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Downeast & Bangor, a voice of many voices! WERU Community Radio 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 Broadcasting from Solar Powered Studios Listen to the Live Stream Donate to WERU Today! Music Now Playing Schedule & Playback Public Affairs & Spoken Word Schedule Archive Podcasts Community Calendar Calendar Submit an Event About Mission & Values Board of Directors Staff Committees Community Advisory Board Code of Conduct FCC, IRS & CPB History Radio Sumpul Improving Radio Reception Support WERU Make a Donation Donate Your Car Planned Giving Business Membership/Underwriting Business Members Contact Station News All Roads Festival Live Broadcast – May 18 May 10, 2024 WERU will be live at the All Roads Music Festival in Belfast, broadcasting from the Church Stage on Saturday, May 18 from 12pm to 8pm! Tune in to hear some great live music from Courtney Burns, Stephanie Ryann, Becca Biggs, Cilla Bonnie, Gina Alibrio, and Kenya Hall, as well as exclusive artist interviews! For more info, go to allroadsmusicfest.org . And if that’s not enough, Kyle Lamont of ConcertCast (airing on WERU on the first Wednesday of every month at 1:30 pm) will host a special workshop on the making of Maine music videos . Read more for details on this fascinating event. Read More … Spring Membership Drive Thanks! May 4, 2024 WERU’s Spring Membership Drive wrapped up on May 11! Listener support was in full force, with new members, sustaining members, and additional gift givers all stepping up! We rely on the support of our community to continue to bring you our diverse programing, so a great big Thank You” to everyone! And you can still donate anytime here . Your gifts truly make a difference! Read More … Debut: The Maine Monitor Radio Hour May 2, 2024 Tune in at 4pm on Thursday, May 2 for the debut episode of a new WERU public affairs show, The Maine Monitor Radio Hour, a monthly program featuring reporters and editors from The Maine Monitor, Maine’s statewide nonprofit and nonpartisan investigative news outlet, in which they join WERU host Amy Browne for a discussion about the most recent Monitor reporting on issues that matter in Maine. You can listen to the first episode here ! The Maine Monitor Radio Hour airs on the first Thursday of each month at 4pm, on WERU Community Radio! 36 Years of WERU! May 1, 2024 Many thanks to everyone who supports WERU, now and all the way back to the beginning of the station! It was on May 1, 1988, that we went out over airwaves for the first time, and maybe you were listening, or maybe you were even present at The Henhouse sign on. Or maybe you weren’t even born yet. Whatever your age, and however you came to WERU, you make community radio happen, so thank you and Happy Birthday! Democracy Forum Requests That You Take Their Survey May 1, 2024 The Democracy Forum radio show on WERU (FM 89.9) is a signature activity of the League of Women Voters-Downeast. The show is presented on the third Friday of each month at 4:00 PM as part of WERU’s local public affairs programming and generally addresses topics in participatory democracy. The League is checking in with WERU listeners to find out how often you listen to the show, how you access the content, and to get your thoughts on program topics. Please follow this link to a short listener survey — it should only take about five minutes to get through the whole thing! Even if you are not a regular listener, we would like to have your thoughts about the show. Thank you! WERU Benefit Concert featuring Casey Neill – June 29 at Barncastle in Blue Hill March 1, 2024 Join us for a WERU benefit concert on Saturday, June 29 with critically acclaimed indie folk singer-songwriter Casey Neill , at Barncastle in Blue Hill! Doors open at 6:30pm to access the bar and seating, and the show begins at 7:00pm. Space is limited, so get your tickets now by clicking here ! Read More … Maine Takes One Small Step January 18, 2024 Back in June 2023, we put out a call. We were looking for people who were willing to come together for an hour-long facilitated conversation with a stranger with different viewpoints, during which they would be invited to get to know each other as people, through listening to each other’s stories. As you can imagine, the response was mixed. But by the end of 2023, over a hundred people had signed up to participate… Click here to listen to the Special Broadcast with One Small Step Facilitators Chris Battaglia and Michele Christle, and Station Manager Matt Murphy, that took place on January 31, 2024. Participants and community members joined the conversation by phone, and joined in discussing experiences with the project, personal takeaways, and how the project has affected them since. Also, stay tuned for future news about One Small Step, on the airwaves of WERU and right here on our website! Check out the WERU App! April 14, 2023 Can’t get WERU on the radio? Don’t like to listen on your computer while you work? Then why not listen on your phone using WERU’s mobile app? Download it at your favorite app store, and check it out! You can also let us know what you think about it using the handy Contact WERU” button in the menu. And as always, thank you for listening and for supporting WERU, whether you tune in on the app, Internet, or FM airwaves. It’s all good, and it’s all Community Radio! Featured Artist of the Week Morning Maine” Featured Artist of the Week: MAY ERLEWINE May Erlewine is our Featured Artist of the Week”! Tune in each weekday morning at 7:45 AM (ET) to hear our volunteer disc jockey play at least one cut from her latest recording and then give you a chance to win a FREE pair of guest list passes to see her on Sunday, May 19th at 7:30 PM in The Strand Theatre (345 Main Street in Rockland). Donate Listen Schedule Volunteer Newsletter App Upcoming Events All Roads Festival – May 18 Belfast – WERU will be live broadcasting the All Roads Music Festival Church Stage from 12pm to 8pm, Saturday May 18. Learn more here. Casey Neill – June 29 Blue Hill – WERU benefit concert with critically acclaimed indie folk musician Casey Neill, at Bancastle in Blue Hill! Purchase your tickets here! Democracy Now! Headlines "Grenfell: In the Words of Survivors": Play Tells Story of 2017 London Apartment Fire That Killed 72 Playwright Gillian Slovo: I Grew Up in Apartheid South Africa. I Saw the Same Thing in Palestine Senate Candidate Larry Hamm on ’70s Anti-Apartheid Protests at Princeton and Voting "Uncommitted" in NJ "We Feel Unheard": Hunger-Striking Princeton Students Vow to Fast Until Divestment Demands Are Met 12 Arrested Outside NYC’s New School as First Faculty-Led Gaza Solidarity Encampment Continues Headlines for May 10, 2024 Top Albums of the Week Top Albums 5/7/2024 1 LIVE ON MOUNTAIN STAGE: OUTLAWS AND OUTLIERS Various Artists 2 CHRISTIAN PARKER Change Is Now: A Tribute To The Byrds 3 SYDNEY SLEADD AND THE SWARM Creature Untamed Previous Weeks WERU Receives Support From FCC Compliance Documentation 2023 EEO Report Public Inspection File For assistance accessing our FCC Public Inspection File, persons with disabilities or special needs may contact Matt Murphy ( [email protected] ), WERU General Manager. Meetings of the WERU Board of Directors take place on the third Monday of each month at 4:00 p.m., unless the meeting falls on a holiday. Meetings are open for public observation and there is a fifteen-minute public comment period at the beginning of each meeting. Most meetings are held online. For more information please call 469-6600 or email [email protected] . Wabanaki Land Acknowledgement WERU Community Radio acknowledges that the radio station exists in the place we now call Maine, which is home to the sovereign Wabanaki people. We are very grateful to be here and honor the ancestral and contemporary Wabanaki peoples indigenous to these...