Tess Sandler- Program Director, Host of The Lost & Sound is a fundraiser for
WPKN Community Radio

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I first joined WPKN as an awe-inspired listener around 2018, and my fascination soon sparked me to become a volunteer. I have since had the honor of becoming a programmer and serving on the board of directors, first as volunteer director, and currently as program director. 


WPKN brings freeform, independent, community radio that is highly eclectic and lovingly curated. We offer music and talk programming that you simply won't hear anywhere else. With threats to independent media abound, community solidarity truly is more important now than ever, and WPKN is a real beacon amidst the darkness. 


Please join me in supporting the beautiful thing that is WPKN by donating what you can to help keep real radio alive! 

Our Story

SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL, FREEFORM, INDEPENDENT RADIO STATION!
WPKN 89.5FM BRIDGEPORT
streaming online at wpkn.org and via iOS/Android apps
BROADCASTING IDEAS & SOUNDS MORE HUMAN-ORIENTED AND VIBRANT
THAN MOST OFFERINGS ON THE RADIO DIAL

WPKN is a 10,000-watt non-commercial radio station located in Bridgeport, Connecticut, founded in 1963, established as an independent, 501(c)3 nonprofit organization in 1989. Over the last 60+ years, WPKN is known for broadcasting ideas and sounds more human-oriented and vibrant than most offerings on the radio dial. WPKN’s volunteers and programmers have created an institution with depth, importance, and passion, and the listeners have made its continued existence possible.

WPKN broadcasts on frequency 89.5 FM from a 10,000-watt transmitter located on Booth Hill in Trumbull, Connecticut, reaching a potential listenership of 1.5 million people. WPKN’s signal reaches most of Connecticut (Fairfield, New Haven, Litchfield, Middlesex, and New London counties), the eastern portion of Long Island (Suffolk County), southeastern New York State, and southwestern Massachusetts. The wpkn.org stream allows for an unlimited number of global listeners.

Operating 24/7 and largely run by volunteers, WPKN offers a unique and eclectic mix of live and recorded music, news, public affairs, spoken word, arts & culture, and other freeform programming that defies genre. WPKN is proud to be listener-supported, non-commercial, community-driven radio available to the public at no cost, any time, day or night.

WPKN is a community organization that amplifies tri-state area nonprofit organizations, businesses, events, artists, musicians,  organizers, and more. WPKN’s downtown Bridgeport station presence allows volunteers interested in broadcast radio, podcasting, video, and community outreach, to explore and build on their creative interests for free, with all levels of backgrounds and training accepted.

WPKN Mission: to strengthen and enrich our community through programming that is provocative, innovative, and free from commercial influence and promotes diversity, tolerance, and freedom of expression.

WPKN Vision: to build community, a loyal and growing audience, and an engaged and educated citizenry by providing the highest quality of freeform programming that broadcasts entertainment, music, news, thoughts, sounds, ideas, and event listings that support free speech, diversity, and the interests of the local and global communities WPKN serves. The ongoing ripple-effect of sustaining WPKN is to expand a dedicated listener-base who embrace and support WPKN because they feel that the station enriches and improves their lives, strengthens their communities, and makes the world a better place.
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