T Minus 31 Hours: Membership Drive 2008 Begins!


WPRB has been buzzing with activity non-stop the past few days; the excitement is palpable. We are so looking forward to this year’s membership drive. Here are some quick updates about special programming during the drive! We’ll posting breaking news and more to the blog, so stay tuned.

Wednesday 10/1, 7:00 PM
Jon Solomon’s show kicks things off with special live guests Matador Record’s Jennifer O’Connor (who will be playing for your pledge!), Oxford Collapse (Sub Pop), Home Blitz (Gulcher), and Brown Recluse Sings.

Wednesday 10/1, Midnight
DJ Altitude Sickness brings forth the Tupperware Jams! Expect to hear mashups new and old, sample-based mayhem, junk truck (remix), and some dirty projections. Check out the video from last year’s drive special!

Friday 10/3, 5:00 PM
WPRB’s Top Ten Countdown airs one hour earlier than regularly scheduled.

Friday 10/3, 7:00 PM
Pop Recon returns with an all new episode! Tune in to hear interviews with Stereolab (4AD) and Philly legends the Dead Milkmen.

Saturday 10/4, 1:30 PM
WPRB Sports presents a broadcast of the Princeton Tigers football Ivy League season opener against Columbia.

Monday 10/6, 7:00 PM
Art and Julia of X Clean Yr Room X welcome special in-studio guests Kurt Vile (Gulcher) and The War on Drugs (Secretly Canadian).

Wednesday 10/8, 6:00 AM – 1:00 PM
On an extended Membership Drive edition of Classical Discoveries, Marvin Rosen welcomes composers Daniel Dorff, Paul Lansky, Robert Moran, Pulitzer Prize winner Paul Moravec and Raymond Wojcik plus performers Elem Eley (baritone) and Timothy Smith (Assistant Conductor of Rutgers Collegium Musicum).

Wednesday 10/8, 7:00 PM – infinity
WPRB’s membership drive wraps up with a special secret surprise program. You won’t want to miss this (or any of our amazing programs)!