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Welcome to your curated guide to What’s Happening on RadioStpete.com Sunshine 96.7 FM and Tampa Bay, from downtown St. Petersburg to the beaches and beyond. Here you will find links to news about RadioStPete.com, our newsletters, special events on the radio station and in our downtown St. Pete studio and more.
AWARDS We won Best Radio Station 2025 – Reader’s Pick in Creative Loafing’s BEST of the BAY! Thanks to all who voted, our guests, podcasters, music hosts, partners and audience for this accolade – this one is because of YOU! Read more.
PLAN YOUR FUN! Make your plans with the LET’S GO GUIDE here! BEST BETS Shopapalooza this weekend, Sanding Ovations in Treasure Island and more. Explore museums – MFA, The Dali , James Museum of Western & Wildlife Art, St. Petersburg Museum of History; concerts (The Florida Orchestra, Mahaffey, Ruth Eckerd, The Palladium) or Green Light Cinema!
11/30 2-5pm HIGHLIGHTS FROM the 35th SUNCOAST JAZZ FESTIVAL CONCERTS THANKSGIVING SPECIAL PROGRAMS We will post the concert program line-up today for our Sunday Afternoon Concert Hall! RadioStPete is THRILLED to share some of the fabulous local and headliner performances from the sold-out festival 11/21-23. In addition to headliners Jason Marsalis, Ken Peplowski, Diego Figuerado and Wycliffe Gordon, folks were wowed by Professor Cunningham and His Old School, Dave Bennett Quartet, Tom Rigney and Flambeau, St. Louis Stompers, Chuck Redd, Ehud Asherie, Jonathan Russell, Bakey and Betty! Featuring Florida’s best musicians, bands and singers including Simon Lasky – Arenas, Lasky & Nash, Allison Nash, Theo Valentin, La Lucha, Bob Price, Joe Porter, Paul Wilborn and Eugenie Bondurant, The Jazz Phools, Al Downing Trio, Naples Jazz Society Jazz Band, The Legendary John Lamb, James Suggs, Jeremy Carter, Bryan J. Hughes and the Crew, Don Mopsick, Nate Najar, Daniela Soledade, Heather Thorn, Eddie Metz, Carl Amundson and more! 👉Thanks to Joan Dragon, President and RockThePlanet’s Erik and Mary Koch for their audio help!
MUSICAL NOTES Check the program guide for all our local music shows.
SPECIAL EVENTS Get your tickets NOW for our Holiday Happy Hour Dec. 2. Go here for tickets/details.FLORIDA FOLK SHOW 11/29 10-noon – On vacation for the holiday! Tune in Dec. 6! Florida Folk Show Radio St Pete — your Saturday soundtrack for all things Florida music and culture. 
Three ways to catch the show live: 
Tune in locally at 96.7 FM 
Listen anywhere at RadioStPete.com 
Watch live on Facebook: Florida Folk Show Radio St. Pete!
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Tune in to LUNCHTIME CONVERSATIONS Monday-Saturday noon-1:230 for local news, podcasts, interviews and more. Here’s what aired June/July 2025. We talk to Tampa Bay artists, musicians, non-profit and government leaders, interesting community activists and neighbors. We preview events, festivals and educational symposiums.
WHAT’S NEW? Passion Struck with John Miles moves from Sunday to Monday 5:10pm. Craig Pittman Welcome to Florida Saturday noon. EMPTY NESTERS with hosts Jill Whelan and Leah Mangum – a podcast is where current and pending empty nesters to gather, share experiences, and prepare for the next chapter. LUNCHTIME CONVERSATIONS expands to Sunday featuring 12:10 pm “ABC This Week” (repeats on St. Pete Sounds 2:05 pm); 1:05 Away With Words. Saturday 8:10am, tune in to ABC Radio’s Start Here Weekend with host Brad Mielke.
LISTEN anytime to your favorite local podcasts & interviews! Click here to view all of our podcasts and search by the person or name of show. Check out the new Program Guide https://radiostpete.
STAY IN TOUCH Sign up for our free newsletter. Email info@radiostpete.com Read past newsletters: December 2024; January, February, March, April Follow us on Facebook! Be the 1st to know about what’s happening! 
FEATURED PROGRAMS LISTEN UP anytime, anywhere to our online, on-air magazine in our podcast archive for audio/blogs. Plan your fun with the LET’S GO GUIDE here. What’s happening from downtown St. Pete to the beaches…and beyond! Tune into Weekend with Wiser every Thursday or Friday.
WEEKLY on LUNCHTIME CONVERSATIONS: Tune in to Pet Tips Monday, Roger Curlin’s News from the Edge District Tuesday, Bill DeYoung Arts Alive & Good Deeds, Live Life Better, plus local university news from Eckerd College & USF St. Pete.
BEST BETS (1)Arts Alive with Bill DeYoung (2) Rising Tides Podcast (3) Frugal Friends w/Jill Sirianni & Jen Smith
(4) MUSIC & FILM Stephen Riordan’s Big Broadway Energy Saturday 4pm & Sunday 5pm and his podcasts. Catch his interview with Katrina Young/Class Acts about the upcoming Legally Blonde Jr. Musical! Look behind the scenes at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees 2025. Sunscreen Film Festival interviews with actors, directors & producers! MUSIC SCENE interviews feature Dimaz Sanchez, Ken Peplowski, Markus Gottschlich, Le Jazz Hiram Hazley, Al Downing Monday Night Jazz Jam’s Dwayne White & OG Kenny Walker/Stretch Bruyn, Alex Harris Suncoast Jazz Festival artists Nov. 21-23, Alejandro Arenas & other CJH Experience musicians in their series and the Oct. 16-19 Clearwater Jazz Holiday. J Kolb’s interview with Dr. Robert Entrel about the Penny Lane Museum moving to downtown St. Pete is a blast!
MUSEUMS & ART Catch Historically St. Pete w/ Rui Farias , executive editor St. Petersburg Museum of History Monday podcast noon-1:30. Listen to Rui’s history of the Jazz Scene & Manhattan Casino here. Florida Humanities FORUM Magazine interviews. Photographer Dave Decker new exhibit at WADA.
AUTHORS & INSPIRATION Passion Struck author John Miles Sunday at 1:15 pm. Kerry Kriseman’s writing tips are inspirational in Making Memoir Magic! Storytime with Janet Keeler. Randy Wayne White, Doc Ford series author!
MUSIC SHOW HOSTS Monday 10pm Soundscapes hosted by Domenico Pontoriero every Monday 10PM features locally produced instrumental music + focuses focus on relaxing instrumental music. Catch THE CLASSICAL SCENE with Dr. Victor Minke Huls, Associate Principal Cellist of The Florida Orchestra.
Twice a month on Monday during Lunchtime Conversations, Victor invites a friend from the Tampa Bay classical music community to discuss their backgrounds and upcoming performances, and listen to interesting musical selections
Florida Folk Show Saturday live 10-noon w/Pete Gallagher, Tim Valle & posse and musical guests. Plus special guests talking about environmental issues. In St. Pete, tune in to 96.7 FM or online www.radiostpete.com worldwide and live audio/VIDEO at the Facebook page Florida Folk Show Radio St Pete
HANG OUT with RSP @ LOCAL EVENTS Joe Bourdow’s interviews with the annual luncheon hosted by Academy Prep of St. Petersburg awardees for Five Fabulous Females is inspiring! Meet Elise Minkoff Lauren Brigman
We had fun 3/29 at Do Good Day! Enjoy these interviews with local non-profits and interviews from 5/9 Small Business Week’s Food Truck Rally hosted by The Greenhouse.
EXPANDED COVERAGE As of May 1, Radio St. Pete will be broadcasting ABC News Radio audio programming during Lunchtime Conversations and the 8am and 5pm news programs as well as breaking news and special features. Read more.
MAY 2025 WLMX-LP St. Petersburg is now RadioStPete’s official FCC designated call sign. This change facilitates future audience measurement of our FM radio station.
September 2025 On 9/26 RadioStPete / Sunshine 96.7FM was honored to be recognized by Mayor Kenneth T. Welch and the City of St. Petersburg, Florida during the anniversary event for Hurricanes Helene & Milton. Our volunteer-run community station was highlighted for ensuring local voices stay on the air during storms, thanks to new backup power and emergency internet systems. Staying connected matters most when our community needs it.
ON TV General Manager Joe Bourdow appeared on FOX March 4 to talk with anchor Linda Hurtado about RadioStPete’s 1 year Studio Anniversary @Thrive DTSP in downtown St. Pete and the City of St. Petersburg Proclamation making March 5 “RadioStPete Day.” Watch here.
RSP PHOTOS AROUND TOWN Enjoy the photo gallery from our March 5 Studio Anniversary Celebration. See all our photo albums here.
AWARDS 2025 and 2024 Winner of Best of the Bay – Best Radio Station finalist Creative Loafing 2024, 2025!
Winner – Best Burger for Community Conscience Reporting from St. Petersburg Chamber of Commerce.
MORE MEDIA COVERAGE Read about What’s Happening at RadioStPete in articles that appear in St. Pete Life Magazine, Northeast Journal and Tampa Bay Newspapers!
