WPKN

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WPKN
City	Bridgeport, Connecticut
Broadcast area	Bridgeport, Connecticut
Slogan	The Real Alternative
Frequency	89.5 MHz
First air date	1963
Format	Variety
ERP	10,000 watts
HAAT	169 meters
Class	B
Facility ID	73886
Callsign meaning	W Purple Knights Network
Owner	WPKN, Inc.
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	www.wpkn.org

WPKN (89.5 FM) is a 100% non-commercial, listener supported radio station broadcasting at 89.5 FM in Bridgeport, Connecticut and formerly 88.7 FM (WPKM) in Montauk, New York. Its volunteer programmers present a wide variety of music and public affairs programming including the syndicated weekly radio news magazine Between The Lines and a bi-weekly show hosted by environmental journalist Jim Motavalli. WPKN's programming can also be heard on the internet as a live audio stream.

WPKN was founded in 1963 as the college radio station of the University of Bridgeport, but became independent of the university in 1989.^[1] The call letters originally stood for "Purple Knights Network," named after a university sports team.

Over Memorial Day weekend 2010 non-commercial station WEER took over the Montauk repeater. WEER paid $60,000 for the signal and took over the $4,000/month rental for the Montauk tower.^[2]

Many stations below the 92 MHz FM band receive funds from commercial entities despite being part of the non-commercial radio band. This is thought by some to present the potential for conflicts of interest. WPKN only takes funds from private donors with no stipulations for their expenditure attached. This allows the music and news programmers complete freedom to produce their own shows with no outside pressure.

References

↑ "Radio Station Offers Everything But Consistency". New York Times. October 27, 1991. Retrieved February 26, 2010.
↑ Beth Young (May 25, 2010). "New radio station will focus on East End community". East Hampton Press. Retrieved February 13, 2012.

External links

Query the FCC's FM station database for WPKN

Radio-Locator information on WPKN

Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WPKN

Radio stations in the Bridgeport, Connecticut market

By AM frequency	600 690 960 1260 1450 1500 1530

By FM frequency	88.1 88.5 89.5 91.1 95.9 96.7 99.9 107.9

By callsign	WADS WCUM WDJZ WEBE WELI WEZN-FM WFIF WFOX WICC WKLV-FM WMNR WPKN WRKI WSHU WSHU-FM WVOF plus some New York City, Long Island, other Connecticut and Hudson Valley radio stations

Connecticut radio markets Bridgeport Danbury Hartford–New Britain–Middletown New Haven New London Stamford–Norwalk NYC Metro Markets Long Island Hudson Valley [partial] Poughkeepsie Middlesex-Somerset-Union Monmouth-Ocean Morristown Bridgeport Danbury New Haven Stamford-Norwalk See also List of radio stations in Connecticut

Coordinates: 41°16′44″N 73°11′06″W / 41.279°N 73.185°W / 41.279; -73.185

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