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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Louisville band Don't Call Me Lady just released "White to Blue" in time for the holidays
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Cadillac Young's new Xmas song "Love Lost at A Truck Stop in Texas"
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Louisville native and film composer Sean Giddings as Sparrowghost releases new song "Snow"
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Hard to Hold is the new album from Louisville's Drew Crawley
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All That Matters will be the new album from Louisville band Grackle
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Sheroes host Carmel Holt talks about her podcast The Road to Joni to WFPK's Laura Shine
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Louisville band Drift City just released a spooky video for their new song "Ship of Juniper"
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Routine Caffeine just released their dreamy new EP called Weeds Under Concrete Stones
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Singer/songwriter Yani Vozos of Appalatin released a new anthemic version of "Kentucky Soul Fly Free"
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Little Feat members Bill Payne, Fred Tackett, and Scott Sharrard performed live on WFPK