Art Radio WPS1.org was the Internet radio station of P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center and the Museum of Modern Art from April 2004 - January 1, 2009. It provided a 24-hour stream and on-demand archive of cultural programming. The station operated out of the historic Clocktower Building in lower Manhattan, New York City, where a network of interlinked studios streamed live and pre-recorded talk, performances and historic recordings to a world wide audience. WPS1's mission, staff, and original programming have been transferred to the non-profit Art International Radio, directed by Alanna Heiss.
WPS1 featured talk radio styled discussions and interviews with artists, authors, musicians, actors, filmmakers, critics, curators, poets, educators, journalists, media experts, and other cultural leaders, innovators, and challengers. The station also carried a unique and important collection of music assembled by a team of music curators. This material ranged from live recordings of the widely acclaimed P.S.1 summer Warm Up series of DJ dance sets to rare and thoughtful surveys such as the recent Robert Moog Memorial Hour (honoring the passing of the synthesizer inventor) and the Gulf Coast Music Special assembled from rare vinyl recordings. WPS1 also broadcast historic recordings from university and private collections and from the audio archives of the Museum of Modern Art; presented live remote programs from festivals including the Armory Show, Art Basel Miami, and Venice Biennale with artists such as Thierry Geoffroy; and frequently features panel discussions hosted by different New York cultural institutions.
WPS1 broadcast live from P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center annual summer warmup DJ parties, which are available for free on the online archive. WPS1's archive, now available through the AIR, contains over 1600 programs of music, talk, and historic audio. These include DJ recordings by Norman Jay, François Kevorkian, Ben Watt, Doc Martin, Danny Krivit, Jeannie Hopper, Pete Lawrence of the Big Chill (music festival), Paddy Boom of Scissor Sisters, Rekha, Bob Sinclair, Tim Lee, and many more. The archive also broadcasts programs featuring artists such as Elliott Sharp, Juan Atkins, Michael Musto, Elijah Wood, and Uma Thurman.