WERU Community Radio

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

WERU is a partnership of people who live and work in a variety of communities here in Maine and beyond. Right from the start of the radio station in the 1988, we have worked together through listener support and volunteer power to make WERU a reality.

Learn more at WERU Quiet Drive at weru.org

WERU is alternative in many ways, with new and obscure music finds, diverse voices and perspectives, and a wide range of characters making up the volunteer voices you hear on air every day.

Learn more and join the WERU Quiet Drive at weru.org

We are certainly known for our wide ranging music selection, and have been since we started broadcasting in 1988! We like to think that there is something for everyone on WERU.

Learn more and join the WERU Quiet Drive at weru.org

Since we began in 1988, WERU has strived to provide unique, community focused, and independent programing Maine. Since those early days, we've grown significantly, now with 100+ volunteer programmers, live event broadcasting, and local concerts!

Learn more and join the WERU Quiet Drive at weru.org

WERU wouldn't exist without the amazing support of our community, and in our 37 years of broadcasting, WERU has worked to support our community right back!

Learn more and join the WERU Quiet Drive at weru.org

As a volunteer-powered community radio station, we are known for being different!

Learn more and join the WERU Quiet Drive at weru.org

The WERU Quiet Drive is beginning tomorrow, and it's running through March 28! We are very excited to share that every donation made this week will be matched by an amazing and generous anonymous supporter!

You can learn more and join the Quiet Drive and support WERU by going to weru.org/donate

WERU-FM'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 Basia Bulat - Basia's Palace

3 Eva Cassidy - Walkin' After Midnight

4 FINNEAS - For Cryin' Out Loud!

5 Heather Maloney - Exploding Star

WERQ's guest this week Benjamin Chandler, who is a drag performer in Maine. In this episode we discuss, coming out to loved ones, facing your prejudices, and how drag makes everything feel right in the world.

Tune in today at 4pm!

WERU now has an online merch shop! With shirts, hoodies, tote bags, mugs, and hats, you can rep your favorite community radio station no matter where you are in the world! Head over to weru.org to find the store!