DJ Robert Drake
@djrobertdrake.bsky.social
Peabody Award winning radio host/producer WXPN-FM; retro DJ; life-long fan of my hometown, Philly! Winner Philly Mag Best DJ 🌟Philly A List Best Radio Personality 🎧
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We've got many more Halloween musical tricks and treats coming up today on World Cafe @worldcafe.bsky.social, a "freaky" Funky Friday at 4pm, the Dark Side of New Wave w/ @djrobertdrake.bsky.social at 7pm and Amber Miller at 9pm w/ two hours of a wicked 90s mix. (Go easy on the candy!)
October 31, 2025 at 5:05 PM
We've got many more Halloween musical tricks and treats coming up today on World Cafe @worldcafe.bsky.social, a "freaky" Funky Friday at 4pm, the Dark Side of New Wave w/ @djrobertdrake.bsky.social at 7pm and Amber Miller at 9pm w/ two hours of a wicked 90s mix. (Go easy on the candy!)
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Best of Philly spotlight: For more than two decades, @djrobertdrake.bsky.social has turned his deep love of ’80s New Wave into communal celebration. A @wxpnfm.bsky.social mainstay, he’s still spinning at age 62 — always chasing that high of bringing people together through music.
DJ Robert Drake's Been Throwing the Best Parties in Philly for More Than 20 Years — and Shows No Sign of Stopping
Let this South Philly man-about-town entertain you. It’s all he wants to do.
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July 31, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Best of Philly spotlight: For more than two decades, @djrobertdrake.bsky.social has turned his deep love of ’80s New Wave into communal celebration. A @wxpnfm.bsky.social mainstay, he’s still spinning at age 62 — always chasing that high of bringing people together through music.
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Let's hear it for @djrobertdrake.bsky.social - congrats on his @phillymag.com award. XPN alos won Philly mag's "Best Concerts On The Cheap" for our 20 year (almost 1000th) Free At Noon program.
I am both honored and humbled to learn that I have just won Best Impresario in Philadelphia - in @phillymag.com 2025 Best of Philly! #PhillyLove #FTW #bestofphilly / amazing photo by @messina_martinez 📸
www.phillymag.com/news/2025/07...
www.phillymag.com/news/2025/07...
July 21, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Let's hear it for @djrobertdrake.bsky.social - congrats on his @phillymag.com award. XPN alos won Philly mag's "Best Concerts On The Cheap" for our 20 year (almost 1000th) Free At Noon program.
I am both honored and humbled to learn that I have just won Best Impresario in Philadelphia - in @phillymag.com 2025 Best of Philly! #PhillyLove #FTW #bestofphilly / amazing photo by @messina_martinez 📸
www.phillymag.com/news/2025/07...
www.phillymag.com/news/2025/07...
July 18, 2025 at 11:46 AM
I am both honored and humbled to learn that I have just won Best Impresario in Philadelphia - in @phillymag.com 2025 Best of Philly! #PhillyLove #FTW #bestofphilly / amazing photo by @messina_martinez 📸
www.phillymag.com/news/2025/07...
www.phillymag.com/news/2025/07...
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Great job @djrobertdrake.bsky.social and @somevelvetblog.bsky.social, everyone on the beach around my OCNJ got to hear it too! 🤘🏻
July 14, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Great job @djrobertdrake.bsky.social and @somevelvetblog.bsky.social, everyone on the beach around my OCNJ got to hear it too! 🤘🏻
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it is such a JOY(!!!) to listen to @djrobertdrake.bsky.social interviewing the equally legendary #PierreRobert recounting his fascinating involvement in a mad magical moment in rock history.
KEEP TUNING IN TO XPN!!
#LiveAid #LiveAid40
KEEP TUNING IN TO XPN!!
#LiveAid #LiveAid40
Listening to Pierre Robert from WMMR and @djrobertdrake.bsky.social from WXPN @wxpnfm.bsky.social talk about Live Aid right now on XPN as part of our #liveaid40 coverage. So many great stories.
July 13, 2025 at 4:19 PM
it is such a JOY(!!!) to listen to @djrobertdrake.bsky.social interviewing the equally legendary #PierreRobert recounting his fascinating involvement in a mad magical moment in rock history.
KEEP TUNING IN TO XPN!!
#LiveAid #LiveAid40
KEEP TUNING IN TO XPN!!
#LiveAid #LiveAid40
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This Sunday, we're celebrating the 40th anniversary of Live Aid with a day long chronological playback of highlights from the Philly and London shows. Robert Drake @djrobertdrake.bsky.social gets it under way at 10am f/b Bruce Warren @somevelvetblog.bsky.social at 3pm. xpn.org/2025/07/09/w...
Celebrate Live Aid's 40th Anniversary on WXPN - WXPN | Vinyl At Heart
For the 40th anniversary of the legendary benefit concert, we'll be playing back recordings from Live Aid, interviews with artists, and more.
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July 9, 2025 at 3:37 PM
This Sunday, we're celebrating the 40th anniversary of Live Aid with a day long chronological playback of highlights from the Philly and London shows. Robert Drake @djrobertdrake.bsky.social gets it under way at 10am f/b Bruce Warren @somevelvetblog.bsky.social at 3pm. xpn.org/2025/07/09/w...
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USAID, gutted. Contracts canceled. $2B in U.S. farm goods—rice, wheat, lentils—vanishing into the ether. Farmers left holding the bag. Musk & Trump swinging the axe, locking doors, shredding deals. A bureaucratic bonfire with global starvation as collateral. Hell of a plan.
February 7, 2025 at 1:05 PM
USAID, gutted. Contracts canceled. $2B in U.S. farm goods—rice, wheat, lentils—vanishing into the ether. Farmers left holding the bag. Musk & Trump swinging the axe, locking doors, shredding deals. A bureaucratic bonfire with global starvation as collateral. Hell of a plan.
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January 22, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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Awesome weekly show to tune in wherever you are!
Those Losties out there in the bright BlueSky - toss
#XPNLOTL on your posts during tonight's trip into the Land of the Lost - Rock of the 80s on @wxpnfm.bsky.social
7-9PM ET - on the radio and live worldwide XPN.org #XPNcountdown
#XPNLOTL on your posts during tonight's trip into the Land of the Lost - Rock of the 80s on @wxpnfm.bsky.social
7-9PM ET - on the radio and live worldwide XPN.org #XPNcountdown
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January 18, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Awesome weekly show to tune in wherever you are!
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Those Losties out there in the bright BlueSky - toss
#XPNLOTL on your posts during tonight's trip into the Land of the Lost - Rock of the 80s on @wxpnfm.bsky.social
7-9PM ET - on the radio and live worldwide XPN.org #XPNcountdown
#XPNLOTL on your posts during tonight's trip into the Land of the Lost - Rock of the 80s on @wxpnfm.bsky.social
7-9PM ET - on the radio and live worldwide XPN.org #XPNcountdown
Home - WXPN | Vinyl At Heart
WXPN is a nationally recognized leader in Triple A programming and the premier guide for discovering new and significant artists in rock, blues, roots, and folk.
XPN.org
December 6, 2024 at 11:52 PM
Those Losties out there in the bright BlueSky - toss
#XPNLOTL on your posts during tonight's trip into the Land of the Lost - Rock of the 80s on @wxpnfm.bsky.social
7-9PM ET - on the radio and live worldwide XPN.org #XPNcountdown
#XPNLOTL on your posts during tonight's trip into the Land of the Lost - Rock of the 80s on @wxpnfm.bsky.social
7-9PM ET - on the radio and live worldwide XPN.org #XPNcountdown
Wooooo! @wxpnfm.bsky.social #XPNLOTL
Cheers to all the Losties! Happy Friday! (Toasting with a gin mule) #xpnlotl
January 18, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Wooooo! @wxpnfm.bsky.social #XPNLOTL
Just posted my most-recent winter weather update for the Philly region (Fri Noon)
January 17, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Just posted my most-recent winter weather update for the Philly region (Fri Noon)
The answer is white in front of your face.
Why the fuck are we talking about making Canada a 51st state, while Puerto Rico and Washington DC are RIGHT THERE WAITING????
January 13, 2025 at 11:59 PM
The answer is white in front of your face.
I totally forgot about these!! I can’t believe you still have one and that the water is still in it!! @wxpnfm.bsky.social 💜💜
January 7, 2025 at 4:22 PM
I totally forgot about these!! I can’t believe you still have one and that the water is still in it!! @wxpnfm.bsky.social 💜💜
Thanks! And thanks for supporting @wxpnfm.bsky.social 💜
@djrobertdrake.bsky.social Thanks for the great tunes this morning Robert. Can never get enough Supergrass!
January 7, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Thanks! And thanks for supporting @wxpnfm.bsky.social 💜
Now THERE is a memory from the Blizzard of ‘96 to beat all!! Thx for listening to @wxpnfm.bsky.social
@djrobertdrake.bsky.social Thanks for the flash back to the blizzard of 1996. Our triplets, now 28, were conceived during the blizzard. We thought we’d never make it to the clinic for the embryo transfer and all would be lost. Friends made some calls and two snow angels in a Ford F-350 came thru.
January 6, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Now THERE is a memory from the Blizzard of ‘96 to beat all!! Thx for listening to @wxpnfm.bsky.social
Indeed!!
@wxpnfm.bsky.social It’s on like Super Bon Bon! Takes me right back to my dorm room circa 1995-1996! @djrobertdrake.bsky.social
January 6, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Indeed!!
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@djrobertdrake.bsky.social my son was born 1/12/96
Took two days just to shovel the driveway
This photo of 21st street pretty much sums it all up:
Took two days just to shovel the driveway
This photo of 21st street pretty much sums it all up:
January 6, 2025 at 1:25 PM
@djrobertdrake.bsky.social my son was born 1/12/96
Took two days just to shovel the driveway
This photo of 21st street pretty much sums it all up:
Took two days just to shovel the driveway
This photo of 21st street pretty much sums it all up:
Agreed! @wxpnfm.bsky.social
@djrobertdrake.bsky.social always a good thing to hear “Money’s too tight to Mention”
January 4, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Agreed! @wxpnfm.bsky.social
Thank YOU 💜💜
Thank you @djrobertdrake.bsky.social and @wxpnfm.bsky.social for Land of the Lost!
December 28, 2024 at 12:54 AM
Thank YOU 💜💜
Join me TONIGHT on @wxpnfm.bsky.social as we celebrate with a LOTL DANCE PARTY live on the radio! Roll up the carpets and turn up the speakers right now for Funky Friday easing right into a two-hour LOTL DANCE PARTY from 7-9pm ET ... on the radio and live worldwide XPN.org!
December 27, 2024 at 9:07 PM
Join me TONIGHT on @wxpnfm.bsky.social as we celebrate with a LOTL DANCE PARTY live on the radio! Roll up the carpets and turn up the speakers right now for Funky Friday easing right into a two-hour LOTL DANCE PARTY from 7-9pm ET ... on the radio and live worldwide XPN.org!
After hearing from those who joined me during the final hour of The Night Before, moved by the music - I decided to pull that hour aircheck and archive it - whenever the mood hits. Feel free to share the link with everyone and best wishes for the New Year #XPNTNB
www.mixcloud.com/robert-drake...
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The 32nd Annual Night Before On Xpn - Closing Hour
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December 26, 2024 at 5:42 PM
After hearing from those who joined me during the final hour of The Night Before, moved by the music - I decided to pull that hour aircheck and archive it - whenever the mood hits. Feel free to share the link with everyone and best wishes for the New Year #XPNTNB
www.mixcloud.com/robert-drake...
www.mixcloud.com/robert-drake...
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August Darnell - Christmas on Riverside Drive is one of my all time faves!
#xpntnb
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December 24, 2024 at 3:46 PM
August Darnell - Christmas on Riverside Drive is one of my all time faves!
#xpntnb
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Thanks!! #XPNTNB 🎅
Anyone looking for a portal into the spirit of Christmas? Look no further. Point your radio to 88.5 (in Philadelphia) or your browser to www.xpn.org.
@wxpnfm.bsky.social
The irrepressible @djrobertdrake.bsky.social is doing his annual 24 hour takeover and he, like Santa, never fails to deliver.
@wxpnfm.bsky.social
The irrepressible @djrobertdrake.bsky.social is doing his annual 24 hour takeover and he, like Santa, never fails to deliver.
Home - WXPN | Vinyl At Heart
WXPN is a nationally recognized leader in Triple A programming and the premier guide for discovering new and significant artists in rock, blues, roots, and folk.
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December 24, 2024 at 2:49 PM
Thanks!! #XPNTNB 🎅