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Oshkosh Arena

Oshkosh Arena

99.5 PKR welcomes CoComelon to The Oshkosh Arena Wednesday, April 30, 2025 TICKETS ON SALE Friday, February 21 WIN with WPKR:  February 22 7 23:  Listen for texting keywords for your chance to be at this event with a family 4-pack of tickets!More

Camp Randall Concert

Camp Randall Concert

Morgan Wallen is coming to Camp Randall Stadium on Saturday, June 28 for the I’m the Problem Tour 2025, with special guests Miranda Lambert and Ella Langley!More

Harley Davidson Homecoming

Harley Davidson Homecoming

The Harley-Davidson Homecoming™ Festival is an annual 4-day celebration of music, moto-culture, and our hometown of Milwaukee. This year we’re bringing together some of the biggest names in music and entertainment at Veterans Park on Friday and Saturday.More

Listen Live

Listen Live

Listen Live to 99.5 WPKR We’re making it even easier for you to stay connected to 99.5 WPKR wherever you go. In addition to tuning in on your radio, you can now listen to 99.5 WPKR through any of your favorite streaming devices and audio apps! FM RADIO: If you are in or near the…More

WFRV Local 5

Community remembers fallen state trooper 10 years later

Community remembers fallen state trooper 10 years later

KIEL, Wis. (WFRV) – A decade later, Northeast Wisconsin remembers and continues to honor fallen state trooper Trevor Casper. On March 24, 2015, the 21-year-old Casper was on his first solo patrol. He had tracked down a murder and bank-robbing suspect near the ‘Pick N’ Save’ in Fond du Lac. The suspect shot at Casper,…More

St. Norbert assistant Johnson “brings the energy” to women’s hockey team

St. Norbert assistant Johnson “brings the energy” to women’s hockey team

DE PERE, Wis. (WFRV) – The St. Norbert women’s hockey team earned the first NCAA Division III tournament win in program history this season, the same year it hired new assistant coach Ally Johnson. Coincidence? Probably. But Johnson’s impact on the Green Knights this season was undeniable. “She’s been a huge reason why we are…More

Quieter tomorrow with more sun

Quieter tomorrow with more sun

The latest Northeast Wisconsin weather forecast from Storm Team 5… After another storm system moved through this weekend and dumped close to double digits of snowfall on us, it was definitely a relied to be much quieter today. Our storm system has moved further to our east, but on the back end of that system,…More

Law enforcement plans 24-hour security for NFL Draft in Green Bay

Law enforcement plans 24-hour security for NFL Draft in Green Bay

GREEN BAY, Wis. (WFRV) – While northeast Wisconsin law enforcement is no stranger to protecting large crowds, the NFL Draft will bring an unprecedented need for intense, 24-hour security of the draft campus. “This will be a multi-day event, and there will be a 24-hour piece to it too,” Capt. John Rousseau of the Brown…More

Country News

Tyler Hubbard Shares What It Was Like Writing With Ed Sheeran In Nashville

Tyler Hubbard Shares What It Was Like Writing With Ed Sheeran In Nashville

After making surprising appearances at Nashville’s iconic Tootsie’s Bar and the Bluebird Café last weekend, Ed Sheeran’s deep ties to Music City have come into focus. The English pop superstar has a decade-long history of songwriting for country music icons including Kenny Chesney, Tim McGraw, Faith Hill, and Kelsea Ballerini. An unreleased collaboration with Florida…More

Jelly Roll Shares Insight Behind His No. 1 Hit, ‘Liar’

Jelly Roll Shares Insight Behind His No. 1 Hit, ‘Liar’

During a recent appearance on Friday Night Takeover with Rob + Holly, Jelly Roll shared the inspiration behind his hit single, “Liar,” which is currently on a six-week run at No. 1 on Billboard’s Country Airplay chart “This song is just about standing up and being like, it’s a lie,” Jelly shared. “Tell me I…More

Shaboozey Hints That He Has New Music On The Way Soon

Shaboozey Hints That He Has New Music On The Way Soon

In a new interview with Holler, Shaboozey hints at potentially releasing a deluxe version of his latest album, Where I’ve Been, Isn’t Where I’m Going, following the success of his recent single, “Good News.” Despite not working on a full-length studio record at the moment, the “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” hitmaker hints at what his…More

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