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WVPE Public Radio 88.1

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88.1 WVPE is Michiana’s premier public radio station, catering to an expanding group of discriminating listeners. From our humble beginning in 1972 as a student-run broadcasting lab at the Elkhart Area Career Center, we have evolved into the area’s only National Public Radio member station. WVPE also produces award-winning local news, jazz, blues and folk programming, and hosts special events throughout the year.

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    WVPE Public Radio 88.1

    2424 California Road
    Elkhart, IN 46514

    Phone: 574-674-9873   |   Fax: 574-262-5700   |   Email   |   Official Website

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    08/12/11	South Side Denny at Mishawaka Blue Friday Beutter Riverfront Park
    08/05/11	Whistle Pigs at Music in the Gardens Center for History
    07/15/11	Typhanie Monique at Fernwood Friday Fernwood Botanical Garden
    07/08/11	Sons of the Never Wrong at Envirofest Wellfield Botanic Gardens
    06/17/11	Elwood Splinter's Blues Band at Warsaw Blue Friday Spike's Beach Grill
    01/05/11- 12/28/11	Acoustic Open Stage with Al Kniola Fiddler's Hearth
    08/13/10	Mishawaka Blue Friday Beutter Riverfront Park
    07/23/10	The Minor Profits at Envirofest Wellfield Botanic Gardens
    07/16/10	The Merriman Quartet with The Merriman Sisters at Fernwood Friday Fernwood Botanical Garden
    08/14/09	Elwood Splinters Blues Band at Mishawaka's Blue Friday Beutter Riverfront Park
    07/17/09	The Chris Greene Quartet at Fernwood Friday Fernwood Botanical Garden
    06/13/09	Festival of Arts and Music and Sustainability Expo St. Patrick's County Park
    08/08/08	Mishawaka's Blue Friday featuring Elwood Splinters Blues Band Beutter Riverfront Park
    08/01/08	TGIF: Danny Barber's JazzCats at Music in the Gardens Center for History
    07/18/08	Fernwood Friday featuring The Three Gringos Fernwood Botanical Garden
    07/11/08	Elkhart's Friday on the Island: Latino Rhythms Elkhart's Island Park
    06/06/08	TGIF: Whistle Pigs at Music in the Gardens Center for History
    10/06/07	Whistle Pigs at the WVPE 35th Anniversary Party Mishawaka Knights of Columbus
    09/29/07	This American Life's Ira Glass O'Laughlin Auditorium
    08/10/07	Elwood Splinters and Shake 'n Chill Blues Bands at Mishawaka's Blue Friday Beutter Riverfront Park
    07/27/07	Bryan Lubeck and the Three Gringos at Fernwood Friday Fernwood Botanical Garden
    07/13/07	Kennedy's Kitchen at Zoo-Fari Friday Potawatomi Zoo
    06/28/07	Mr. Brown In Concert Constant Spring
    02/23/07	Studebaker Friday-The Kelly Jay Band Studebaker National Museum
    08/11/06	Mishawaka's Blue Friday Beutter Riverfront Park
    08/04/06	Bill Boris Trio at TGIF: Music in the Gardens Center for History
    07/21/06	Elkhart's Friday on the Island Elkhart's Island Park
    07/14/06	Zoo-Fari Friday Potawatomi Zoo
    06/16/06	Curtis Robinson at TGIF: Music in the Gardens Center for History

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    • Event Name: Elwood Splinters Blues Band at Mishawaka's Blue Friday
      "TESTIFY!!!"
      Review posted by: L. Chance Correll from Plymouth, IN, Aug 14, 2009
      

      The 2009 Blue Friday was simply the best entertainment to be found in Michiana at the time! The Catman was accompanied by his perfect band, including Johnny B. Gayden doing a bombshell performance on... Expand

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      The 2009 Blue Friday was simply the best entertainment to be found in Michiana at the time! The Catman was accompanied by his perfect band, including Johnny B. Gayden doing a bombshell performance on that bass of his, with a harp solo at the end that shook the very skies with it's beautiful perfect intensity. Then P.T. and the boys took the stage and really wowed the crowd with an incredible display of musical prowess- the boys, simply, rocked. Then, big H stepped up, and the show was nothing short of a real life changing EVENT- the stars were in line, Armida had on the right earrings, H had his best Shirt, I don't know; everyone there was talking in the crowd- there was a presence, a spirit of the music that was strong as iron this night. The sound was a ten. The music was a ten. The value was a ten. The talent was a ten. The whole experience was priceless. This night serves as testament to the power of the Blues, and the celebration of our local perfect talent. Thanks, Blues Lovers. Collapse

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    • Event Name: Elkhart's Friday on the Island
      "Dance + Music + Park = GOOD TIMES!"
      Review posted by: el_bailador@hotmail.com from South Bend, IN, Jul 12, 2008
      

      Orquesta Caribe is one of Michiana's best kept musical secrets! What a talented group of musicians with more than 50 years of combined experience. This was a great event because you had the... Expand

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      Orquesta Caribe is one of Michiana's best kept musical secrets! What a talented group of musicians with more than 50 years of combined experience. This was a great event because you had the opportunity to learn Latin dances too! Thanks to WVPE for such a wonderful time. Collapse

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    • Event Name: Studebaker Friday-The Kelly Jay Band
      "Very bad"
      Review posted by: Steve Hammer from South Bend, IN, Jun 14, 2007
      

      Too many ukelele's and kazoo's for my taste. The drummer was pretty good though.

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      Too many ukelele's and kazoo's for my taste. The drummer was pretty good though.

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    • Event Name: Studebaker Friday-The Kelly Jay Band
      "Obvious troll above"
      Review posted by: The 1000 people who were there from South Bend, IN, Jun 13, 2007
      

      Even a guy like Kelly Jay has his trolls. Oh well, some are never satisfied, eh, Gern?
      
      You OBVIOUSLY weren't there........... :)

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      Even a guy like Kelly Jay has his trolls. Oh well, some are never satisfied, eh, Gern? You OBVIOUSLY weren't there........... :)

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    • Event Name: Studebaker Friday-The Kelly Jay Band
      "Did you see the same band?"
      Review posted by: Steve M. from Goshen, IN, Feb 28, 2007
      

      I don't think they "wow"'d the crowd at all. Most people weren't paying attention and the people that were paying attention could tell that it sounded like they were playing in a tin can.
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      I don't think they "wow"'d the crowd at all. Most people weren't paying attention and the people that were paying attention could tell that it sounded like they were playing in a tin can. Next year they need to get a band that has a little more style and gets the crowd interested. Collapse

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