WERU Community Radio

Thank you to everyone who has given to our Winter Membership Drive already! It wraps up at the end of the Saturday Morning Coffeehouse at 10am. Show your love for WERU this Valentines day! Thank you!

It's the last day of our Winter Membership Drive! Thank you to everyone who has contributed already, and WELCOME to all the new members! If you haven't made a gift, now is the time, by going to weru.org/donate or calling 207-469-6600! Show your love for your favorite community radio station! Thanks!

The WERU Winter Membership Drive begins tomorrow with the Saturday Morning Coffeehouse and runs through Saturday, February 14, Valentines Day! Show your love for WERU by making a donation, becoming a sustaining member, or just spreading the word about your favorite community radio station! Thanks!

During our recent fall membership drive we encouraged listeners to "support what you believe in." Giving Tuesday, December 2nd, offers an opportunity to take that even farther.

For more information go to givingtuesday.org

Join Sara Trunzo for her 40th birthday bash, aka WILD YAM! Saturday November 22, 7pm at Hey Sailor in Searsport, with music from Sara and her Maine band, as well as Very Greasy! Sara is also generously donating all proceeds to WERU, THANK YOU, SARA! Come on over and CELEBRATE! 🎉

Eloise is on with a special edition of Off The Record this afternoon! Donate before 4pm to have your gift matched dollar for dollar by a generous anonymous donor!

Call 207-469-6600 or go to weru.org/donate

The Fall Membership Drive is going strong over here, and we are having such an amazing time with all the volunteers and guests coming through the studio! The wonderful outpouring of support and appreciation coming from the amazing WERU community is always such a joy to be apart of!

Be cool like Tim and donate to WERU today! All gifts are being matched during On The Wing with Blubird Daaze, happening now! 207-469-6600 or weru.org/donate

The Fall Membership Drive has begun, and will run through November 15!
Call into the station at 207-469-6600 during the day, or give online anytime at weru.org/donate
Thank you!

The WERU Fall Membership Drive is November 8-15 – a time for the WERU community to once again come together to support and celebrate our favorite community radio station! Call into the station at 207-469-6600 during the drive, or give online anytime at weru.org.

We did it!!! More than 700 of you donated, and over $100,000 was raised! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!

Yesterday, Nancy from WORT Community Radio in Madison, WI was driving through and stopped by WERU to say hi! We had a great time chatting about community radio, and she joined Rich Hillsinger and Matt Murphy on On The Wing for our Summer Membership Drive! Thank you, Nancy!

Congress and the Trump Administration recently clawed back $1.1 billion in federal funding for public and community media. For WERU this means the elimination of about a quarter of our annual revenue, or $165,000 per year...

Learn more and donate at weru.org. Thank you!

Join Heart of Ellsworth and WERU Community Radio for a night of music with THE SOULBENDERS! More info at weru.org

The Senate will consider a proposal this week that would devastate our local community and public media stations, including WERU. Please contact our Senators to urge them to vote against public media funding cuts — please make your voice heard and help spread the word by asking others to do the same

Join us TOMORROW for a WERU benefit concert on Saturday, June 14 with critically acclaimed indie folk singer-songwriter Casey Neill, at Barncastle in Blue Hill!

WALK-UPS WELCOME! Come celebrate No Kings Day with a drink and some heartfelt live music!

More info and tickets at weru.org

Join us THIS WEEK for a WERU benefit concert on Saturday, June 14 with critically acclaimed indie folk singer-songwriter Casey Neill, at Barncastle in Blue Hill!

Doors open at 6:30pm, and the show begins at 7:00pm. Space is limited, so get your tickets now by going to weru.org!

The Trump Administration has sent to Congress a rescissions package that includes eliminating $1.1 billion in already-approved funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. If enacted, this would instantly destabilize local public media stations nationwide. More info can be found at weru.org.

WERU is thrilled to announce that Wabanaki Windows and host Donna Loring have received a 2025 Hometown Media Award in the category of racial justice and civic rights, presented by the Alliance for Community Media Foundation! Listen on the 4th Tuesday of every month from 4-5 pm. Archived at weru.org.

Join us for a WERU benefit concert on Saturday, June 14 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 going to weru.org

WERU has been nominated for a Down East Magazine Best of Maine award, for Best Radio Station in Maine! Now it’s up to us to get out the vote! Voting runs through June 12th and the resulting winners will be published in the September issue of Down East Magazine and online. Vote at vote.downeast.com!

Rivera Sun on WERU 89.9FM on May 13, 5pm:

Rivera Sun is the most recent portrait subject in Robert Shetterly's Americans Who Tell the Truth series. She is an activist and award-winning author of The Dandelion Insurrection. Hear her inspiring talk on WERU on Tuesday, May 13, 5-5:30pm.

Big Thanks to Our Supporters! Our Spring Membership Drive (May 3 May 10) just concluded, and it was highly successful thanks to you, our loyal listeners! Over $45,000 was raised, far more than the original goal of $27,000! 400 people called in donations or gave online! Thank you!

We have an incredibly generous donor matching every dollar given during the Saturday Morning Coffeehouse with Chuck and Eloise going on right now! Support what you believe in at WERU.org and by phone 207-469-6600!

Our Spring Membership Drive starts TODAY! Help us reach our goal to keep independent community grassroots radio going strong! You can give online at weru.org or you can call the station during the day at 207-469-6600 to pledge. Support what you believe in! Thank you!

WERU's Spring Membership Drive begins on Saturday, May 3 with the Saturday Morning Coffee House, and runs through May 10! Please consider becoming a new member, a sustaining member, or giving an additional gift! Support what you believe in! Thank you!

WERU's top five most-played albums from the past week. Tune in to WERU 89.9FM or online at weru.org!

1 Lucy Dacus - Forever Is A Feeling

2 My Morning Jacket - Is

3 Wet Leg - "Catch These Fists" [Single]

4 Jethro Tull - Curious Ruminant

5 Valerie June - Owls, Omens, And Oracles

This week on We Are Queer, Olivia Paruk interviews Zoe Albion, a scientist working in forestry. In this interview they talk about the intersection between science and queerness, ambiguity in life, and dreams for a more inclusive queer friendly future.

Listen on the air tomorrow, April 10th at 4pm.

WERU's top five most-played albums from the past week. Tune in to WERU 89.9FM or online at weru.org!
1 Sierra Hull - A Tip Toe High Wire
2 Janiva Magness - Back For Me
3 Alison Krauss AND UNION STATION - Arcadia
4 The Devil Makes Three - Spirits
5 Kris Delmhorst - Ghosts In The Garden

Today is the last day of the Quiet Drive, and from everyone here at WERU Community Radio, we just want to say thank you! Our amazing community of listeners, members, and volunteers is what makes WERU Community Radio possible. We Are Ewe! ...I mean You!

Learn more at Quiet Drive at weru.org