Listen to Maine anytime, anywhere – WERU-FM 89.9

Radio may not be the first thing you think of in terms of vacation memories.    However, this non-commercial radio station in Downeast Maine can help you understand and listen to a small piece of Maine before, during and after your visit.    WERU-FM Community Radio at 89.9  is an all volunteer station, run by a small staff and 180 volunteers.    Neighbors and friends on the air, representing their interests and musical tastes on the airwaves and the internet.    Tune in anytime to my little piece of Maine at WERU-FM.     If you like it, take the plunge, become a member.

It beams out from the top of Blue Hill Mountain, and it can be heard on radios throughout central and mid-coast Maine.   From Waldoboro on the midcoast, Waterville on I-95, to Farmington, Maine (at least high on a hill) up to Millinocket you can hear the small public radio station.   There are some great folk, jazz and blues programs, many talk programs that deal with local issues and interests.   I recommend “Talk of the Towns” and you have to hear the “X-large Soul Show” if you like R&B with puns attached.

Usually I have trouble listening in on afternoons, but the new website enables you to listen to past broadcasts from the week before anytime you can.  Go to the dark blue bar and choose on-line audio features and then on-demand streaming of past shows, pick the show you want. You cannot download music shows because of copyright, but you can hear these previously broadcast shows throughout the next week or two. Thanks so much to the technology committee for putting in a year’s worth of effort to revise the website and extend everyone’s ability to listen to their favorite programs.    Reggae down east on the “Drive-thru” is special, and the blues show on Monday nights “Blues the Healer” cannot be missed.    I’m sure I’ve forgotten many favorites, but listen yourself and decide what you like.

Over 20 years ago when I first came to Maine I missed the access to the many musical groups that I had at my old home in Ann Arbor, Michigan.   Going from a city of 100,000 to one of 6,000 – losing easy access to a wide variety of entertainment was one of the most unappealing parts. However, community radio – WERU-FM came on the airwaves just about 6 months after I moved here.   I could at least hear the music I used to see performed live.  I was hooked and have been involved ever since.

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