WPKN 89.5FM
NEWSLETTER
May 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.


 

Dylan Days - "48 Hours of Bob Dylan" 

Celebrate Bob Dylan's music, his birthday, his roots, his impact on music

Thursday May 23 through Friday May 24

 

 

  Dylan


Tune in for 48 hours of Bob Dylan music!  WPKN programmers will be working 2-hour shifts spinning CD's and Vinyl...telling stories and recounting concerts.  There will be outtakes, A-sides and B-sides, rarities, covers, etc.  We even are going to auction off the famous 2 LP "Great White Wonder" 1st pressing, bootleg album from 1969.  It's VG+....and we have one!  No Dylan fan should be without one- and this one is pristine.  Google it.  You pledge and the money goes to WPKN.  We also have many ticket packages that we will be using as premiums. We have tickets to the  AmericanaramA Festival of Music featuring Bob Dylan & Band and Wilco coming to the Ballpark at Harbor Yard in Bridgeport on July 19.

AmericanaramA

We also have day tickets for Friday, Saturday and Sunday for  the "Gathering of the Vibes" held July 25-28 at Seaside Park in Bridgeport, CT.  These tickets will be offered as premiums for a donation to WPKN.  There will be camping tickets for the Falcon Ridge Folk Festival, August 2nd-4th in Hillsdale, New York.  We also have Saturday and Sunday day tickets available for a pledge to WPKN for the Green River Music Festival July 20-21 in Greenfield, MA.

Bob Dylan Musical premiums include the:
  • Bob Dylan: The Original Mono Recordings
    an 8 CD Box set
  • The Collection- 3 CD Box Set including- Blonde on Blonde; Blood on the Tracks and Infidels
  • Bob Dylan- A Long Time A Growin'- 6 CD Box set   
  • The Roots of Bob Dylan- 3CD box + DVD 

Call the pledge line at (203) 384-9756 or pledge online at wpkn.orgrg 

 

 


 

 

 
Band Together is hosting a Benefit Concert to Help WPKN!   It's FUNK JAM Time 
Thursday May 30th at the Fairfield Theatre Company  
$29 benefit ticket price includes festive pre-party at 6:30pm 
Click HERE for tickets 

 

Band Together founders Jerry Vigorito and Rob Fried team up with Fairfield Theatre Company to host a Funk Jam to benefit:

 

Hands for Paws   (End Animal Suffering in Bridgeport)

Operation Hope   (Help for the Homeless)  

Connecticut Burn Care Foundation   (Children's Camp)  

WPKN    (Non-Commercial Radio)  

Fairfield Theatre Company    (Live Music and Cultural Exchange)   

 

 

  FunkJam

 

 

 

 

Band Together CT 's  "Funk Jam" will have you out of your seat and dancing with to classic funk and dance jams.

 

We have a great line up of all star performers scheduled for this event: Griffin Anthony, Tracy James, Wendy May, Rob Somerville, Al Ferrante, Pat Marafiote, Rob Fried, Jerry Vigorito, Tyger MacNeal

 

Band Together CT has recently passed the One Million Dollar Milestone of funds raised for local charities and families in need.

"By Continuing To Exhibit Unmatched Compassion, Dedication And Advocacy, You have Undoubtedly Improved The Lives Of Many Citizens Throughout Our State" - State Of Connecticut General Assembly Our website: www.bandtogetherct.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Band-Together-CT/190487880974115?ref=hl 

Ticket price includes a festive pre-party at 6:30pm and the concert starting at 7:30pm.




New WPKN Website Launched
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New Website

 

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