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WXPN Opens with Great Fanfare!
WXPN's new 12,700 SF headquarters and station features state-of-the-art studios that support a variety of production needs ranging from one-on-one interviews of individual artists to live performances of large bands. XPN's new digs also include 43 employee office spaces and 14 student work study areas.
Visit http://www.xpn.org
for more XPN tidbits and for a list of upcoming concerts happening at
the new World Cafe Live!
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After
spending almost six decades broadcasting from an old Victorian house
at the University of Pennsylvania, WXPN has moved into its new
home in the Hajoca Building, at 3025 Walnut Street, just a few
blocks from 30th Street Station on the University of Pennsylvania Campus.
Grand
Opening celebrations kicked off with a few words from Governor
Ed Rendell and Mayor John Street, followed by office / studio
tours of the new space and the unveiling of three large murals created
by local artists Paul Santoleri and Parris Stancell. The
festivities continued on October 2 with the very first musical performance
by Jonatha Brooke at the new World Café Live music
venue.
Lots
of buzz has been happening in the 
