Dave Popkin
WBGO news/music contributorDave Popkin joined the WBGO content team as a free-lance news/music contributor in 2023. Dave is the former host of The Blues Show, The Morning Show, and News Director of WVUM-FM in Miami. The Jersey Shore native is an accomplished sportscaster currently calling Seton Hall Basketball and appearing on various national radio and TV networks, including SiriusXM, CBS Sports Network, FS1, and ESPN+. He is a singer in two bands: Porch Rockers and The Attic. Popkin is also the CEO of an events company, Hilltop Management, and President of the Board of Trustees of the non-profit organization, Nutley Family Service Bureau. In 2017, he created Rock Hunger, a music festival that raises money for food pantries. He is constantly evolving.
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On this episode, we pay tribute to the late blues guitarist and singer Joe Louis Walker who died on April 30 at the age of 75 -
On this episode of The Art of the Story, WBGO's Dave Popkin chats with blues guitarist and singer Reed Turchi about his new album -
On this episode of The Art of the Story, WBGO Dave Popkin chats with the winners of the 2025 North Jersey Blues Society's Blues Challenge -
On this episode of The Art of the Story, legendary blues guitarist and singer Tommy Castro talks about his latest album Closer to the Bone -
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On this episode of The Art of the Story, blues guitarist and singer-songwriter Ronnie Baker Brooks chats with WBGO's Dave Popkin -
On this episode of The Art of the Story, WBGO's Dave Popkin chats with jazz vocalist and composer Andromeda Turre -
On this episode of The Art of the Story, WBGO's Dave Popkin chats with guitarist and singer-songwriter Jimmy Vivino about his New Jersey roots and his new blues album -
Guitarist, singer and band leader Jimmy Vivino chats with WBGO's Dave Popkin about his new blues album -
On this episode of The Art of the Story, legendary bassist George Porter Jr. talks about his new album Porter's Pocket
