WYEP has always been listener-supported radio, and so fundraising messages have been an ongoing fact of life for the station. This is a 1977 promo inviting listeners to make a contribution.

1977 Membership Promo

Tom Waits describes his origins in a 1976 interview with WYEP.

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Tom Waits: The "Lost" WYEP Interview excerpt 1

As part of WYEP's 40th anniversary in 2014, the station produced the "Time Capsule," a series of short segments focusing on various aspect of its history. This installment featured an interview with Jim Hurray, co-host of the show "Magic Music Machine" in the 1970s and '80s.

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TIME CAPSULE: Magic Music Machine

Raise The Roof Party promo

Caribbean Rhythms featuring Chris Noel

Weekly Reader - Poetry Special (excerpt)

1974 - 09 - 05 - Futz Radio Breakfast (excerpt)

Rock The Block promo (2006-09-09)

WYEP looks at the history around a lost recording of Lou Reed recently discovered at the Andy Warhol museum archives in Pittsburgh.

In Pittsburgh, A Lost Tape Of Lou Reed Recordings Is Found

In 1976, WYEP co-founder Jeff Smith, as well as then-DJs Mal Reding and Bill Askin, met up with Tom Waits at a Howard Johnson restaurant in York, Pa.

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