WERU Community Radio

NextWave Radio Hour is a new program coming to WERU featuring folks in their 20s and 30s, often referred to as Millennials, from all across Maine. In this program we will be discussing issues, news, and current events both locally and nationally, and featuring young creators who trail blaze their own paths in our modern political, economic, and social climate. Over the next few months, your host, Pepin Mittelhauser, hopes to provide you with unique perspectives of life from the next generation working to create the future they hope to lead, and the struggles they can encounter in reaching it.

WERU wants your input to help us look at important topics you hope to be covered! What issues do you think are the most important to the next wave of Mainers trying to make a life in our state?

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It is with profound sadness that we inform the WERU community that volunteer music programmer Fritz Homans, host of The Blues Station, passed away on June 16, after a brief battle with cancer. Fritz was a wonderful person who will be missed terribly by everyone. There will be a celebration of Fritz’s life on Saturday, July 9, 1 pm, at the Belfast Boathouse on the waterfront in Belfast. Thank you, Fritz, for the gift of great friendships and music!

The full obituary can be found here: obituaries.bangordailynews.com/obituary/frederick-west-fritz-homans-1085542340

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Mark your calendar for WERU’s Summer Concert Series featuring Maine musical talents in different locations around the state! These performances are funded in part by a grant from the Maine Arts Commission and are supported by some wonderful partner organizations. Sponsorship support comes from Herbal Revolution, GO Logic, 44 North Coffee, and Barncastle. Follow the links below for info on the artists. Let’s get together!

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Ticks are out and biting, so it’s time for our yearly update on ticks, Lyme Disease, and other tick-borne illnesses, with tick and Lyme specialist, Dr. Beatrice Szantyr. If you go outside at all, tick and Lyme awareness and prevention is a must! Click here to listen to this episode of Healthy Options, hosted by Rhonda Feiman.

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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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“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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