WERU Community Radio

WERU Community Radio

WERU Community Radio 89.9 FM - diverse and grassroots radio serving Midcoast, Downeast & Bangor, a voice of many voices!

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Seasons Greetings!

Seasons Greetings!

December 8, 2025

From the volunteers, Board of Directors, and staff of WERU, we wish all of our listeners and members Happy Holidays! Just as this season is recognized in many different ways, so it is with the many different people and kinds of programming on WERU. This diversity is what makes community radio special, and we thank you for making all that possible with your support. You are at the heart of what we do and who we are. We-are-you!
 
These are challenging times, of course, but hopefully in 2026, WERU can help us cope and even thrive. We will continue to work hard at making good on our community radio mission to “lift spirits, raise awareness, and make connections,” and we will do it together!
 
Happy Holidays and a Happy New Year!

THANK YOU!!!

THANK YOU!!!

November 3, 2025

The Fall Membership Drive wrapped up with enthusiasm with the Saturday Morning Coffeehouse on November 15! Listeners really stepped up to support and celebrate WERU! Thanks to all of you, that terrific energy brought in over $70,000! Everyone feels great knowing that WERU will survive and thrive well into the future with your support. You can keep the vibe going by giving online anytime! Thank you!

 

Nature Notes: A Maine Naturalist Afield – Sailing the Maine Coast

Nature Notes: A Maine Naturalist Afield – Sailing the Maine Coast

October 3, 2025

Nature Notes: A Maine Naturalist Afield is a 5-minute, spoken-word program produced by staff of the Maine Natural History Observatory (MNHO) that discusses natural history topics relating to Maine’s flora and fauna from the perspective of field biologists and naturalists.

Listen to the recent 7-part series produced by MNHO executive director, Glen Mittelhauser, about sailing the Maine Coast and discussing the natural history he sees on the way. Along the trip, Glen encounters coastal seabird colonies, moon jellyfish, and clouds of bioluminescent plankton. Listen through the WERU archives, or wherever you listen to podcasts!

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Volunteer Profile: Tim Parson

Volunteer Profile: Tim Parson

October 2, 2025

Back in November. you might have chanced upon and listened to a surprise on-air collaboration between Tim Parson, one of the hosts of On the Wing Monday, and his sister, Anne. What a show it was! Tim and Anne together played a selection from their family collection of 45s, all old vinyl spun on the studio’s two turntables. Listening to that amazing show made us want to know more about this co-host of Monday’s edition of On the Wing. Meet Tim Parson.

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A World of Music Ukrainian Special Guest

A World of Music Ukrainian Special Guest

October 1, 2025

On Sunday, July 27 from 6 to 8 pm, A World of Music host Greg Rossel welcomed Anna Dovhanych, a foreign exchange student from Ukraine attending high school in Blue Hill. Anna shared a range of music from her country, from traditional wedding songs to contemporary rock and pop, including several of her favorite artists. She even received a text from her parents back home, where it was 2 am! You can listen to the entire program here.

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Featured Artist of the Week

“Morning Maine” Featured Artist of the Week:  KONGERO

“Morning Maine” Featured Artist of the Week: KONGERO

Kongero is our “Featured Artist of the Week”!  Tune in each weekday morning at 7:45 AM (ET) to hear our volunteer disc jockey play at least one song from their albums and then give you a chance to win a FREE pair of guest list passes to one of two choices:

Concert at 7 PM

on Friday, December 19th

Rockport Opera House at 6 Central Street

 

Vocal Workshop at 3 PM 

on Saturday, December 20th  

Bagaduce Music at 49 South Street in Blue Hill

Concert + Dance at 7 PM

on Saturday, December 20th

The Bay School’s Emlen Hall at 17 Bay School Drive in Blue Hill

Wabanaki Land Acknowledgement

WERU Community Radio acknowledges that the radio station exists in the place we now call Maine, which is home to the sovereign Wabanaki people. We are very grateful to be here and honor the ancestral and contemporary Wabanaki peoples indigenous to these places in the Dawnland.

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Top Albums of the Week

Top Albums 12/9/2025

1 GOLDENOAK All The Light In Autumn
2 TOP JIMMY AND THE RHYTHM PIGS Pigus Drunkus Maximus
3 THE MOUNTAIN GOATS Through This Fire Across From Peter Balkan

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Meetings of the WERU Board of Directors take place on the third Monday of each month at 5:00 p.m., unless the meeting falls on a holiday. Meetings are open for public observation and there is a fifteen-minute public comment period at the beginning of each meeting. Most meetings are held virtually. For more information please call 469-6600 or email info@weru.org.

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Community Radio WERU FM
P.O. Box 170
1186 Acadia Highway
East Orland, Maine 04431
89.9 FM Midcoast, Downeast and Bangor

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Office: (207) 469-6600
Studio: (207) 469-0500
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