Radio Base Camp

Good morning….welcome to RADIO BASE CAMP I’m Steve di Costanzo host of this show that’s usually on Tuesday morning from 7am to 9am. I’ve been on air for 15 years now.  And one of more than 80 DJ’s who play music or host a variety of talk shows and community shows.  This morning for the next 3 hours up to noon I’m going to take you on a journey of my music and some of my musical genres  I focus on....

Tuesday Radio Base Camp 7am-9am with DJ DiCO (aka Steve di Costanzo). Tune in LIVE at WPKN 89.5-FM or stream it or listen to the archive and/or podcast (which you can download  wherever you get you podcasts). Hi all ...hope some of you were able to enjoy the OPEN STUDIOS this past weekend with many of the amazing artists that were part of the Bridgeport Art Trail.  It was the 18th year and highlig...

Steve di Costanzo <stevedicostanzo@gmail.com> | Mon, Nov 2, 6:42 AM (2 days ago) |  | to me It's a Radio Base Camp 'ELECTION EDITION'  Start your morning Tuesday from 7am to 9am with music to set the proper VOTING mood.  Artists: Deee-Lite, John Moreland, Pussy Riot, Steve Earle, Willie Nelson, The Byrds, Thelma Jones and the LA Soul Brothers, Janelle Monae, Bruce Springsteen, The Replacemen...

It's a Radio Base Camp WPKN 89.5 (Bridgeport ) 'ELECTION EDITION'  Start your morning Tuesday from 7am to 9am with music to set the proper VOTING mood. ALL MUSIC no interuptions.  DJ: Steve di Costanzo Artists: Deee-Lite, John Moreland, Pussy Riot, Steve Earle, Willie Nelson, The Byrds, Thelma Jones and the LA Soul Brothers, Janelle Monae, Bruce Springsteen, The Replacements, Graham Nash, The Stra...

BACK IN ACTION ON WPKN RADIO (Bridgeport,CT)  89.5-FM and streaming/podcasts wpkn.org. -with a new episode tomorrow -that be Tuesday! 7am to 9am.  I've been on a bit of a USA road trip to see how expensive gas is.  Well not exactly that. The real focus was the California wedding of my lovely and smart and funny daughter Lily.  The wedding was in Ojai, CA on a ranch. It was So much fun and I could...

Germaine Valentine interviews Tony Fletcher Born in 1964, by age 13, he started his own music magazine titled Jamming! in which he landed an interview with Pete Townshend when he was just 14 years old. By 17, he scored an interview with Paul McCartney AND was running an independent record label with Paul Weller from The Jam, also called Jamming! Fletcher's an author of 12 books, the majority of wh...

Radio Base Camp Tuesday morning show Sept '15 -  WPKN 89.5-FM (Bridgeport, CT)  I'm also turning this into an APPLE podcast so you can download it after it's done.  GREAT GREAT songs and artists + XTRA ENERGY:  Andy Bell, Look Blue Go Purple, Alabama Shakes, Gloria, Angine de Poitrine, Santigold, Echo & thre Bunnymen, Buzzcocks, Television, The STranglers, The Beta Band, Kraftwerk, Erykah Badu...

It's the first Tuesday of September. A show that harks back to simpler times.  When people ask me " what kind of songs and artists do you like" it's a bit hard to answer.  So I thought it might be interesting to take stock of some of my DJ DICO vintage vibe selections.  Songs perhaps under the radar and same with bands. In any event I hope you like the selections - they bring back a lot of nostalg...

Say it ain't so. Summer always rushes it's way through the calendar and sure enough it's almost September. At least we know that September is pretty sweet. Don't ditch the Ice Cream. Our 2-hr Radio Base Camp Show from 7am to 9am this morning has many twists and turns. Old school and new I've listened to the playlist a few times on my bike rides and it's Radio Base Camp radio ready. Here are the ar...

Tuesday’s Radio Base Camp show has a well-known DJ- Germaine Valentine - who has shared many shows over the past 15+ years that I’ve been on WPKN Radio. It was always an honor to have Germaine Valentine and Hilton Valentine in the studio telling stories and playing great music. Unfortunately, Hilton Valentine - the original guitarist of the British band The Animals- passed in Jan. 2021. It‘s wonde...

Steve di Costanzo aka DJ DICO. Radio Base Camp Tuesday August 11 on WPKN-89.5 FM and streaming. 7am to 9am. Hi all...if you ever want to touch base with me my email is radiobasecamp@gmail.com . This Tuesday's show is an A-side and a B-side. The first hour or so digs into some singer-songwriters and into some vintage country rock. The B-side is more of a scorcher of electronica, dance music, rock ,...

Get on Your MOD Vespa's and Ride- RADIO BASE CAMP dials in the mid 1960's for a look at MOD music and culture. Mod music inhabits many genres including R&B, Stax Soul. Ska, Rocksteady, Blue Beat, Freakbeat, some garage and proto punk.  Here are the ARTISTS:   Booker T & the M.G.'s, The in Crowd, Smokey Robinson & the Miracles, The High Numbers, Pink Floyd, Dandy Livingstone,The Who, Fr...

Radio Base Camp 'New Releases and Vintage Gems. Hope you are all enjoying the summer. I've put together an interesting show that has no theme but is curated of course and has a certain flow to the 2 hours of music.  Here are some of the artists you will be hearing on Tuesday July 28 from 7am to 9am: Dave Pike Set, Antibalas, The Kinks, The Beatles, Humble Pie, Ruti, Holy Wave,Robyn Hitchcock, Jimm...

OK...been thinking about this weeks show for awhile. During COVID- WPKN was a comfort to many to hear some music even if it we were sequestered.  We also pioneered some fun International themes across genres and countries. I'm going to bring one back. It's an all new show that showcases a bit of everything for everyone.  Disco, Rave, Afro-Beats, Dance Hall, New Wave Experimental, Electro, Downtown...

Every summer I present a show called 'UNDER THE COVERS' - yes, songs done by different artists than the original.  Tuesday will be my 'Under the Covers-Summer Edition' Tune in from 7am to 9am. on WPKN.  Here is the list of Artists performing cover versions:  Lauren Auder, The Feelies, Graeme James, Female Species, Natural Child, Nina Simone, My Morning Jacket, Khun Narin, Ultimate Painting, Sharon...

It's an annual event...in the summer I like to do a show of my RADIO BASE CAMP 'Best Songs of the Year'- so far.  Here are the artists and the songs selected in no particular order.  Rain (PVA), BCMC (Badland Rag), Dry Cleaning (Cruise Ship Designer), Swamp Dogg (Acid Tongue), Paw Paw Rod (Lights Down Low), Vince Staples (Cotton), A$AP Rocky (Punk Rocky), Romaine Garcia (A Smile With Scars), Shake...

HOPE YOU ALL HAD A GREAT 4TH OF JULY.  I'm up tomorrow morning with a new RADIO BASE CAMP show.  7am to 9am. I'll be programming all over the map- with some really interesting musical artists who are at the top of their game and genre. NEW RELEASES! and remastered tracks as well as some sneaky and naughty tracks for the adults in the room or car.  Here are the artists:  PG Harvey, The Blue Nile, R...

RADIO BASE CAMP this morning's show I try to do the last Tuesday of every month-  I call it the 2-hour Technicolor Dream  ( this as an homage to the famous concert in the Great Hall of the Alexandra Palace, London, on 29 April 1967 . It was called the The 14 Hour Technicolor Dream - the line up included the Crazy World of Arthur Brown, One In A Million, Soft Machine, the Move, Tomorrow, the Pretty...

A big RADIO BASE CAMP 'Thank You' for helping to raise money for our nonprofit community radio station WPKN. You helped us really ' Catch a Wave' Todays musical artists are treats. In fact it sound even better the second time you listen to it. Yorkston/Thorn/Khan, Smerz, Kurt Vile, Babe Rainbow, The Quik, Nightmare on Wax, Soft Hearted Scientists, Pretenders, Iceagae, Robyn Hitchcock, The Modern L...

Catch a Wave- it’s about summer, music festivals, surfing and swimming and hitting the beach- today’s Radio Base Camp show is a bit different than my regular shows -its time for us to raise money for nonprofit radio WPKN.   I’ll be playing an international Music mix to help you get going this morning with hopes of getting you to raise some money for my show and all of the shows we present. If you...

RADIO BASE CAMP -  My show this Tuesday is a mix of new releases, under the radar tracks and some vintage gems. Artists in the mix includes:  LCD Soundsystem, Holy Fuck, Collect 200, Modeski, Martin and Wood, Deee-Lite, Les Big Byrd, Westside Cowboy, The Velvet Underground, The Beatles, The Flying Burrito Brothers, Yuny Singh, Cut Face,Baauer, The Avalanches w/Jamie xx, Hania Rani+ Olafur Arnalds,...

Drop me an email here : radiobasecamp@gmail.com     thanks for listening Steve di Costanzo I'm always trying to mix up the free-form sounds of each of my show.  The first instinct is to find new song releases in a variety of genres. This show fits that with some additional weighting on International songs : Guided By Voices, (USA) Jerome Sydnhams and Fatima Naji,(Nigeria) LYR, (England), Soraia Dr...

Join me on Tuesday for a new episode of RADIO BASE CAMP from 7am to 9am 'drivetime'.(later as a podcast)  We will start a bit quiet but amp up as we go along. Lots of new songs you will not have heard  before on WPKN.  Here are the artists I'll be highlighting:  LCD Soundsystem, Suki Waterhouse, The Fall, Geese, GIFT, Julian Cope, Robert Plant and Friends. S.G. Goodman, Westside Cowboy, Paw Paw Ro...

RBC - New Releases! RADIO BASE CAMP- Steve di Costanzo- Tuesday May 19 '26 7am to 9am in the WPKN Bridgeport Studios. NEW RELEASES Here are the artists DJ DICO will be playing Cate Le Bon, Little Barrie, Kurt Vile, Kevin Morby, Suki Waterhouse, SAULT, A. More,  Shakira and Burna Boy, Norma Fraser, Beefheart & McQuinn, Sunday Mourners, Widowspeak, Calvin Harris/Jazzy, Hercules & Love Affair...

Dive into a curated playlist from DJ DICO: no fat and no filler. Here are the artists for Tuesday May, 12, 2026 on WPKN’s - RADIO BASE CAMP SHOW - Oliver Sim, Real Farmer, Charli xcx, Pigeon, The Beatles, ForgiveMeTommy!, S.G. Goodman, The Stone Roses, Parlor Greens, My New Band Believe, Lemon Twigs, Quiet Light, Lana Del Rey, Giorgio Moroder w/Martin Brodin, Jesse Ware, The Slambovian Circus of D...