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
Darlin’ Corey and the Pine Tree Flyers, both Portland-based bands, performed at Bucksport’s Alamo Theatre on Wednesday, September 3rd. It was an excellent twin bill of Maine-based folk music, presented through a partnership between Bucksport’s Wednesday on Main and WERU. Thanks to Wednesday on Main, the bands, and everyone who attended! (Photo: members of both bands on stage for the encore.)
Listener support for WERU is alive and well and awesome! After losing federal funding (the Corporation for Public Broadcasting was recently defunded by Congress, which eliminated 25% of our budget), we needed a highly successful membership drive and a strong showing of solidarity, and our loyal listeners delivered in grand fashion. Over $100,000 was raised and there were more than 700 donations! That’s right, it was a huge outpouring of support, three times as much as usual, and a big step towards making up for the lost funds ($165,000) and financial independence for the radio station. The volunteers, staff and board of directors are moved and humbled by this level of support, and we thank you sincerely!
In a year of anniversaries, Saturday Night Live turned 50, and The New Yorker celebrated its first century. To mark the occasion, Word and Working Loose, the Blue Hill “concept shop” and art gallery, hosted a conversation between two New Yorker editors, one of whom has written the definitive biography of SNL founder Lorne Michaels. The event took place on Tuesday, July 29. Susan Morrison, New Yorker articles editor and author of Lorne: The Man Who Invented Saturday Night Live, was interviewed by New Yorker executive editor Daniel Zalewski. The conversation took place at Working Loose, 49 Main Street, Blue Hill.
Listen to the talk in the WERU Archives here!
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.
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!
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.
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!
Groove Doctors 3 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 debut album.
DJ Denis will interview guitarist / vocalist / bassist Mike Lawrence from the trio live via telephone on Friday, September 12th at 8:30 AM.