WERU Community Radio

Check out the April 16 edition of The Democracy Forum (produced in partnership between the League of Women Voters of Maine and WERU) for a program all about diversity. Is this is one of the most divided moments in American history? How have these fractured moments come up in our prior history? What role is the emergence of multiracial democracy playing in this current divisive moment? What role has race played in the divisions of the past? Can a polity come back from such serious fragmentation? How have we gotten past it before, or have we? Check out our archive and tune in

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Join us on Dawnland Signals, for a critical conversation of truth, healing, and change in the Dawnland, on this April 14 edition, honoring the Indian Child Welfare Act: Maine’s efforts to fully comply with the ICWA. Learn about the Truth Commission’s third recommendation for Maine to improve staff ICWA training, and the importance of educating about the history that led to the ICWA. Finally, what can citizens can do to support the ICWA? Hosted and produced by Maria Girouard and Esther Anne, and engineered by Jeffrey Hotchkiss.

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Listen to the March 10 archived edition of Talk of the Towns with host Ron Beard, and learn how Maine Communities, in the face of a changing climate, are working to help families, businesses and local governments take steps, both to reduce green-house gasses and to adapt to the consequences.

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Following Maine CDC press briefings*, at 3:50 p.m. (just before afternoon public affairs), WERU’s News & Public Affairs Manager, Amy Browne, will give a live “Maine Coronavirus Report.” We invite you to tune in live, read the transcripts below.

State & Federal COVID-19 Information:

• Maine Center for Disease Control & Prevention
• Centers for Disease Control & Prevention

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During the past year, WERU Community Radio has received grant funding from several foundations located in the state of Maine and nationally. These foundations include the Maine Arts Commission, Maine Community Foundation, Maine Association of Broadcasters, the Mattina R. Proctor Foundation of Boston, MA and The Seth Sprague Educational and Charitable Foundation of New York, NY. WERU is grateful for the support of these foundations, which has helped greatly during this time of uncertainty! WERU also receives support from several anonymous private foundations, as well as ongoing support from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. We thank them all!

Thanks to WERU’s Smartphone App you can easily listen to WERU to live and recorded shows from your phone! Just search for WERU in your favorite app store (App Store for iPhones and Google Play for Android phones).  Give it a try – we hope you enjoy it!

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