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| Broadcast area | Connecticut: New York: |
| Frequency | 89.5 MHz |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | English |
| Format | Freeform variety |
| Affiliations | Pacifica Radio Network |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | WPKN, Inc. |
| History | |
First air date | 1963 |
Call sign meaning | Purple Knights Network |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 73886 |
| Class | B |
| ERP | 10,000 watts |
| HAAT | 169 meters (554 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 41°16′44″N 73°11′06″W / 41.279°N 73.185°W |
| Translator(s) | 102.5 MHz W273EB (Westport) |
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Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen live |
| Website | wpkn |
WPKN (89.5 FM) is a non-commercial radio station licensed by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to Bridgeport, Connecticut. WPKN is a free-form radio station, staffed by volunteer programmers presenting a wide variety of music and public affairs programming.[2] The syndicated weekly radio newsmagazine Between the Lines, a weekly show, was first produced in 1991 with Scott Harris, Denise Manzari, Bob Nixon, environmental journalist Jim Motavalli and many others at WPKN. Since 1993, Harris has been Between The Lines' executive producer.
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for WPKN". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ Owen, David (August 13, 2021). "On Air with the Greatest Radio Station in the World". The New Yorker. Retrieved August 17, 2021.