2003

WXPN Radio

The premier guide for new and significant artists in rock, blues, and folk - including NPR-syndicated World Cafe ®

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24/7 Musical discovery. A unique mix of emerging and heritage blues, rock, world, folk, and alt-country artists.

Singer Songwriter Radio

Featuring classics from heritage troubadours to new musicians and bands in the singer-songwriter tradition.

Folk Radio

Folk music radio streaming on the web; Americana, Roots Music, recordings, and stories from folk's best.
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PR 2003

WXPN Airs Special Election Day Programming

The public radio station will air original programming asking the question,
"Whose Democracy Is It?"

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88.5 WXPN Receives Top Honors from Respected Music Industry Trade Publication

WXPN Picks Up Awards in the Categories of Non-Commercial Triple A
Station of the Year and Program Director of the Year

Philadelphia, PA 88.5 WXPN, the member-supported radio station of the University of Pennsylvania, has once again won accolades from industry peers. At a music industry awards ceremony hosted by the radio trade publication Radio & Records, WXPN won Non-Commercial Triple A Station of the Year, while station program director, Bruce Warren, took home the award for Program Director of the Year, the only non-commercial radio programmer nominated in this category.

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WXPN Launches New One-Hour Jam Program "Jamnation"

PHILADELPHIA, PA WXPN 88.5-FM, the public radio station of the University of Pennsylvania, today announced changes to its weekend line up effective August 2 and the creation of a new weekly evening program called Jamnation that will premiere on August 4th at 8:00 p.m.

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WXPN Launches New One-Hour Jam Progam and Improved Weekend Programming Lineup!

WXPN LAUNCHES NEW ONE-HOUR JAM PROGRAM AND
IMPROVED WEEKEND PROGRAMMING LINEUP!

PHILADELPHIA, PA WXPN 88.5-FM, the public radio station of the University of Pennsylvania, today announced changes to its weekend lineup effective August 2nd and the creation of a new weekly evening program called Jamnation that will premiere on August 4th at 8:00 p.m.

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Non-COMM recap: Photos, audio, and setlist from the Mississippi Blues Project concert with Super Chikan and the Fighing...

Award winning Blues guitarist and singer Super Chikan and the Fighting Cocks made the trip from his home in Clarksdale, Mississippi to...Read More

Non-COMM recap: Photos, audio, and setlist from the Mississippi Blues Project concert with Homemade Jamz Blues...

Last Thursday during XPN’s Non-COMMvention, the Tupelo, Mississippi brothers and sister trio, the Homemade Jamz Blues Band,...Read More

RIP Ray Manzarek of The Doors (listen to songs from their Live at The Spectrum show in 1970)

Raymond Daniel Manczarek, Jr., known to most as Ray Manzarek, co-founder and keyboardist of The Doors from 1965 to 1973, has passed...Read More

Listen to Katie Crutchfield of Waxahatchee and Allison Crutchfield of Swearin’ cover Grimes via Rookie...

This is a pretty awesome track from the fun and talented Crutchfield sisters. For Rookie Mag’s “Theme Song” series,...Read More

Non-COMM Recap: Pete Yorn and J.D. King brought The Olms to World Cafe Live

Photo by Joe Del Tufo | JoeDelTufo.com Pete Yorn and J.D. King developed their new project The Olms out of a shared love of 60s psych...Read More