WE DID IT!

Thanks to the support of our loyal listeners, we reached our fundraising goal of $40,000. We went over the top on WPKN's longest continuously running show, Antique Blues with Bill & Joan Nolan.

Thanks to the generosity of our listeners, WPKN is Alive and Kicking!

Thursday, June 26th on WPKN

SPECIAL BENEFIT EVENT TONIGHT: 
The Grand Slambovians and Hammell on Trial at FTC Stage One
WPKN is Alive and Kickin'! You can help us stay that way with your generous donation. Call 203-384-9756 and support live, local radio. 

Today's broadcast schedule:

• 2:00 AM: Joseph Celli
• 6:00 AM: Democracy Now!
• 7:00 AM:  Cliff Furnald
• 10:00 AM: Binnie Klein – A Miniature World
• 12:00 noon: Binnie Klein & Duo Dickenson: Home Page
• Call in with your comments 203-336-9756
• 1:00 PM: Buskin & Batteau – Radio B&B
• 4:00 PM: Bob D'Aprile – CT ROCKS!
• Live in our studio: Krizta Moon, Hannah Fair, John Lamb - The 5 O'Clocks + CT Indie.com "Ab Origine - From The Source" Club Update
• 6:55 PM: Local news followed by Feature Story News
• 7:30 PM: Between the Lines
• 8:00 PM: Bob Shapiro – Blues in the Evening
• 11:00 PM: Mark Muller's New Music Network
• 2:00 AM (Friday): Eli Malone 

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Wednesday, June 25th on WPKN

WPKN is Alive and Kickin'! You can help us stay that way with your generous donation. Call 203-384-9756 and support live, local radio. 

Today's broadcast schedule:

• 2:00 AM: DJ Darkflow – Adrift in the Airwaves
• 6:00 AM: Democracy Now!
• 7:00 AM:  Ebong Udoma
• 9:00 AM: I Messiah
• 12:00 noon: Chuck Wolfe – Emotion Roadmap
• 1:00 PM Nick Jacobs – Music Sacred & Profane
• 4:00 PM: Mike Zito
• 6:55 PM: Local news followed by Feature Story News
• 7:30 PM: East End Ink
• New Yorker writer Ian Frazier reads from his collection of short stories "Gone To New York" including "Bags in Trees" and "Take the F". Recorded at Canio's Books, Sag Harbor. 
• 8:00 PM: Kyle Starkey
• 11:00 PM: Lounge Sounds with Jose C.  & Eddie G.
• 2:00 AM (Thursday): Joseph Celli – Soundprint: Asia

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Tuesday, June 24th on WPKN

WPKN is Alive and Kickin'! You can help us stay that way with your generous donation. Call 203-384-9756 and support live, local radio. 

Today's broadcast schedule:

• 2:00 AM: DJ Renaissance – Dance Mix Radio
• 6:00 AM: Democracy Now!
• 7:00 AM:  Steve di Costanzo – Radio Base Camp
• 9:00 AM: Rod Richardson – Radio Nothing
• 12:00 noon: Tiokasin Ghosthorse – First Voices Indigenous Radio
• 1:05 PM Malcolm C. Dankner – The American Songbook
• 4:00 PM: Terry Hopper – The Quest
• 6:55 PM: Local news followed by Feature Story News
• 7:30 PM: This Way Out
• 8:00 PM: Jim Motavalli
• 11:00 PM: Tom Poplawski – Radio Free Arcadia
• 2:00 AM (Wednesday): DJ Darkflow – Adrift in the Airwaves 

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Monday, June 23rd on WPKN

WPKN is Alive and Kickin'! You can help us stay that way with your generous donation. Call 203-384-9756 and support live, local radio. Today's broadcast schedule:

• 2:00 AM – Sam Hopkins: The A List
• 6:00 AM – Alternative Radio
• 7:00 AM – Mark Mushin
• 9:00 AM – Bruce Swan
• 12:00 noon – In Context
• 1:00 PM Rick Petrone: The Jazz Sound
• 4:00 PM – Pete Stewart
• 6:55 PM: Local news followed by Feature Story News
• 7:30 PM: Counterspin
• 8:00 PM: Counterpoint with Scott Harris
• 10:00 PM: Writer's Voice with Francesca Rheannon
• Dr. Sharon Moalem talks about how nature AND nurture impact our genes. His book is Inheritance: How Our Genes Change Our Lives and Our Lives Change Our Genes. 
• Rebroadcast of a 2010 interview with journalist David Shenk about his book THE GENIUS IN ALL OF US: Why Everything We ve Been Told About Genetics, Talent, and IQ Are Wrong. 
• 11:00 PM: Michael Dunham
• 2:00 AM (Tuesday): DJ Renaissance

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Sunday, June 22nd on WPKN

WPKN is Alive and Kickin'! You can help us stay that way with your generous donation. Call 203-384-9756 and support live, local radio.

• 2:00 AM – Icon
• 5:00 AM – Pierre Richard Merisier
• 7:00 AM – Garnett Ankle or Integrative Wellness
• 10:00 AM – David Golden: Morning Maniac Music
• 1:00 PM – Sunday Brunch Concert: The George Lesiw Trio
• 2:00 PM – Scott Thompson: Rogue Radio (filling in for La Esquina Latina)
• 5:00 PM – Between the Lines
• 5:30 PM – Pam Smith: Amazon Radio
• 7:00 PM – Bill & Joan Nolan: Antique Blues
• 10:00 PM – Rod Richardson – Radio Nothing
• 2:00 AM (Monday) – Sam Hopkins: The "A" List

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Saturday, June 21st on WPKN

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SPECIAL WPKN BENEFIT CONCERT TONIGHT: Sambeleza at Voices Cafe, Unitarian Church in Westport

• 2:00 AM – Bob D'Aprile
• 6:00 AM – Dave Zinovenko: The Carousel
• 9:00 AM – The Car Bob Show
• Coffee with Car Bob: Live from Heav'nly Donuts on Route 34 in Derby for the first ever Coffee With Car Bob. We will broadcast the show live from there and take your calls at 203-336-9756. Bring your classic or show car and we can talk about your car. Mark the Mechanic will also bring his scan tool so we can diagnose your daily driver live on the radio and in person. 
• 11:00 AM – John Lugo: Barridaca!
• 1:00 PM – Deb Guhl: Dancing Barefoot
• 4:00 PM – DJ Dizz-E: Saturday ViBeZ
• 7:00 PM – Jeff Day: Esoterica etcetera
• 10:00 PM – Mikki's Room
• 2:00 AM (Sunday) – Icon

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Friday, June 20th on WPKN

WPKN is Alive and Kickin'! You can help us stay that way with your generous donation. Call 203-384-9756 and support live, local radio.

• 2:00 AM – Eli Malone
• 6:00 AM – Democracy Now!
• 7:00 AM – Doug Echols
• 9:00 AM – Dave O.: Irie Feelings
• 12:00 PM – State of the Arts with Richard Pheneger & Peggy Nelson
• 1:00 PM – Howard Thompson: PURE
• 4:00 PM – Eric Cocks: Connections
• 6:55 PM – Local news followed by Feature Story News
• 7:30 PM – Free Speech Radio News
• 8:00 PM – Ray Terlaga
• 10:00 PM – Live Music TBA
• 2:00 AM – (Saturday) Bob D'Aprile

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Thursday, June 19th on WPKN

WPKN is Alive and Kickin'! You can help us stay that way with your generous donation. Call 203-384-9756 and support live, local radio. 

Today's broadcast schedule:

• 2:00 AM: Rob Merritt
• 6:00 AM: Democracy Now!
• 7:00 AM:  Cliff Furnald
• 10:00 AM: Binnie Klein – A Miniature World
• Musicians Brian Slattery and Adam Matlock of Dr. Caterwaul’s Cadre of Clairvoyant Claptraps bring their fiddles, banjos, and accordions to WPKN’s studios to explore a range of live music – anything from early Americana to Icelandic Rock.
• 12:00 noon: Organic Farm Stand
• 1:00 PM: Peter Bochan – All Mixed Up
• 4:00 PM: John Motavalli
• 6:55 PM: Local news followed by Feature Story News
• 7:30 PM: Between the Lines
• 8:00 PM: Bob Shapiro – Blues in the Evening
• 11:00 PM: Simon Hunter – Another Girl, Another Planet
• 2:00 AM (Friday): Eli Malone 

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Wednesday, June 18th on WPKN

WPKN is Alive and Kickin'! You can help us stay that way with your generous donation. Call 203-384-9756 and support live, local radio. 

Today's broadcast schedule:

• 2:00 AM: DJ Darkflow – Adrift in the Airwaves
• 6:00 AM: Democracy Now!
• 7:00 AM:  Ebong Udoma
• 9:00 AM: Carl J. Frano
• 12:00 noon: Kathy Connor – Cathy's Corner
• 1:00 PM Richard Epstein – Sometimes Classical
• 4:00 PM: Mike Horyczun
• 6:55 PM: Local news followed by Feature Story News
• 7:30 PM: This Way Out
• 8:00 PM: Cheryl Palmer
• 11:00 PM: DJ Mondavi
• 2:00 AM (Thursday): Rob Merritt 

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Tuesday, June 17th on WPKN

WPKN is Alive and Kickin'! You can help us stay that way with your generous donation. Call 203-384-9756 and support live, local radio. 

Today's broadcast schedule:

• 2:00 AM: DJ Renaissance – Dance Mix Radio
• 6:00 AM: Democracy Now!
• 7:00 AM:  Steve di Costanzo – Radio Base Camp
• 9:00 AM: Rod Richardson – Radio Nothing
• 12:00 noon: Tiokasin Ghosthorse – First Voices Indigenous Radio
• 1:05 PM Malcolm C. Dankner – The American Songbook
• 4:00 PM: Valerie Richardson – Radio Something
• 6:55 PM: Local news followed by Feature Story News
• 7:30 PM: This Way Out
• 8:00 PM: Peter Kaufman – Five String Circus
• 11:00 PM: Paul Bercovici – For Rock Snobs Only
• 2:00 AM (Wednesday): DJ Darkflow – Adrift in the Airwaves 

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Monday, June 16th on WPKN

WPKN is Alive and Kickin'! You can help us stay that way with your generous donation. Call 203-384-9756 and support live, local radio. 

Today's broadcast schedule:

• 2:00 AM: Sam Hopkins – The "A" List
• 6:00 AM: Alternative Radio with David Barsamian
• 7:00 AM:  Mark Mushin
• 9:00 AM: Dave Hogan (filling in for John Corvino)
• 12:00 noon: Community Programming: The Arts Council of Greater New Haven
• 1:00 PM: Jazz with Rick Petrone
• 4:00 PM: Kevin Gallagher
• 6:55 PM: Local news followed by Feature Story News
• 7:30 PM: Counterspin
• 8:00 PM: Counterpoint with Scott Harris

1. Author Peter Van Buren, a 24-year veteran of the State Department discusses the current military offensive and successful advance by ISIS Sunni insurgents in Iraq, reflecting on his experience serving for one year during the Iraq war recorded in his book, "We Meant Well: How I Helped Lose the Battle for the Hearts and Minds of the Iraqi People." 
2. Rachel Tabachnick, a fellow at the Boston-based social justice think tank Political Research Associates examines recent violent incidents by armed, right wing activists in the context of the danger posed by extremist anti-government groups -- and the support they receive from both GOP politicians and right wing radio talk show hosts, i.e the expressions of support for the armed militia group members who gathered at the Bundy Ranch in Nevada.
3. Jim Dean, chair of the group Democracy for America, assesses the primary defeat of GOP majority leader Eric Cantor by Tea Party candidate Dave Brat, and how this electoral upset could change the political alignment of Democrats and Republicans in this year's mid-term Congressional elections and beyond.
4. Singer, actor and veteran social justice activist Harry Belafonte's speech at this year's Left Forum conference in New York City, on the theme, "Imagining a World with Transformative Justice: Reform and/or Revolution Today."

• 10:00 PM: Writer's Voice with Francesca Rheannon
• Science reporter Elizabeth Kolbert talks about her book The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History. 
• Annalee Newitz discusses the prospects for human survival amid the mass extinction we are causing. Her book is Scatter, Adapt and Remember.   
• 11:00 PM: Chris Ferrio – Sonic Spectrum
• 2:00 AM (Tuesday): DJ Renaissance

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Sunday, June 15th on WPKN

WPKN is Alive and Kickin'! You can help us stay that way with your generous donation. Call 203-384-9756 and support live, local radio.

• 2:00 AM – Overnight with Vinny
• 5:00 AM – Pierre Richard Merisier
• 7:00 AM – Garnett Ankle 
• 10:00 AM – David Golden: Morning Maniac Music
• 1:00 PM – Sunday Brunch Concert: The George Lesiw Trio
• 2:00 PM – La Esquina Latina
• 5:00 PM – Between the Lines
• 5:30 PM – Pam Smith: Amazon Radio
• 7:00 PM – Bill & Joan Nolan: Antique Blues
• 10:00 PM – David Schwartz
• 12:00 AM (Monday) – K.C. Vaz
• 2:00 AM (Monday) – Sam Hopkins: The "A" List

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Saturday, June 14th on WPKN

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• 9:00 AM – Tom Sweeney
• 11:00 AM – John Lugo: Barridaca!
• 1:00 PM – Bob Johnson: Second Saturday Magazine
• 4:00 PM – Icon: In the Domain
• 7:00 PM – Live broadcast from the Mystic Sea Music Festival
• 10:30 PM – Mikki's Room
• 2:00 AM (Sunday) – Overnight with Vinny

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Friday, June 13th on WPKN

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• 9:00 AM – Annette Szczesiul
• 12:00 PM – State of the Arts with Richard Pheneger & Peggy Nelson
• 1:00 PM – Bruce Swan: Music My Mother Would Not Like
• 4:00 PM – John Rivera: Drive Time Salsa
• 6:55 PM – Local news followed by Feature Story News
• 7:30 PM – Free Speech Radio News
• 8:00 PM – Ray Terlaga
• 10:00 PM – DJ Mondavi
• 2:00 AM – (Saturday) Bob D'Aprile

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Thursday, June 12th on WPKN

WPKN is Alive and Kickin'! You can help us stay that way with your generous donation. Call 203-384-9756 and support live, local radio. 

Today's broadcast schedule:

• 2:00 AM: Joseph Celli
• 6:00 AM: Democracy Now!
• 7:00 AM:  Cliff Furnald
• 10:00 AM: Binnie Klein – A Miniature World
• 12:00 noon: Sustainable East End
• 12:30 PM: The Forest and the Trees
• 1:00 PM: Buskin & Batteau – Radio B&B
• 4:00 PM: Bob D'Aprile – CT ROCKS!
• 6:55 PM: Local news followed by Feature Story News
• 7:30 PM: Between the Lines
• 8:00 PM: Dave Hogan (filling in for Al Bell – Blues in the Evening
• 11:00 PM: Ed Flynn – Church of the Sacred Riff
• 2:00 AM (Friday): Mystery Girl – Shut Up and Listen 

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Friday, June 12 on WPKN

8 DAYS A WEEK FUNDRAISING 8:00 am to 9 pm 8:00 a.m.-10:00 am: JF & Pat Hennessey 10:00-12:00 noon: Mark Muller 12:00 noon- 2:00 p.m.: Jeep Ward 2:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m.: Peter Bochan 4:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m.: Steve di Costanzo & Eric Cocks, Radio Base Camp 6:00 p.m.-6:35 p.m.: Evening News 6: 35 p.m.-10:00 p.m.: Mystic Seaport Festival "LIVE!" Regular Schedule after 10 p.m. Technorati tags: WPKN, radio

Thursday, June 11 on WPKN

8 DAYS A WEEK FUNDRAISING 8:00 am to 9 pm 8:00 a.m.-10:00 am: Cliff Furnold 10:00-12:00 noon: Binnie Klein 12:00 noon- 2:00 p.m.: Public Affairs Programming 2:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m.: Bob Balogh 4:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m.: Bob Shapiro 6:00 p.m.-6:35 p.m.: Evening News 6: 35 p.m.-10:00 p.m.: Mystic Seaport Festival "LIVE!" Regular Schedule after 10 p.m. Technorati tags: WPKN, radio

Wednesday, June 10 on WPKN

8 DAYS A WEEK FUNDRAISING 8:00 am to 9 pm 8:00 a.m.-10:00 am: Ebong Udama 10:00-12:00 noon: Walter Wagoner & Doug Echols 12:00 noon- 2:00 p.m.: Richard Epstein 2:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m.: Steve di Costanzo & Eric Cocks, Radio Base Camp 4:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m.: Phil Bowler 6:00 p.m.-6:35 p.m.: Evening News 6: 35 p.m.-9:00 p.m.: Chris Teskey Regular Schedule after 9 p.m. Technorati tags: WPKN, radio

Tuesday, June 9 on WPKN

8 DAYS A WEEK FUNDRAISING 8:00 am to 9 pm 8:00 a.m.-10:00 am: I-Tone and Dave-O 10:00-12:00 noon: Pete Stewart & Eric Cocks 12:00 noon- 2:00 p.m.: Annette Szczesiul 2:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m.: Jeff Wignall 4:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m.: Valerie Richardson 6:00 p.m.-6:35 p.m.: Evening News 6: 35 p.m.-900 p.m.: Jim Motavalli Regular Schedule after 9 p.m. Technorati tags: WPKN, radio