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Laura Shine
Host/Producer, WFPKRadio started as a hobby for Laura Shine with a one-hour show focusing on music by women called Womanwaves. It debuted in 1992 on WFPL. At the time, she was in a popular local band called Yer Girlfriend and an English major at U of L. It was her bandmates that encouraged Laura to create Womanwaves, which became an instant hit for the station.
A few years later, she was tapped to be the morning drive-time host for WFPK's relaunch as an adult album alternative station (billed at the time as “The New 92”). Her voice introduced Louisville to the format January 8, 1996. On that dark and snowy morning, WFPK switched from Mozart to Timbuk 3's The Future’s So Bright I Gotta Wear Shades.
The hobby of radio soon turned into a passion - and then a career. Laura is now the host of afternoon drive and Senior Host/Producer. She loves the “give and take, the connection with listeners that live radio offers like no other medium.”
Email Laura at lshine@lpm.org.
You can hear Laura every weekday from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Listen to the most recent episodes of Laura's Friday Ride Home:
Listen to the most recent episodes of Laura's full afternoon show:
Laura's Recent Playlists:
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My Morning Jacket just released the second single and video for "Squid Ink" from upcoming album is due March 21, 2025
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Kentucky Soul released "Don't Worry Baby Blues"
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Louisville band Ed Monk released their new EP Second Nature and play The Whirling Tiger on Feb. 7th, 2025
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Smiley Coyote just released their new EP Rodeoactive
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Sydney Sleadd & The Swarm will perform a benefit concert at The Monarch, Feb. 1st, for Tribe Animal Sanctuary
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Singer/songwriter Will Overman in the 91.9 WFPK Studio with Laura Shine
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Louisville band Charm School will release new LP Debt Forever on January 24th with a show on Jan. 25th at Zanzabar
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Joy Oladokun guest DJs on WFPK with host Laura Shine and talks about the music industry and the music she loves.
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Louisville bluegrass duo Bibelhauser Brothers recorded "This Heart of Mine" with New Grass Revival's John Cowan
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Louisville's Bad Milk Dirty Peaches teams up with folkster Wilder Adkins for a Zen-like song