As part of the upcoming Bridgeport Film Fest, a documentary on the city's legendary independent radio station, WPKN 89.5, is getting its long-awaited premiere. “The Greatest Radio Station in the World ...
There's far more than bluegrass that gets broadcast on WPKN (89.5 FM), the Bridgeport-based, listener-supported community radio station. However, this longstanding musical tradition is about to give a ...
After staying put for more than five decades in the Student Center at the University of Bridgeport (since 1965), listener-supported WPKN Radio (89.5 FM) is making a move to “Restaurant Row” in ...
“Our transmitter is 45 years old; we need to get a new one, which will cost $75,000,” said Steve di Costanzo, general manager of WPKN, the 10,000 watt community radio station at 89.5 FM that bills ...
WPKN, the righteously independent Bridgeport-based freeform radio station broadcasting at 89.5 FM or online at wpkn.org, has had its praises sung by The New Yorker, The New York Times, The Nation and ...
It’s been a big year for Bridgeport’s WPKN. An article in The New Yorker magazine dubbed the community-based freeform station “the greatest radio station in the world.” Then came the long-planned move ...
It was almost time to get on the air and WPKN’s staff was still having trouble with the connection that was to let them broadcast their show, Home Page, from the Institute Library on Chapel Street ...