Archive for February, 2011

Tuesday on listener sponsored WPKN

Tuesday, February 8th, 2011

Bridgeport Weather / Riverhead Weather

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Thanks for your support during the Bob Marley Reggae Marathon

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Today’s Schedule:

6 AM:  WPKN Mornings: Jeep Ward with hip-hop, news, community announcements

9 am Radio Nothing: Rod Richardson

12 Noon Malcolm C. Dankner – fill in for Rick Petrone’s The Jazz Sound

3 PM  The Quest: Terry Hopper

6 PM Free Speech Radio News & Local News

6:30 PM Progressive Radio

7 PM Jim Motavalli

10 PM Connecticut Rock: Bob D’Aprile

Guests include: members of the band, The Alternate Routes. Also, the debut of the monthly series, Songs from The Coffeehouse, with guest Michael Arafeh

2 am Six Feet Deep: Jeep Ward

Monday on listener powered WPKN

Monday, February 7th, 2011

Bridgeport Weather / Riverhead Weather

WPKN is seeking Volunteers. Join us! Send your contact info to Icon our Volunteer Director at wpknicon@yahoo.com

Thanks for your support during the Bob Marley Reggae Marathon

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White Rose Political Calendar

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Today’s Schedule:

6 am WPKN Morning: Chris Teskey with news, music, community announcements

9 am Johnny Be Good: John Corvino

12 PM  Pete Stewart

3 PM Ken Brown

6 PM Free Speech Radio News & Local News

6:30 PM This Way Out: the international lesbian and gay radio magazine

7 PM Jazz Variations with Patrick O’Sullivan

8 PM Counterpoint: Scott Harris, host

Tonight’s guests are Hussein Ibish, Senior Fellow at the American Task Force on Palestine , Mary Bottari, Director of the Real Economy Project at the Center for Media and Democracy and Jon Green, the executive director of the Working Families Party of Connecticut details here:

10 PM Radio Base Camp- The Late Night Edition with Steve di Costanzo

Steve welcomes  PKN friends- legendary guitarist Hilton Valentine of The Animals and his lovely wife Germaine as guest DJ’s from 10pm to Midnight.  Germaine will be playing from her personal collection of UK psychedelia. Hilton Valentine will offer WPKN a ‘world premiere’ debut of his just finished 15 song CD of skiffle and 50’s rock ‘n roll called “Skiffledog on Coburg St.” More information on www.HiltonValentine.com

2 AM Insomnia: Icon “the closer”

Sunday on Listener Powered WPKN

Sunday, February 6th, 2011

Bridgeport Weather / Riverhead Weather

WPKN is seeking Volunteers. Join us! Send your contact info to Icon our Volunteer Director at wpknicon@yahoo.com

Bob Marley Reggae Marathon Saturday and Sunday Feb 5 and 6

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White Rose Political Calendar

Coming Up on WPKN

Eastern Long Island Arts Calendar

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Today’s Schedule:

Marleython continues:

WPKN’s Annual Bob Marley Reggae Marathon – The Marleython – will continue Saturday overnight through Sunday at 6pm.

We will be offering the following premiums as thankyou gifts when you call us at 203 – 384 – 9756 and pledge to contribute to WPKN:

* Bob Marley-Live Forever: The Stanley Theatre, Pittsburgh PA Sept – $75.00 Pledge -at WPKN Store

* The A twist of Marley is a 13 track star studded assemblage of talent in the contemporary jazz world with artists such as Lee Ritenour, Lisa Fischer, Dave Grusin, Maxi Priest, Will Downing, Rick Braun, Marc Antoine, Phil Perry, Jochem Saag, Richard Bona, Michael Breckner – $70.00 Pledge

* King Of Kings by Author Claudette Johnson- A look in the life Emperor Selassie and The Rastafarian Movement (Bob Marley was a devoted Rastafarian) Published in August 2010 – $60.00 Pledge

* More premiums will be announced on air.

6 PM The Carousel: Dave Z with music for the kids.

7 PM Antique Blues: Bill and Joan Nolan

10 PM In Context: Live call-in show. What’s your take on President Obama’s State of the Union address? Are you seeing any improvement in the economy? Let us know what you think about these and other issues that concern you. Ken MacDermotRoe and Gus Cantavero, hosts.

10:30 PM Dave Schwartz

12 midnight to 6am Connecticut Rocks: Bob D’Aprile

Singer-songwriter Shawn Taylor, Bobby Crash from Burnouts from Outer Space and others from the New London indie music scene

Saturday on listener powered WPKN

Saturday, February 5th, 2011

Bridgeport Weather / Riverhead Weather

WPKN is seeking Volunteers. Join us! Send your contact info to Icon our Volunteer Director at wpknicon@yahoo.com

Bob Marley Reggae Marathon Saturday and Sunday Feb 5 and 6

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White Rose Political Calendar

Coming Up on WPKN

Eastern Long Island Arts Calendar

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Today’s Schedule:

6 am Marleython:

WPKN’s Annual Bob Marley Reggae Marathon – The Marleython – will commence at 6am Saturday the 5th through Sunday the 6th at 6pm (with a break for Songtrails – roots based music with Caroline Doctorow from 7pm to 8pm Saturday evening).

Saturday evening at about 10 pm we feature a live Broadcast from Stella Blues Cafe 204 Crown Street in New Haven with two Reggae Bands – Gnaustic Roots and Inity Band.
Join in the celebration!

We will be offering the following premiums as thankyou gifts when you call us at 203 – 384 – 9756 and pledge to contribute to WPKN:

* Bob Marley-Live Forever: The Stanley Theatre, Pittsburgh PA Sept – $75.00 Pledge -at WPKN Store

* The A twist of Marley is a 13 track star studded assemblage of talent in the contemporary jazz world with artists such as Lee Ritenour, Lisa Fischer, Dave Grusin, Maxi Priest, Will Downing, Rick Braun, Marc Antoine, Phil Perry, Jochem Saag, Richard Bona, Michael Breckner – $70.00 Pledge

* King Of Kings by Author Claudette Johnson- A look in the life Emperor Selassie and The Rastafarian Movement (Bob Marley was a devoted Rastafarian) Published in August 2010 – $60.00 Pledge

* More premiums will be announced

7 PM SongTrails Radio Hour: Caroline Doctorow presents folk and roots-based music and turns the spotlight on some Long Island musicians. Tonight duets are featured including the Louvin Brothers and Joan Baez and sister Mimi Fariña.

8 PM Marleython resumes

10 PM Live from Stella Blues Cafe – two Reggae Bands – Gnaustic Roots and Inity Band.

Overnight: the Marleython continues until 6pm Sunday February 6.

Friday on listener powered WPKN

Friday, February 4th, 2011

Bridgeport Weather / Riverhead Weather

WPKN is seeking Volunteers. Join us! Send your contact info to Icon our Volunteer Director at wpknicon@yahoo.com

Bob Marley Reggae Marathon Saturday and Sunday Feb 5 and 6

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White Rose Political Calendar

Coming Up on WPKN

Eastern Long Island Arts Calendar

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Today’s Schedule:

6 AM: WPKN Mornings with Cliff Furnald: music, news, community announcements

9 AM: Irie Feelings: Dave O with reggae

12 Noon Radio Base Camp: Steve di Costanzo 

3 PM Radio B&B: Buskin and Batteau

6 PM Free Speech Radio News & Local News

6:30 PM Counterspin: From Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting

7 PM Ray Terlaga: Music, Skies of Bridgeport, AIDS Update

8:30 PM Ray Terlaga: fill in for Kathy De Mino

10 PM: Esoterica et cetera: Jeff Day

2 AM: T.B.A. fill in for Rich Kaminsky

Thursday on listener supported WPKN

Thursday, February 3rd, 2011

Bridgeport Weather / Riverhead Weather

WPKN is seeking Volunteers. Join us! Send your contact info to Icon our Volunteer Director at wpknicon@yahoo.com

Bob Marley Reggae Marathon Saturday and Sunday Feb 5 and 6

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White Rose Political Calendar

Coming Up on WPKN

Eastern Long Island Arts Calendar

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

10 am  Jeep Ward – fill-in for Binnie Klein

12 Noon Buddy Holly Anniversary Special - fill in for First Voices Indigenous Radio

1 PM All Mixed Up: Peter Bochan

3 PM   John Motavalli

6 PM Free Speech Radio News & Local News

The week’s most under-reported news plus these interviews:

Professor of Politics Stephen Zunes, who assesses the popular uprising in Egypt and the long history of U.S. support for anti-democratic, repressive regimes around the world.

Terry Nelson, a retired U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agent who  discusses the cost of the drug war in terms of lives ruined and tax dollars expended while offering an alternative vision for reform.

Mark Brenner, director of Labor Notes magazine, who talks about the coordinated attacks targeting public employees unions across the U.S.

7 PM Blues In The Evening: Bob Shapiro

10 pm  New Music Network: Mark Muller

2 am Don Duffy

Wednesday on listener powered WPKN

Wednesday, February 2nd, 2011

Bridgeport Weather / Riverhead Weather

WPKN is seeking Volunteers. Join us! Send your contact info to Icon our Volunteer Director at wpknicon@yahoo.com

Bob Marley Reggae Marathon Saturday and Sunday Feb 5 and 6

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White Rose Political Calendar

Coming Up on WPKN

Eastern Long Island Arts Calendar

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Today’s Schedule:

6 AM Mornings on WPKN: I. Messiah fills in for Ebong Udoma

9 AM Mirror Ya Vibes: I. Messiah with reggae

12 Noon Carl J. Frano: 60s pop up again

3 PM Music Sacred and Profane: Nick Jacobs

6 PM Free Speech Radio News & Local News

6:30 PM In Context: Live call-in show on Cancer. Almost 1 in 2 Americans will get it. Are chemotherapy and radiation the only options? We will discuss alternative cancer treatments with Tanya Harter Pierce, author of Outsmart Your Cancer. Hosts: Ken MacDermotRoe and Gus Cantavero.

7 PM: Chris Teskey – bluegrass and more

10 PM: Lounge Sounds: Jose Colon

2 AM: Isidu

Tuesday on listener powered WPKN

Tuesday, February 1st, 2011

Bridgeport Weather / Riverhead Weather

WPKN is seeking Volunteers. Join us! Send your contact info to Icon our Volunteer Director at wpknicon@yahoo.com

Bob Marley Reggae Marathon Saturday and Sunday Feb 5 and 6

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White Rose Political Calendar

Coming Up on WPKN

Eastern Long Island Arts Calendar

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Today’s Schedule:

6 AM: Chris Teskey (fill-in for WPKN Mornings: Jeep Ward)

9 am Radio Nothing: Rod Richardson

12 Noon Bob Lasprogato: Jazz

3 PM Radio Something: Valerie Richardson

6 PM Free Speech Radio News & Local News

6:30 PM Progressive Radio

7 PM Rainy Day Radio: Richard Hill

7:20 PM:  Economic Update with Max Wolff
8:00 PM:  Interview:  Art Perlo, Economics Columnist talks about a “modest proposal” to solve CT’s budget crisis
9:00 PM:  Great Tales of the Psychedelic Age features an interview Chris Pleim, student of Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche

10 PM Another Girl, Another Planet: Simon Hunter

2 am Six Feet Deep: Jeep Ward