WERU Community Radio

WERU will be at the Common Ground Country Fair in Unity, this Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Our booth will be located adjacent to The Green, next to the MOFGA info booth.

Stop by and say “hi,” buy station T-shirts and hats, ask questions, and give us feedback on how the station sounds. You can also enter a contest to win a WERU hat by showing us your Smartphone with the WERU app on it.

And for the first time WERU will broadcast each day’s fabulous keynote speaker, live from 11 to 12 o’clock, right from the fairgrounds.

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Hon. Donna M. Loring, Penobscot Nation Elder, Former Representative in the Maine State Legislature, and host of Wabanaki Windows (aired on WERU and WMPG), will lecture online on Wednesday, October 12, 12-1 pm. In April of 2022, Maine’s Permanent Commission on the Status of Racial, Indigenous, and Tribal Populations issued a report, “One Nation, Under Fraud: A Remonstrance,” outlining the history of tribal relations with the state of Maine and suggesting a framework for remedying those relations — that is, for redressing the centuries of fraud and cultural genocide perpetrated by the state. This event will feature the report’s three co-authors, each of whom will share their unique perspective on the project and what it means for our community and the work before us today.

Watch the Zoom broadcast and Q&A at une.zoom.us/j/91861427328, or watch on the web at www.une.edu/live.

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NextWave Radio Hour is a new program featuring folks in their 20s and 30s, often referred to as Millennials, from all across Maine. In this program, host and producer Pepin Mittelhauser, will address issues, news, and current events both locally and nationally, and featuring young creators who trailblaze their own paths in our modern political, economic, and social climate. We hope to provide unique perspectives of life from the next generation working to create the future they hope to lead. NextWave Radio Hour will air every 4th Thursday of the month at 4:00pm, and will be available in our archives and in podcast form shortly after.

The next episode, airing on September 22 at 4pm will feature Jon Stein of Fogtown Brewing Company, Colt Neidhardt from Schoodic Arts for All, and songwriter Sara Trunzo as the featured artist.

The previous episodes can be found here. This project was made possible by the generous support of the Maine Community Foundation.

“I wander around the coast a lot—from Kittery to Eastport… No matter where my adventures take me on the coast of Maine, I can count on the WERU app to access my favorite shows—live and on-demand!” – Jack Sullivan

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In previous programs in this series, we looked at some of the possible effects of climate change on the way life could be in Maine in the not too distant future.  On May’s program, we look at some forces already at work today – climate change as well as the recent rediscovery of so-called “forever chemicals” in Maine soil and water – and what these forces may mean for people who grow food, both as professional farmers and as backyard gardeners.

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Day Dream Nation, Saturday evenings 6:00-8:00, is a lively program featuring many genres presented by three fine DJs: Kristie, Zoe and Jack Fonchezzz. Click read more to meet them!

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