Renee Rosensteel
This year WYEP celebrated 50 years of being on the airwaves here in Pittsburgh. We had an exciting year, and wanted to look back at everything you might have heard or learned from the “station where the music comes first.” Revisit Live & Direct Sessions, check out photos from our festivals and read about music history throughout western Pennsylvania.
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WYEP Programming & News
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The Earworm Eraser is a 40-second audio track specifically designed to banish "Jingle Bells," "All I Want For Christmas Is You" and other much-too-catchy seasonal tunes. -
The concert at Stage AE will highlight seven acts that once graced the stage of fabled South Side venue. -
Pittsburgh psych rock band Grand Piano are calling it quits! The group, fronted by enigmatic singer and guitarist Zak Kane, will leave us with a mind-bendingly uninhibited final album, "Information Superhigh." -
Skye Burkett is a friend to bugs. The Pittsburgh-based indie folk artist found her new song “Bugs and Honey” while reconnecting with nature one evening last year. -
Erykah Badu opens up on Wild Card about wanting to live in a space shuttle, how music is the undertone to her life, and whether there's more to reality than we can see or touch. -
Where are all the Black girl groups? It's a common question that got us thinking about the legacy, evolution and current state of the Black girl group. -
WYEP’s Musician Accelerator Program provides a unique, educational experience designed to provide access and insights to local teen artists in the development of their talent. -
Former Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback and four-time Super Bowl champion Terry Bradshaw once had a rollercoaster of a country music career. -
Rocket Loves Blue is an Outlaw Americana band from Josh and Nikki Shapiro. Their latest release — “Big Shot Money” — came to life after spending some time at the Westmoreland County Fair. -
The production wizard behind Michael Jackson's Thriller won 28 Grammy awards during a career that spanned more than 70 years as a performer, songwriter, producer and music executive. -
In March of 2016, Bonnie Raitt performed in Pittsburgh at the Benedum Center, and WYEP's Rosemary Welsch was lucky enough to go backstage and record an interview. -
The Cure's first album in 16 years, Songs of a Lost World, is thematically dark, but sonically rich and inviting. Still, though, Robert Smith says there's so much more to come.
Celebrating music and culture from the African diaspora — tune in on Friday from 6 p.m. – 8 p.m.