Kicksville is where the loud sound abounds - and that loud sound now delivers direct to listeners around the globe every Tuesday (9AM til noon Eastern time) at 10,000 watt station WPKN in Bridgeport,CT - celebrated as a premier independent, listener-supported community radio station— famously dubbed "the greatest radio station in the world" by The New Yorker and others.!
The Kicksville program is hosted by Miriam Linna, “the radio station lady”, featuring the unsung heros and zeros of rock n roll. The Kicksville show alternates the Tuesday nine-til-noon time slot with the all-doowop/rhythm n’ blues show Crashing The Party, hosted by Marc Miller and Miriam. Together, these shows bring forth three hour weekly programming which features underestimated rock n’ roll, rhythm n’ blues, garage, girl groups, and instrumentals, giving a home to the discovery of unlauded and underestimated sounds - delivered on 45 RPM vinyl records! Kicksville brings you radio like you have never heard before—herein your audio appendages shall be bathed and batted with with music from the vaunted vaults of Norton Records and Kicks Magazine and the wild world of record stashing, while its twin spinner Crashing The Party digs into the collections of Marc Miller (veteran of WBCN, Muze and K-ROCK) and Norton founder Miriam Linna! Dig the shows as they happen on WPKN and rturn to the archives whever the mood strikes! Come along with us on this musical joyride into a galaxy of lost 20th century beat music made by no-brows, no-counts and no-nonsense, garden variety geniuses who somehow managed to set their sounds onto little plastic platters. Their recordings may not have been heard on the radio back when they were made, or even in the generations that followed, but they are now ready for discovery by the world.
Kicksville comes from Kicks magazine, where we are celebrating our 45th anniversary by working on a new issue and by spinning every lost killer ever shouted about in the pages of Kicks past present and future, plus every small label effort that deserves the time of day as determined by us - it all has a home, finally, at beautiful Radio Kicksville! We’re thousands of songs closer to our destination of total romp n’ stomp dominance, and have a mess more records to add into our perpetual extraterrestrial blast! We’re thrilled to be officially beaming our invisible rays from the top o’ the tower, 24/7. Come aboard with comments and queries!
Not for your ears only!
MANY THANKS, EVERYONE, FROM KICKSVILLE , CRASHING THE PARTY, and WPKN 89.5FM!
Kicksville and Crashing The Party alternate Tuesdays 9AM- noon (EDT) at WPKN.org . To get the WPKN app,search for “WPKN” in the Apple App Store or Google Play Store and download te new free listening app. The app, often listed as WPKN or NRM 895, allows for 24/7 streaming of the Bridgeport-based radio station. It is available for both iOS and Android devices.
Past shows are archived here:
Kicksville WPKN Archive
Crashing The Party Archive
Kicks!
Coming! Here’s the deal, spinning wheels - the last issue of Kicks was published in the 20th century, so I guess we can brag on this one being the first one is the 21st! Same badassitude, new stories, digging into the torrid, terrific lost worlds that we orbit in our tiny craft. We’re In with the Out Crowd, how ‘bout you?
