Happy Days and scores of TV, film and stage productions   http://mistyrowe.com/ Steve Rossi   Comic of note having worked with Mae West, Marty Allen, Slappy White and at one point was Howard Sterns manager. Steve Rossi was part of a comedy duo with Marty Allen in the ’60s and ’70s. They played Vegas, appeared on game shows and made many appearances on The Ed Sullivan Show.  Joy Franz is best known for her work within the theatre. She notably portrayed the role of Susan in the original 1972 West End production of Stephen Sondheim’s Company and the role of Cinderella’s Stepmother in the original 1987 Broadway production of Sondheim’s Into the Woods.  She was also one of the Street Singers in the world premiere of Leonard Bernstein’s Mass at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts on September 8, 1971. She currently portrays the role of the Mother in My Damn Channel’s television series Horrible People.

10:30 pm  Dave “Casey Jones” Schwartz

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

2:00 am Connecticut Rocks with Bobby D

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Today’s Schedule:

6:00 am Carousel: Dave Z for the kids

9:00 am J.F. / Nazmo Radio:  community events, interviews

11:00 am Barricada: John Lugo and friends – en español

1:00 pm Good Music: Ken Best filling in for Deb Guhl

4:00 pm Larry Stoler with Phil Bowler:  All that jazz

7:00 pm   Jeff Day

Lots of interesting music — avant garde, jazz, whacko, progressive, psychedelic, bagpipes and other drones, sometimes all at once! Annual Kinks special each spring.

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

Its Spring Fundraising time at WPKN

Two things are guaranteed: Death and Taxes

It’s all about the DO RE MI! We’ll do a little moaning about the taxman, fret about the depression and raise some much needed money for our continued operation. Plus! we have some really great premiums to reward you for helping WPKN. -

Friday April 16, starting 6:30 am

call 203-384-9756

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Today’s Schedule:

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

9:00 am  Reggae, etc.

12:00 noon Bob Johnson 

1:00 pm Steve Di Costanzo and Friends

7:00 pm Ray Terlaga and Kathy Demino

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’s Friday Night Fish Fry

3:00 am Insomnia: ICON

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Today’s Schedule:

6:00 am WPKN Mornings with Ebong Udoma:

music from Africa, community events and news from all over

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 talk you won’t hear on the corporate media:

Emily Berman, of the Brennan Center for Justice, who challenges the right of President Obama to order the assassination of a U.S. citizen with alleged links to acts of terrorism, without following minimum standards of due process.

Environmental justice and green jobs advocate Van Jones, who talks about confronting the nation’s environmental and economic crises, with a new kind of thinking.

Craig Aaron, senior program director with the media democracy group Free Press, who explains the importance of a recent federal court decision jeopardizing Net -Neutrality for Internet users and content providers.

12:30 pm Tidings from Hazel Kahan: Unplugging the Patriarchy

Hazel speaks with Lucia René, author, mystic and ordained Buddhist monk about her new book Unplugging the
Patriarchy: A mystical journey into the heart of a new age. Tidings can be heard on the fourth Wednesday each
month on WPKN Radio.

1:00 pm The American Popular Song: Malcolm C. Dankner … think Ella, Basie, Frank, Gershwin, Porter, Cahn

4:00 pm Sometime Classical: Richard Epstein

5:55 pm Headline News from Free Speech Radio News

7:00 pm Chris Teskey: bluegrass, etc.

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

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Today’s Schedule:

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

9:00 am The Jazz Sound: Rick Petrone 

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 The Quest: Terry Hopper

5:55 pm Headline News from Free Speech Radio News

7:00 pm   Jim Motavalli

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 t.b.a.

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

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Today’s Schedule:

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

9:00 am Connecticut Rocks with Bobby D

In-studio guests will be Aaron Garavoy from North Shore Troubadours (and Defenders) plus Vernonica Vixen from Frisky a Go Go. We’ll talk about all things NESMA related (NESMA is The North East Surf Music Alliance), the surf rock scene, go go dancing, upcoming surf rock events … and play tracks from CT surf bands including 9th Wave, The Clams, The Aquatudes, North Shore Troubadours, The Crustaceans, Commercial Interruption …

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  Simon Hunter filling in for Kimberly Massengill

4:00 pm  Pete Stewart

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 Steve Di Costanzo Radio Base Camp-late night

A musical tribute to the late Malcolm McLaren, manager and svengali to acts such as The Sex Pistols, NY Dolls, Bow
Wow Wow and Adam & the Ants.  Also, “Midnight Madness-Volume 16″ will feature the best in new bands/new music.

3:00 am Insomnia: ‘ICON’ is our host

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Today’s Schedule:

5:00 am Radio Vision: Haitian language

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

10:00 am Morning Maniac Music: Dave Golden

At 11 am Dave will interview Jon “The Barber” Gutwilling from the Disco Biscuits. Barber talks about the unexpected
commercial success of Bisco’s new CD and making live music. Ticket giveaways too!

1:00 p.m. Sunday Brunch Live Concert: King For A Day

For reservations & directions, call 203-331-9756.

2:00 pm  La Esquina Latina: 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 pm Paralelo Zero -Radio Brazil: K.C. Vaz

2:00 am Bobby D