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Displaced Packers Fans Unite In New York City Bar

October 10, 2013 - 1:21pm

Green Bay might be the smallest U.S. city with a professional football team but Packers fans can be found around the world. According to Packers Everywhere, there are more than 1,700 Packers bars. In New York City, Packers fans gather at the Kettle of Fish on Christopher Street in Greenwich...

Corroded Piling Caused Green Bay Bridge To Sag

October 3, 2013 - 1:11pm

Engineers with the state Department of Transportation say they have found the cause of the sag in an interstate bridge in Green Bay . The Leo Frigo Bridge has been closed for more than a week. The bridge spans the Fox River where it meets Green Bay. It's been closed...

Traffic In Green Bay Adjusts To Bridge Closure

September 30, 2013 - 12:27pm

Engineers are still working to determine what caused Green Bay's Leo Frigo bridge to sag . In the meantime drivers are finding their way from one side of town to the other, by driving city streets and alternate highway routes. The bridge has been closed for almost a week due...

Activists Plan To Protest Washington Redskins' Name At Packers Game

September 13, 2013 - 12:24pm

Activists will gather at Lambeau Field on Sunday to protest the name of the Green Bay Packers' opponent, the Washington Redskins. The weekend's events kicked off today at University of Wisconsin-Green Bay with an educational forum on Washington's Native American-themed name and logos. Barb Munson of the Wisconsin's Indian Education...

Contact Green Bay's Studios

September 4, 2013 - 11:31am

Wisconsin Public Radio Room 107 Wood Hall 2420 Nicolet Drive Green Bay WI 54311 (Voice) 920-465-2444 (Free) 800-654 6228 (News) 920-465-2750 (Fax) 920-465-2576 Ellen Clark Regional Manager Patty Murray , WPR News David Newman , Corporate Development Representative Christopher Dearing , Associate Corporate Development Representative Carina Abrego Koch , Promotions...

Catch Green Bay's Regional Programs

September 4, 2013 - 11:28am

Monday - At The Edge with Michael Brown Electronic and Experimental Music Tuesday- The Blue Side with Mary Flynn Contemporary and Traditional Blues Wednesday - Jazz Odyssey with Chris Kuborn A Journey Through the Transitions of Jazz Thursday - Kalihwiyo'se with Chris Powless and Richie Plass Native American Music produced...

Chihuly Venetians Exhibit

September 4, 2013 - 11:24am

Wisconsin Public Radio is proud to sponsor The Paine Art Center and Garden's Chihuly Venetians exhibit which features 47 vessels, 12 drawings, and a large-scale "chandelier" of more than 1500 pieces by America's greatest glass artist, Dale Chihuly. His "Venetians" take the glassmaking tradition to a new level of innovation,...

Indigo Girls

September 4, 2013 - 11:10am

Wisconsin Public Radio is proud to sponsor the folk-rock duo Indigo Girls as they deliver their openhearted songwriting and lush harmonies at the Door Community Auditorium in Fish Creek. Decades into their career, the Indigo Girls still amaze conventional pundits with their ability to grow and thrive regardless of the...

Americans Increasingly Curbing Their Cars

August 13, 2013 - 8:55am

Cars have been an integral part of American culture for the last century. Owning an automobile, we've been taught, comes with a sense of freedom and individuality. Over the last decade, however, there seems to have been a change in the way we think about using our cars. According to...