WPKN Community Radio
Valerie Richardson is a seasoned professional with extensive experience in arts management, editorial roles, and community radio. Currently serving as General Manager and Program Director at WPKN Community Radio since 2013, Valerie has also held the position of Stewardship Manager at Yale University Art Gallery from August 2008 to December 2023. Additional editorial roles include Developmental Editor at ScholarRx, Editor at Enago, and Editor at Proofed, with early work as Managing/Production Editor at the Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine from 1994 to 2005. Valerie's educational background includes a B.A. in Fine/Studio Arts, Philosophy, and French from William & Mary and an M.F.A. in Painting from Brooklyn College.
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WPKN Community Radio
WPKN is a 10,000-watt listener-supported community radio station broadcasting at 89.5 FM and streaming online at WPKN.org. WPKN’s terrestrial signal now serves a potential listenership of 1.5 million people in Connecticut, Long Island, and parts of New York and Massachusetts. Programs on WPKN include live and recorded music, news, public affairs, and spoken word. WPKN’s volunteer programmers present a wide variety of music and alternative information, in an eclectic mix of free-form programming that seeks to serve those whose needs are not met by mainstream media in a unique and vibrant way. WPKN’s programming mix is a cornucopia of genres and styles. From the obscure to the recognizable, it is presented by informed programmers who help listeners discover and rediscover the best in live and recorded performance. Some of our self-produced talk/news oriented shows, such as Between the Lines, are nationally recognized. WPKN is proud of its bold independence and its fearlessness to program without any strings attached. Generations of our dedicated and loyal audience have defined us as the real alternative to an increasingly homogeneous and limited choice in broadcast radio.