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!

Serving Midcoast,
Downeast & Central Maine
A Voice of Many Voices
Broadcasting from Solar Powered Studios

Station News

Congress Passes Rescission Bill to Claw Back Federal Funding for Public Media

Congress Passes Rescission Bill to Claw Back Federal Funding for Public Media

(July 18) Congress has voted to pass the rescission bill requested by the Trump Administration, which claws back $1.1 billion in funding for public media previously appropriated by Congress. (The $9 billion rescission bill also included foreign aid.) Read more.

For WERU this means the loss of 25% of our annual revenue, which we will have to raise from other sources (an additional $125,000 by the end of the year).  We thank everyone who supports WERU as we deal with this new financial reality. Our thanks as well to everyone who called and wrote to our Congressional delegation urging them to support community media by opposing the rescission bill.

Statement from the National Federation of Community Broadcasters (read more).

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New National Poll: Majority of Voters Trust Public Media More than Media Overall and Highly Value Core Services and Programs

New National Poll: Majority of Voters Trust Public Media More than Media Overall and Highly Value Core Services and Programs

Majority of U.S. Voters Oppose Eliminating Federal Funding for Public Media as the Budget Rescission Deadline Nears

WASHINGTON, DC (July 14, 2025) – As the U.S. Senate prepares to vote on the Rescissions Act of 2025, that would cancel $1.1 billion in already approved funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), a new national survey finds that U.S. voters place more trust in public media than media overall and hold a more favorable opinion of public media compared with for profit media.

According to the poll, conducted online by Peak Insights from June 29 to July 1 among 1,000 likely voters, voters highly value public media’s core services and programming such as emergency alerts (82 percent) children’s educational programming (66 percent), local programming (66 percent) and national news reporting (60 percent).

The survey reveals voters more widely trust public media compared with media in general when it comes to reporting the news “fully, accurately and fairly” – only 35 percent of voters trust media in general, but 53 percent of voters trust public media networks and local stations.

The survey also finds that 53 percent of U.S. voters oppose eliminating all federal funding for public media, compared with 44 percent in support.

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July is “Genre Month” on Soundings

July is “Genre Month” on Soundings

And just when you thought summer couldn’t get any better… Soundings comes along with a full month of extraordinary shows designed to reacquaint you with music you’ve loved in the past – but may not have heard for quite some time. This series will play out in four distinct “genre” episodes – Folk (July 5), Classical (July 12), Country (July 19), and Crooners (July 26) as only Soundings can do it. If you enjoy the quirky choice of music on Soundings, the offbeat commentary, the nostalgia, and the personal stories, just think of Genre Month as “Soundings on Steroids.” It’s finally summer. Swimming, ice cream, sailing, barbeques, and now Genre Month will make this a summer to remember. “Be there. Aloha.” – Eddie

Democracy Forum: Constitutional Crisis – Are Civil Liberties a Thing of the Past?

Democracy Forum: Constitutional Crisis – Are Civil Liberties a Thing of the Past?

While ordinary life goes on for most of us, some Mainers are living in fear. This is not normal.

Listen to the most recent episode of Democracy Forum from the League of Women Voters of Maine in the WERU archives here!

Participatory Democracy, encouraging citizens to take an active role in government and politics. Tune in every 3rd Friday of the month at 4pm!

Wabanaki Windows Receives Award!

Wabanaki Windows Receives Award!

WERU is thrilled to announce that Wabanaki Windows and host Donna Loring have received a 2025 Hometown Media Award in the category of racial justice and civil rights, presented by the Alliance for Community Media Foundation! Wabanaki Windows airs on WERU on the 4th Tuesday of every month from 4 to 5 pm, and also airs on WMPG Community Radio in Portland. Congratulations, Donna, on this recognition and thank you for your many years of excellent programming! “Read more” to see the full press release.

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Check out WERU’s App!

Check out WERU’s App!

Have you heard about the WERU mobile phone app? Available on iOS and Android! We’re always trying to improve this service, and two new features under the menu icon are pretty cool. One is called “station news,” which you can select to get articles about the latest goings on at WERU. The other is labelled “your voice,” which gives you the ability to record a station identification or tell us why you listen to WERU, both of which could be broadcast on the station. So, if you want to add your voice to the “Voice of Many Voices,” use this feature and we’ll give it a listen, and you never know, you might hear yourself over the airwaves or on the internet. That’s the every-improving WERU app for your phone or other mobile device, available for free at your favorite app store. Check it out!

Featured Artist of the Week

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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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
Email: info@weru.org

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