The radio network airs primarily news and talk from NPR along with several locally produced programs.

[citation needed] It became WPKT in 1984[1] after board chairman Homer D. Babbidge Jr. requested the FCC change the call letters to honor CPBN head Paul K. Taff.

One of the first casualties of this change was the popular classical music program Morning pro musica, which was fed from WGBH-FM in Boston.

Ultimately, WNPR decided to cancel Morning pro musica, even though network executives knew it would cause a major loss in funding.

However, the increased willingness of NPR member stations to focus on news, especially after the September 11 attacks occurred, made the format change palatable.

[4] Ultimately, in 2006, WNPR dropped classical music altogether in favor of a full-time news and information format.

[10] Connecticut Public Radio features the programs Where We Live, The Colin McEnroe Show, Audacious with Chion Wolf, Seasoned, and Disrupted with Khaliah Brown-Dean, all based in Hartford.

The documentary was released in late 2018 to coincide with the one year mark since the storm ravaged Puerto Rico.

Faith Middleton has been voted Best Radio Talk-Show Host by Connecticut Magazine readers for the past 10 years.