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 2p.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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Kentucky singer/songwriter S.G. Goodman put on a great show for WFPK members in our performance studio -
Denver-based duo Marfa did two songs live and some chat on 91.9 WFPK -
Ben Kweller talks about grief, loss, and the joy of music in the 91.9 WFPK studio with host Laura Shine -
Louisville's Runaway Souls just released their new single "The Fall" -
Progressive Newgrass band Hot Brown Smackdown returns with an epic new song called "Check Engine Light" -
Hayes Carll visited the WFPK studio and played a couple of songs and talked about the new album We're Only Human -
Kentucky band Hooker just released their new Southern Rock single "Catch Fire" from upcoming album Gaslit -
Listen to the Members Show and interview with songwriter/singer Maia Sharp -
New band to the Louisville music scene Day Portrait just released their debut single that builds into a great rock song -
Spectral Heart Mosaics is the new EP from Louisville's Drift City
