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
On July 24, WERU aired an edition of Coastal Conversations, hosted and produced by Natalie Springuel of the University of Maine Sea Grant, that explored a number of questions associated with women fisherman in Maine and PEI. What are the differences in fisheries management in Maine vs PEI? How and … [Read more...]
Radio activist Lorenzo W. Milam died in Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca, Mexico on July 21, 2020 at the age of 86. He is survived by over 300 community radio stations, including WERU. Milam was fascinated with radio since his childhood in Jacksonville, Florida where he listened for hours to broadcasts … [Read more...]
After much planning and preparation, construction is underway on WERU's solar power system for the studios and offices in East Orland. That's right, soon we will be broadcasting from the "solar-powered studios of WERU!" We are thrilled to be working with SUNDOG SOLAR of Searsport on this project. … [Read more...]
Tuesdays and Thursdays 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 … [Read more...]
The urge to be creative, learn and enjoy the arts and culture is hard-wired into humans, and the COVID-19 pandemic does not shut that down. Our community is rich with cultural and educational opportunities, which have taken to the Internet, so local goings on that are normally in-person activities … [Read more...]
It's a difficult time for everyone, including local businesses. Therefore, we encourage listeners, when you are able, to help the businesses that support community radio. You can find a list of them here. Please take a look and consider patronizing these businesses when you are purchasing goods and … [Read more...]
WERU’s broadcast operations have changed significantly due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and most of our programming was prerecorded for several months. Some of it still is by hard-working volunteer programmers (music, public affairs and short spoken features), even as we bring some volunteers back into … [Read more...]
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! … [Read more...]
