XPN coming to Central PA

The next voice you hear … WXPN coming to central Pa. YEAHOOOOOOO!

From PATRICK BURNS, Staff Intelligencer Journal article....
LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. - Three years after helping launch Philadelphia's coolest live music spot, World Cafe Live, Roger LeMay has a new goal: Make radio hip again in the Lancaster area.
LeMay, general manager of the nationally acclaimed Philadelphia public radio station WXPN-FM 88.5, will begin that task Tuesday when WXPN 88.7 will go live in central Pennsylvania.

The $3.5 million venture, which includes the purchase of Harrisburg station WZXM-FM 88.7 and a new translator tower in Middletown, will double WXPN's broadcast footprint, LeMay said Thursday during a visit to Lancaster.

The deal may appear risky, considering WXPN's $7 million annual budget. But like the station's eclectic and inspiring mix of rock, blues, roots, indie, soul, reggae, funk and folk, LeMay is anything but ordinary.

WXPN is an NPR member — it sells and distributes World Cafe to about 190 NPR stations — but it remains pretty much independent, LeMay said. It does carry NPR news on the hour, "but that's it," LeMay said.

For more info. check out their web site:

http://www.xpn.org/

They are having a Get to Know Us tour:

The tour begins with a Kids Corner Star Party on Thursday evening. Then, we kick off the weekend early with XPN's Free At Noon Concert and Dance Party at the Whitaker Center. Midday Saturday, join David Dye for his Book Signing. Then, on to Lancaster for a live free concert with Matt Pond PA and Jessica Hoop at the Chameleon Club. Sunday takes us to the Strand-Capitol Performing Arts Center in York, PA. November 1 to the 4th, it's the WXPN