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WXPN (88.5 FM) is a non-commercial, public radio station licensed to the Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, that broadcasts an adult album alternative (AAA) radio format, along with many other format shows. WXPN produces World Cafe, a music program distributed by NPR to many non-commercial stations in the ...
World Cafe is a two-hour-long, nationally syndicated music radio program that originates from WXPN, a non-commercial station licensed to the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. The program began on October 14, 1991 [1] and was originally distributed by Public Radio International. Since 2005, the show has been distributed by NPR.
Star's End is a weekly, five-hour-long new-age music radio show broadcast by 88.5 WXPN, the University of Pennsylvania's radio station, in Philadelphia. It is the second longest-running show of its type in the world, after Hearts of Space .
David Dye is an American radio broadcaster who hosted WXPN-FM's nationally syndicated music show World Cafe from 1991 to 2017. [1] Dye began his broadcasting career as a host on WMMR, a leading rock station in Philadelphia. [1] He then worked for stations in Maine before returning to the Philadelphia market, where he hosted shows ath WHYY-FM ...
On September 24, 2020, the Cincinnati-based E. W. Scripps Company (which was in the process of selling WPIX to Mission Broadcasting, a partner company of Nexstar Media Group) announced that it would purchase Ion Media, including WPXN-TV's license and assets, for $2.65 billion, with financing from Berkshire Hathaway.
Gene Shay (born Ivan Shaner; March 4, 1935 – April 17, 2020) was an American radio personality. [1] Shay was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to a Jewish family and was a representative of the city's folk music scene. [2]
This was the very first FM Rock shift on WXPN; the show was entitled "The Attic". [7] In January 1970, Tearson joined WDAS-FM Hyski's Underground as overnighter. [ 8 ] Tearson has been a longtime member of "Broadcast Pioneers", [ 9 ] and he has been involved with FM radio in the United States since its infancy.
WXPJ (91.9 FM) is a non-commercial radio station licensed to Hackettstown, New Jersey.The station is owned by the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.. Originally operated as WNTI-FM by Centenary University (then College), the station was purchased in 2015 by University of Pennsylvania's AAA public station WXPN.