The night before the night before

The first part is done: mixers, microphones and CD players. Tomorrow we move the computers in and do some more testing.








It's still looking a little sparse without the rest of the equipment, and the other decorative enhancements.






The Ferris wheel is looking good, but it's kind of eerie in an almost empty park.

Our coverage area

If you're curious about our coverage area, here's a nice map.

Crunch time!

In less than 48 hours, Radio Vibes will be live on WPKN 89.5 FM. Today is a busy day for the crew. As I write, we're waiting for a phone company tech to make a quick repair to our broadcast circuit. Once he's done, we'll run some music over the line from the park back to the studio.

Tonight I'm hauling gear from the station over to our trailer—what Mickey Hart called "the Taj Mahal of trailers." We'll set up a good part of our remote studio this evening, and we should be able to send programming back to WPKN.

It's all coming together, and we're looking forward to bringing you another year of Radio Vibes on WPKN.

The end of the beginning

Link to the mother ship

The planning phase is over, and the building phase has begun. The broadcast circuit connecting Seaside Park to WPKN has been installed. The day the phone company installer shows up is the day it all becomes real.

Home for the festival weekend

Once we successfully send audio from the bandshell back to the studio – to be sure everything is "just exactly perfect" – we start packing everything we need to set up our remote studio. There's nothing glamorous about our backstage studio. It's an 8' x 10' room in a trailer, but it's where we spend most of the weekend during Vibes.

Freshly unboxed

Meanwhile, on the home front, Dave G. has a brand new Mac Mini that will have its shakedown cruise at Vibes. This is where all the interviews are edited.

Welcome, Vibe Tribe!

If you found us from our page on the Gathering of the Vibes web site, welcome! This is where we'll be posting programming and schedule updates throughout the weekend.

Vibes Pre-Party & Food Drive Tomorrow Night

Arch Street Tavern, Hartford, CT. Ticket info here.
Bring non-perishable food for Strangers Helping Strangers. Radio Vibes will be MC for the evening.

We're Back for 2012!

We will once again be broadcasting Radio Vibes on WPKN 89.5 FM. The fun starts around 9:00 Thursday morning and continues all weekend. We will have traffic and weather information, frequent schedule information, interviews, and all the main stage music we can get (subject to artist agreement). When we shut down for the night, stay with our local hosts who will take you through the night and morning until we join you for the next broadcast day.

As you drive toward Bridgeport, you can pick WPKN up at around Stamford, Danbury, Rocky Hill, and Old Saybrook — as well in most of Long Island.

Stay in touch with us through our social media channels:

• Facebook: http://facebook.com/radiovibes
• Twitter: http://twitter.com/vibesradio (hashtag #vibetribe)
• Blog: http://vibesradio.blogspot.com

That's Radio Vibes on WPKN 89.5 FM (http://wpkn.org).