WPKN 89.5FM
NEWSLETTER
August 2013
We invite you to participate, volunteer, contribute and celebrate WPKN.  Thank you for your support of community radio station- WPKN.  Celebrating 50 years of broadcasting.
To volunteer contact us at [email protected]

    


WPKN programmers will be playing music from the Andes, the Himalayas, Bogota barrios, Nigerian nightclubs, Moroccan markets, Balinese villages, Parisian cafes, Thai beaches,  Norwegian fjords, Cuban parties, Tibetan plains, Rajasthani camel trips, Jamaican sound systems, Russian marching bands, Austrian yodelers, Tuvan throat singers  and the occasional yak herder as well.

Do tune in and remind yourself why WPKN 89.5-FM is like no other radio station you know- and why it deserves your financial support.

 
Make a pledge and help WPKN  
(203) 384-9756
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MUSIC MASH '13 - RECORD FAIR 
Saturday September 7
8am-5:30pm 

FAIRFIELD THEATRE COMPANY-ANNEX

 

WPKN presents Music Mash '13 -  this year's WPKN Record Fair, taking place on Saturday, September 7 at the Fairfield Theatre Company Annex at 70 Sanford Street, Fairfield, CT from 8 AM to 5:30 PM.  

Early Bird hours from 8 AM to 10 AM for a $20 admission fee. Regular admission begins at 10 AM for $5. Children under 12 admitted for free.  

Located across from the Fairfield Train Station, parking is plentiful and free.

This event will feature a wide array of vendors and great opportunities to acquire some amazing albums, CDs and memorabilia.

 
Featured special guests at the WPKN Booth:  
Chris Frantz & Tina Weymouth (Talking Heads and Tom Tom Club)
Hilton Valentine  (The Animals),  Rusty Ford  (Lothar & the Hand People)  and Charlie Karp  (Buddy Miles Express, Dirty Angels) and other SURPRISE guests!

 

Food trucks from Taco Loco (Bridgeport), Fire Engine Pizza Company (Bridgeport), and Cowabunga (Norwalk) and The Vintanthromodern Vintage Clothing Truck (New Haven) will also be featuring their wares.

This event is made possible with support from our media partners who will also be at the Music Mash '13:
Fairfield Theatre Company,
 Advocate Weekly Media:
including New Haven Advocate
and
Fairfield Weekly,  FCBuzz.org, FC Beat
Magazine,

FairfieldAfterDark.com and

CT Sound Magazine.  

 

 

We would also like to thank and support our local, independent record stores:

Merle's Record Rack in Orange, CT  (Mike Papa) 

 

Exile on Main in Branford, CT   (Paula Kret)
                                            
Gerosa Records in Brookfield, CT    (Brian Gerosa) 

 

Disc & Dat in Bethel, CT       (Dennis & John Esposito) 

Brass City Records in Waterbury, CT      (Walter Quadrato) 

Record Shop  in Shirley, NY       (Bruce Berg)

Johnny's in Darien, CT        (John Konrad)

RedScroll Records in Wallingford, CT       (Josh Carlson)

Replay Records in Hamden, CT        (Doug & Mary Snyder)

Willimantic Records in Willimantic, CT      (Joe Malinowski)

The Telegraph in New London, CT        ( Rich and Daphne Lee Martin)  

 

 

 

 



On Saturday, September 28th, WPKN's second annual Road & Tracks celebration at Dragone Classic Motorcars in Westport, CT will add the excitement of a day-long, multi-state car rally in support of the station.  

Part of the proceeds of this event will support KEYS, an organization whose mission is to bring one-to-one instrument lessons and group music instruction to under-served inner-city children in Bridgeport, CT who have no other access to this empowering life experience.

Join us either for the rally, the evening's reception and celebration held in a garage full of fantastic vintage automobiles, or both!

Purchase Tickets online at WPKN.org

 


 
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  In 201 a restored and extended version was finally released


    

 

New WPKN Website Launched
wpkn.org


 

 It's finally arrived.  Show schedules.  Programmer bios.  Community Calender.  Archives. Stream. Shop (well still working on that one). Videos. Photo Galleries.

 

Let us know what you like and what you don't like