WERU Community Radio

At WERU we love and live in rural Maine, and we are proud to embody the voice of our community. That’s why we are joining community and public broadcasters from all around the country in celebrating the first-ever Rural Voices Day on March 4, organized by the Alliance of Rural Public Media. In the wake of massive federal funding cuts to public media, it is important to note that we continue to exist and broadcast unabated, and that listeners have come to the financial aid of their beloved station. In fact, listener giving actually increased significantly over the past year. So Happy Rural Voices Day from the board, staff, and volunteers of WERU and thank you for helping us to be a resilient, committed, connected, and local institution – a “voice of many voices.” And as our call letters say, “We are you!”

On the February edition of Democracy Forum, the topic was how civic courage and neighborliness create solidarity under stress. How are communities under pressure holding it together? In Minneapolis, in Maine, and in other communities around the country. What do we have in common with pro-democracy resistance movements around the world? Take a listen and find out!

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Our Winter Membership Drive came to an end on Saturday and raised over $50,000 – Amazing! Many thanks to all the listeners and volunteers who pitched in generously to make the drive so successful – our best ever in February! We really feel all the love for WERU! Thank you! Read More …

Dear WERU Supporters and Friends,

Since 1999, I have served as the General Manager of WERU Community Radio, and I will be forever grateful to have been entrusted with such an incredible opportunity. Now the time has come for me to retire, which I will do in six to twelve months. In March our Board of Directors will launch a search for the next General Manager.

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You may have heard volunteer programmer Eloise Schultz on the Sunday Morning Coffeehouse where she is one of four rotating co-hosts, or you might have heard her on WERU’s rockin’ Celtic music show, New Potatoes, which airs Sundays from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. Our Eloise is versatile like that! Her response to the question, “what’s one of your favorite moments of WERU?” may go down as the sweetest story of its kind—and may even inspire you to volunteer and create your own favorite WERU memory. Meet Eloise:

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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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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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