January 2025 Newsletter @RadioStPete.com Sunshine 96.7FM

WINTER WONDERLAND St. Petersburg Style Starts Here!

Greetings from our studio @Thrive DTSP in downtown St. Pete! With the Bucs in the playoffs, 2025 is looking to kick off brilliantly! We want to thank all of you who donated in 2024! Because of you, our non-profit, all-volunteer radio station will continue to keep our community connected, entertained and informed! We're expanding our programming

We will celebrate the one-year anniversary of our Thrive DTSP studio March 5 (stay tuned for details) and be live from CommUNITY St. Pete March 8.
We'll broadcast the State of the Bay with St. Pete, Tampa and Clearwater Mayors at the annual Suncoast Tiger Bay luncheon January 27 as well as other community events.
Tune in online, on the radio or on the app (used by 5,000 listeners). Discover to 8,500 interviews and podcasts, 20+ hosted music shows featuring 4,300 local musicians. We're Best of the Bay best radio show finalist for a reason!
Follow us on social media. Be the first to know about live tiny desk concerts with local musicians, musician interviews and more.
Our audience keeps growing with 23,684 downloads of our local audio from just the website in 2024, up from 8,378 in 2022.
Join us on our 2025 journey! Become a member.

With gratitude, Joe Bourdow President & General Manager

Grego Anderson on FFS

Florida Folk Show Saturday 10-noon

The Florida Folk Show (FFS) melds folk music, musician interviews and eco interviews on Saturdays, led by Peter Gallagher and Tim Valle w/ Stefanie Hinton and other guest hosts. They kicked off 2025 with L.A. Moore (host of our monthly singer/songwriter showcase, shown below left) in our downtown studio. See the photo album here. 1/4 eco guest was Chad Hardy talking Plantapalooza III (show below, right). All photos for FFS courtesy Diane Gallagher.

You can frequently attend an FFS broadcast n person at The Craftsman Gallery in downtown St. Pete when they are not travelling to festivals or broadcasting from unique locations like Archbold Biological Station or USF marine research vessel.

Follow FFS on on social media here.

FLORIDA SPORTS STREAM

Catch On The Tee and Bump That Media live from Ferg's with Mike Rickord & posse. Did you miss the Sun Bash local high school baskeball playoffs? Listen here! From high school sports to Florida teams, RSP is the place to be. Stay tuned for 2025 St. Pete Firestone Grand Prix interviews & coverage.

There are so many ways to get involved with RadioStPete.com Sunshine 96.7 FM. Volunteer to help in studio as an audio engineer, pitch a podcast to us (or an interview), help at events, host a radio show, help with fundraisers and donations. Learn more here.

As one listener said about our station, "You're a beacon of good in the world." Help spread the word!

Musical Notes

Ripperdüski

Ripperdüski Interview by Stefanie Hinton, host of Get To The Roots. She and Music Director JKolb hosted a Tiny Desk concert 12/10 in studio at Thrive DTSP.

Read the interview now!

1/14 4-5pm If St. Pete is Music City, then Charlie Souza would be the CEO! Tune in to his Tampa Bay Music Hall of Fame Nominees Music Show. Check his social.

Power Hour Peeps: Michael and Leah want your new music. Email MP3s, lyrics & gig dates:thepowerhourradiostpete@gmail.com

January 2025

Local Music Host Program Guide

Monday Music from the Bay with J 2-3pm

The Young Musicians hour 3-4pm

Lyrical Ladies with June Bunch 4-5pm

Soundscapes 10-11pm

Tuesday Music from the Bay with J 2-3pm

Rock the ‘Burg with Toni Tyler 3-4pm

St. Pete Music City Radio Show, Charlie Souza 4-5pm

The Bootleg Session 6-7pm

Wednesday Music from the Bay with J 2-3pm

Get to the Roots with Stefanie Hinton 3-5pm

Concrete Peninsula w/Christopher Nedeau 10-11pm

The Power Hour w/Leah & Michael 11-midnight

Thursday

Music from the Bay with J 2-3pm

The Cover Hour with Mike Jones 3-4pm

The Revue withRebecca Pearl: Local Pop, R&B 4-5pm

Friday

Now and Then with Gary and Linda, 11-noon

Music from the Bay with J 2-3pm

Play Me Some Blues w/Sandy Atkinson 3-4pm

Island Time with Nannerz 4-5pm

Jay Sun Live 5:10 to 6pm

Mark O' Radio Happy Hour 6-8pm

Saturday

10-noon Florida Folk Show w/Peter Gallagher, Tim Valle + guest hosts, musicians, eco interviews.

2nd Saturday noon to 1pm The Songwriters Hour hosted by L.A. Moore. Live from DTSP studio. January will feature Laura Lanero and Ben Rodgers.

Sunday Frank Rivera Sunday Night Jazz

Lunchtime Conversations

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AUDIO GUIDE Enjoy some of our best of December 2024 & January 2025 interviews and podcasts. Have a great story idea or event? Email Nanette Wiser, news director at wiser86@gmail.com.

Let’s Go Guide showcases curated Tampa Bay festivals, events, concerts, arts + culture, comedy, book talks and more.

AUDIO FAVES - New shows posted!

Passion Struck w/John R. Miles Tuesdays on Lunchtime Conversation noon-2pm. Listen anytime here.

NEW PODCASTS

Pet Tips w/Dr. Stacy Nelson

Feeding America "Stick A Fork In It"

Real Florida with Jeff Klinkenberg

Live from Station 12 Eugenie & Mary Rachel

Real Life Solutions w/ Vanessa Autrey

The Stephen Riordan Show

Sunshine Sisters and Rising Stars w/ Karen Carmichael

Alvinette Downing Sounds of Healing

Rui Farias Historically St Pete

St. Pete Eats w/Wendy Wesley

LL Kirchner Ill Behaved Women

Terry Marks Arts Alliance Interviews

Kerry Kriseman Memoir Writing

Roger Curlin, News on the Edge

Live Life Better w/Nanette Wiser

GOOD DEEDS highlights non-profits making a difference in Tampa Bay.

ARTS ALIVE w/ St. Pete Catalyst's Bill DeYoung

Best Bets @ Town

Did you know that RadioStPete.com Sunshine 96.7 FM features its "best of show" in two local publications? We are lucky to partner with St. Pete Life Magazine and Northeast Journal in print and online!

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1/11 Palladium Roger Bartlett & Coral Reefers

1/11 Plantapalooza Sunken Gardens

1/16-19 St.Pete Power & Sailboat Show

1/17-20 MLK Big Dream Weekend

2/1 Historic Kenwood Festival

2/22 Localtopia

3/5 RSP 1st Anniversary

3/8 CommUNITY St. Pete 2-9pm

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