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Check our What’s Happening daily. It’s your your curated guide to special events with RadioStpete.com Sunshine 96.7 FM as well as all the Tampa Bay fun, 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.
Mark your calendars for March 4, 2026 for our 2nd annual anniversary celebration at Thrive DTSP! CONA CommUNITY 3/7 at Azalea Park Do Good Day 3/28 @Ferg’s.
BEST BETS James Suggs @GreenLight Lounge + Kitchen 1/24🦩Explore Saturday’s downtown St. Pete Market and Sunday’s Kenwood & Corey Ave. markets. Listen to Weekend with Wiser for festivals, arts markets, celebrations, winter concerts and more. Explore museums – Imagine Museum, MFA, The Dali , Great Explorations, James Museum of Western & Wildlife Art, trolley tours from the St. Petersburg Museum of History; concerts (The Florida Orchestra, concerts at the Mahaffey Ruth Eckerd, Straz, The Palladium), and films at Green Light Cinema!
Big Broadway Energy host Stephen Riordan directs the upcoming “Where You Are” at the Early Bird Theater 1/10-2/15, 2026!
MUSICAL NOTES Check the program guide for all our local music shows. New on Monday is Dom’s Soundscapes Podcast. **2nd 2nd SATURDAY @1-2pm! Stay tuned for L.A. Moore’s Songwriters Hour. **COMMON CHORDS Music director JKolb hosts musical guests 2nd Tuesday 6-7pm; 2/10 next. On Jan. 20, a rebroadcast of Ben Rogers & Dennis Bixler.
Saturday 10am-noon Florida Folk Show Radio St Pete 1/24 🦩1/31 Singer songwriter, JANE FALLON plus Marty Fouts and Gabe Whitney presenting a tribute of the late Florida songwriter Todd Snider ‘s music. 🦩 2/7 Gainesville singer/songwriter EMMETT CARLISLE and wife, will commandeer the whole show with their astounding collection of Florida Folk Songs. RAIFORD STARKE will be on hand to sit in, if needed! 2/14Seminole singer Rita Youngman, songwriter Doug Spears! 
Three ways to catch the show live: 
Tune in locally at 96.7 FM 
Listen online RadioStPete.com 
Watch FB Live Florida Folk Show
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Tune in to LUNCHTIME CONVERSATIONS Monday-Saturday noon-1:230 for local news, podcasts, interviews and more. We talk to Tampa Bay artists, musicians, non-profit and government leaders, interesting community activists and neighbors. We preview events, festivals and educational symposiums.
Catch all our pre-race interviews & coverage of the FIRESTONE GRAND PRIX of ST. PETERSBURG here! Coming up? Interview with Kim Green at our THRIVE DTSP studio! Nikita Johnson, Gulfport’s rising star interview here. Tickets here.
TUNE IN to THE IDEA HUB Passion Struck with John Miles ignites your mind with breathtaking interviews & insights Monday 5:10pm. Craig Pittman Welcome to Florida Saturday noon is both information and hilarous. Keep the Faith with Beth Gelman inspires us. 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 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, Good Deeds, Live Life Better, local university news from Eckerd College & USF St. Pete Bulls By the Bay , Arts Alive with Bill DeYoung , Frugal Friends w/Jill Sirianni & Jen Smith
THEATER, MUSIC, FILM Stephen Riordan’s Big Broadway Energy Saturday 4pm & Sunday 5pm and his podcasts. 2025 Sunscreen Film Festival interviews with actors, directors & producers! BOOK TALK with Dominic Howarth of Book + Bottle, Margo Hammond’s interviews and more. 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 & others.
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 BOOK TALK with Dominic Howarth of Book + Bottle, Margo Hammond’s interviews and more. Kerry Kriseman’s writing tips are inspirational in Making Memoir Magic! Storytime with Janet Keeler. Randy Wayne White, Doc Ford series author! Mystery writer Lisa Unger!
MUSIC SHOW HOSTS Monday 10pm Soundscapes hosted by Domenico Pontoriero every Monday 10PM features locally produced instrumental music + focuses focus on relaxing instrumental music and NEW is his pre-show podcast. 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!
