Due to legal restrictions, much of WYEP's on-demand audio content will be available for a two-week window only. This will include most guest DJ sets, hour-long artist tributes, and other types of audio specials.
This means that if you see a great new guest DJ set posted to our website or you missed our fabulous Year in Review or Departures show (which paid tribute to those musicians who died in 2017), don't put off checking it out! You'll need to listen sooner rather than later. We'll indicate in the text accompanying the audio the date until when the material will be available.
For now, most of our Live & Direct Sessions, the Local 913 segments, and The Local 913 Live performances will not be affected by this limitation.
We have a special programming on New Year's Eve and New Year's Day. Below is a list of what will be different and what will be the same on our programming schedule.
(Bluegrass Jam Session and Thistle and Shamrock will be preempted.)
Back in June, Aimee Mann responded postively to a viral tweet from Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto (which is all chronicled here). Peduto is a known music lover and has been seen on stage shaking the tambo and for his epic collaboration with Guster. This lead to WYEP's Cindy Howes suggesting the Mayor join Mann on stage to play tambourine the next time she was in town.
Last night, Mann played to a packed house at the Carnegie Lecture Hall in Oakland. It was uncertain it Peduto would show, even for Aimee, it seemed.
I’m playing the Carnegie Lecture Hall in Pittsburgh tonight...hoping @billpeduto shows up to play some tambourine!
— Aimee Mann (@aimeemann) December 17, 2017
However, he was in the house and joined Aimee (and Ted Leo!) on stage for her final song before the encore! The crowd went wild:
Dear friends and supporters of 91.3 WYEP:
You may have seen news over the past week that WYEP is collaborating with the City of Pittsburgh and Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership on a project intended to support and bolster Pittsburgh’s music ecosystem. I wanted to share some detail on the project with you, and then explain why we believe this is so important to our community.
The goal of our project is simple: to make Pittsburgh a city that better embraces music and musicians by identifying the things that get in the way. Our initiative will examine all the regulations, policies and guidelines surrounding live music in the city. We will be working with an experienced consultant, digging into everything from sound ordinances and complaint mediation to zoning and permitting…and we will also create an inventory of the music ecosystem in Pittsburgh and seek to attract the kinds of businesses necessary for musicians and venues to be sustainable. Artists, venue owners, music businesses, educational institutions and residents will all have a chance to add to the conversation, and together we will create a music ecosystem that supports the diverse and amazing music scene we have now and that we want to have in the future.
Pittsburgh is in the midst of a great resurgence, from our growing tech sector to our thriving restaurant scene. With this resurgence comes national accolades for all the wonderful amenities that Pittsburgh has to offer and I believe wholeheartedly that the original music being made here can and should be recognized as one of our great strengths. Pittsburgh’s local music scene is filled with diverse and amazing talent. There is a rich and iconic music history in Pittsburgh that we can celebrate. There are interesting spaces in our unique neighborhoods that add to the quality of life in our communities. There is an economic advantage to presenting live music that can lead to financial sustainability for venues, artists and businesses. Now is the time to set the foundation so that Pittsburgh musicians can do what they do best and we can all be proud of them when they make national headlines.
As a local institution with a mission to enrich the community through music, WYEP brings people together to experience music in any number of ways. We help connect people to artists and artists to audiences. As a local nonprofit that serves the entire region and is committed to music discovery, WYEP can facilitate conversations that will lead to systemic change, allowing this music scene to thrive. This is an exciting time to be a music lover and I thank you for supporting all our efforts here at 91.3 WYEP.
Abby Goldstein
WYEP General Manager
67 Bedford Square
Pittsburgh, PA 15203
Studio: 412.381.9900
Office: 412.381.9131
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