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WERU is an independent, listener-supported and volunteer-powered Community Radio Station, whose mission is to provide diverse programming and community engagement, to lift spirits, raise awareness, and make connections.

10/15/2024

WERU-FM's Top Five most-played albums of the last seven days are listed below. To hear these and many others tune in now to Community Radio 89.9 (Blue Hill) or online worldwide via weru.org!

1 Gary Nicholson - Common Sense

2 Afro Celt Sound System - Ova

3 AJ LEE AND BLUE SUMMIT - City Of Glass

4 KATE MCDONNELL - Trapeze

5 A Tale Of Two - Renegade

10/11/2024

DJ Denis is live on the air right now and will be giving away the last two FREE pairs of guest list passes to see Geneviève Racette tonight (Friday, October 11th) from 7:30 - 8:30 PM in the Camden Opera House (29 Elm Street)! Tune in to win around 7:45 AM (ET) on Community Radio WERU-FM 89.9 (Blue Hill) or online worldwide at weru.org!

We will also chat live with Genevieve via telephone at 8:30 this morning!

10/11/2024

DJ Denis is live on the air right now with a treat for the early listeners -- the last two FREE pairs of tickets to see Alasdair Fraser & Natalie Haas tomorrow (Saturday, October 12th at 7:30 PM) in The Waldo Theatre (916 Main Street) in Waldoboro. Tune in to win sometime during the next half-hour on Community Radio WERU-FM 89.9 (Blue Hill) or online worldwide via weru.org!

10/10/2024

The Effects of Climate Change on Maine Farming

In the October episode of Common Ground Radio, marine biologist and policy expert Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson and MOFGA’s executive director Sarah Alexander talk about climate change with a focus on Maine and farming.

Following the release of her recent book, “What If We Get It Right?: Visions of Climate Futures,” Johnson was interviewed at MOFGA’s Common Ground Country Fair by Alexander. Their conversation dives into the realities of climate change as well as how we can all harness our unique perspectives, skills, and interests to be part of the solution.

Airing on WERU-FM Community Radio, Thursday October 10, 4:00 – 5:00. Listen on the radio dial at 89.9 FM. Streaming at weru.org or on the WERU App.

Common Ground Radio is brought to you by the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association, in conjunction with WERU Community Radio, and can be heard the second Thursday of every month, 4:00 – 5:00. Previous Common Ground Radio shows available at https://archives.weru.org/.

A recording of the full conversation will be made available on MOFGA's YouTube channel.

10/09/2024

Talk of the Towns with Hosts Ron Beard and Liz Graves
Wednesday, October 9, 4:00 – 5:00

“Housing and Meal Policies - Mount Desert Island “

Who provides housing for up to 20 % of Bangor's families with school age children?

Who has a community kitchen providing 20,000 delivered meals to seniors on Mount Desert Island each year?

Why are federal programs ending long-standing support for public housing and instead choosing to provide support for families with limited incomes who are housed through the private sector?

Learn the answers on the next Talk of the Towns when co-hosts Ron Beard and Liz Graves talk with Bangor Housing director Michael Myhatt, and the director of Mount Desert Island and Ellsworth Housing Authority, Weston Brehm.

To listen, tune in to WERU Community Radio on Wednesday afternoon, October 10, 4:00 – 500. Listen at 89.9 on your FM dial, streaming at www.weru.org (where all of our programs are archived as podcasts), or on the WERU App.

Talk of the Towns airs the 2nd Wednesday of Month, 4:00 - 5:00.

Image courtesy of Maine State Housing Authority

10/08/2024

WERU-FM's Top Five most-played recordings of the last seven days are listed below. To hear these and many others tune in now to Community Radio 89.9 (Blue Hill) or online worldwide via weru.org!

1 Macklemore - "Hind's Hall" [Single]

2 Anya Hinkle - Oceania

3 Amy Helm - Silver City

4 Billy Strings - Highway Prayers

5 DAVID HOBBES - Searching For A Home

10/04/2024

DJ Denis is live on the air right now and is giving you a chance to win the last FREE pair of guest list passes to see Jazz in June presents the James Fernando Trio tomorrow (Saturday, October 5th at 7:30 PM) in the Camden Opera House (29 Elm Street)! Tune in around 7:45 AM (ET) to Community Radio WERU-FM 89.9 or online worldwide at weru.org to win!

We will chat live with James via telephone at 8:30 this morning.

10/02/2024

Healthy Options
Stroke Awareness, Prevention, and Treatment
Wednesday, October 2nd, 2024
4:00 – 5:00

Healthy Options’ Host Rhonda Feiman speaks with Eileen Hawkins, Certified Stroke Registered Nurse & Certified Neuroscience Registered Nurse, who serves as the Stroke Program Coordinator at Penobscot Bay Medical Center in Rockport, Maine.

Stroke is the No. 5 cause of death and a leading cause of adult disability in the U.S. On average, someone in the U.S. suffers a stroke every 40 seconds, and nearly 795,000 people suffer a new or recurrent stroke each year. Early stroke detection and treatment are key to improving survival, minimizing disability and speeding recovery times.

Hawkins says, “Get With The Guidelines-Stroke makes it easier for our teams to put proven knowledge and guidelines to work on a daily basis to improve outcomes for stroke patients.”

Developed with the goal of saving lives and hastening recovery, Get With The Guidelines has touched the lives of more than 9 million patients since 2001.

For more information: heart.org/quality or https://www.stroke.org.

Healthy Options airs on the first Wednesday of the month, 4:00 – 5:00 on WERU. Listen at 89.9 FM on the radio dial, streaming at weru.org, and on the WERU App, https://weru.org/new-weru-smartphone-app/.

Previous Healthy Options programs: https://archives.weru.org/category/healthy-options/.

On the WERU App, look for Healthy Options: https://weru.org/app/.

10/01/2024

WERU-FM's Top Five most-played recordings of the last seven days are listed below. To hear these and many others tune in now to Community Radio 89.9 (Blue Hill) or online worldwide at weru.org!

1 Shyfrin Alliance - "Unconditional" [Single]

2 Open The Door For Three - A Prosperous Gale

3 Admiral Radio - Good Things Take Time

4 Big Head Todd and the Monsters - Her Way Out

5 Fruition - How To Make Mistakes

09/30/2024

The One Small Step project from StoryCorps was recently featured in a New York Times article! https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/22/style/storycorps-partisan-divide-election.html?smid=url-share

We here at WERU are in our second year of participating in the One Small Step project, bringing together people for an hour-long facilitated conversation with a stranger with different viewpoints, finding relatability and common ground across divides.

If you are interested in participating, you find out more at https://weru.org

09/27/2024

DJ Denis is live on the air right now and will be interviewing our "Featured Artist of the Week" Shyfrin Alliance via telephone from Monaco at 8:30 AM (ET) here on Community Radio WERU-FM 89.9 (Blue Hill) and online worldwide at weru.org!

09/24/2024

WERU-FM's Top Five most-played recordings of the past seven days are listed below. To hear these and many others tune in now to Community Radio 89.9 (Blue Hill) or online worldwide at weru.org!

1 Blind Pilot - In The Shadow Of The Holy Mountain

2 BOY GOLDEN - For Eden

3 Colin James - Chasing The Sun

4 Hannah Juanita - Tennessee Songbird

5 Kremidas - Never Break Me [EP]

09/20/2024

DJ Denis is live on the air right now and is giving you a chance to win the last FREE pair of guest list passes to see Eli Lev live in concert this Sunday (September 22nd) at 7 PM in Hey Sailor (25 East Main Street in Searsport, ME! Tune in to win around 7:45 AM (ET) on Community Radio WERU-FM 89.9 (Blue Hill) or online worldwide via weru.org...

We will also chat live with Eli by telephone at 8:30 this morning!

09/20/2024

Tune in to WERU to hear live broadcasts of the three keynote speakers from the Common Ground Country Fair this weekend! They will air on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday at 11 am!

On Friday, tune in for Annie Watson with a talk titled “Landscapes Lost”.

On Saturday, Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson will give a talk titled “What If We Get It Right?: Visions of Climate Futures”

On Sunday, tune in for Melissa Law with a talk titled “Farming in the Face of Climate Change”

09/17/2024

Relationship Rewind
Tuesday, September 17th, 4:30-– 5:00

Relationship Rewind is about rewinding relationships in popular media and breaking down behaviors that are often normalized but are actually based in power, control, and abuse. In September we will be discussing the film “Priscilla.”

“Priscilla” is based on the 1985 autobiography “Elvis and Me.” The 2023 biopic recounts Priscilla Beaulieu's transformation into Mrs. Presley, examining their relationship through the eyes of a young girl trying to make sense of this "king" figure as well as herself.

Relationship Rewind airs on WEREU Community Radio on the third Tuesday of the month, 4:30 - 5:00. Find us on the radio dial at 89.9 FM, streaming on weru.org, and on the WERU App.

Listen to previous shows in the WERU Public Affairs Archives: https://archives.weru.org/category/relationship-rewind/.

09/17/2024

WERU-FM's Top Five most-played albums of the last seven days are listed below. To hear these and many others tune in now to Community Radio 89.9 (Blue Hill) or online worldwide via weru.org!

1 Pine Tree Flyers - Pine Tree Flyers

2 Steep Canyon Rangers - Live At Greenfield Lake

3 Aoife O'Donovan - All My Friends

4 MATT AND SHANNON HEATON - Whirring Wings

5 MJ Lenderman - Manning Fireworks

09/13/2024

DJ Denis is live on the air right now and is giving you the chance to win the last FREE pair of guest list passes to see Gentleman Brawlers next Saturday (September 21st) at 7:30 PM in Strand Theatre - Rockland, Maine (345 Main Street). Tune in to win around 7:45 AM (ET) on Community Radio WERU-FM 89.9 (Blue Hill) or online worldwide via weru.org!

We will also chat with Becca Fox and Matt Walsh from the group live via telephone at 8:30 this morning!

09/12/2024

Bronzewound - Thursday, 8:00 – 10:00 pm

This week on Bronzewound host Paul Anderson features his interview with Bluegrass Legend Peter Rowan. Back in June Paul met up with Peter backstage at the ROMP festival in Owensboro, Kentucky.

As a young musician, Peter Rowan played with BIll Monroe and "The Bluegrass Boys." He later went on to found "Old and in the Way" with Jerry Garcia and David Grisman. The interview highlights Peter's most recent album "From my Mountain, Calling You."

Bronzewound airs on WERU Community Radio every Thursday evening, 8:00 – 10:00. Listen on the air at 89:9 FM, streaming on weru.org. or the WERU App. You can listen to any music show for 2 weeks after it airs.

Pictured: Paul and Bill Monroe taken outside the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville enroute to the festival, and Mr. Monroe sporting a WERU Ballcap.

09/11/2024

Co-Hosts Clair Boland and Holli Cederholm
“Seeds of Change: Breaking Free from the Prison Food Machine”
Thursday, September 12, 4:00 – 5:00

“Seeds of Change: Breaking Free from the Prison Food Machine” is an award-winning documentary film. Filmed over the course of two years, “Seeds of Change” chronicles the intersecting stories of lifelong farmer Mark McBrine and several incarcerated men as they grow their own food on a five-acre prison garden unlike any other. In a place where life is routinely defined by shame and despair, good food can be a gateway to meaning, wellness, and dignity. This is a story about the power of using organic agriculture as a means to reform our food systems and change the course of people’s lives.

In the September’s Common Ground Radio, we'll talk with Mark McBrine, who in addition to being a farmer, is Director of Food Service at Mountain View Correctional Facility in Charleston, Maine. Mountain View’s food service program is based on from-scratch cooking using many Maine-sourced ingredients, including the food grown by residents onsite in that 5-acre prison garden. These initiatives have led to significant cost savings at Mountain View and include vocational training apprenticeships for residents. The food program has become a model for other correctional facilities in Maine and elsewhere.

Common Ground Radio is brought to you by the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association, in conjunction with WERU Community Radio, and can be heard the second Thursday of every month, 4:00 – 5:00. Listen at 89.9 on the radio dial, streaming at weru.org, or on the WERU App.

Previous Common Ground Radio shows available at https://archives.weru.org/.

09/11/2024

"Lifelong Learning Starts Before Kindergarten"
Talk of the Towns with Co-Hosts Ron Beard and Liz Graves
Wednesday, September 11th, 4:00 – 5:00

The new school year is here, but lifelong learning starts long before that first day of kindergarten. Our state and region boast a wealth of programs to provide support for families with young children. What are programs for early childhood education designed to accomplish? How well are they working? And how do families with young children find out more about what is available in their community?

On WERU’s Talk of the Towns co-hosts Ron Beard and Liz Graves will be finding out the answers to these questions and more, as they speak with Naomi McIsaac, Director of Early Childhood Programs at Downeast Community Partners and Ana Hicks, Policy Director, Human Services at the Governor’s Office of Policy Innovation and the Future.

Make a note to tune in to Talk of the Towns, Wednesday afternoon, September 11, 4:00 – 5:00, for a conversation about early childhood education in eastern Maine. Only on WERU Community Radio, 89.9 FM in Blue Hill, streaming all over our big blue and green planet at weru.org, and on the WERU App.

Talk of the Towns airs on the second Wednesday of the month, 4:00 – 5:00. Previous shows in the WERU Archives at https://archives.weru.org/category/talk-of-the-towns/.

Only on WERU Community Radio, 89.9 FM on the radio dial, and all over our intelligent planet, streaming on weru.org, and the WERU App.

09/10/2024

WERU-FM's Top Five albums of the last seven days are listed below. To hear these and many others tune in now to Community Radio 89.9 (Blue Hill) or online worldwide via weru.org!

1 Los Bitchos - Talkie Talkie

2 Louisa Stancioff - When We Were Looking

3 Maggie Antone - Rhinestoned

4 Cathy Fink and Marcy Marxer with CHAO TIAN - From China To Appalachia

5 BLUEGRASS SINGS PAXTON - VARIOUS ARTISTS

09/06/2024

DJ Denis is live on the air right now and is giving you a chance to win the last FREE pair of guest list passes to see Barnaby Bright with Louisa Stancioff tonight (Friday, September 6th) at 7:30 PM in the Camden Opera House (29 Elm Street). Tune in to win around 7:45 AM (ET) on Community Radio WERU-FM 89.9 (Blue Hill) or online worldwide via weru.org!

We will also chat live with Barnaby Bright via telephone at 8:30 this morning!

09/04/2024

Healthy Options
The Importance of a Local Hospital to the Community
Wednesday, September 4th, 2024
4:00 – 5:00

Why is the local hospital important to a community? What are the adverse impacts of the downsizing of healthcare facilities?

Healthy Options' host Rhonda Feiman speaks with Mike Towey, former Director of the Speech Language Pathology Department at Waldo County General Hospital. How have things changed for Waldo County General Hospital in Belfast, Maine, now that they have been consolidated under the non-profit MaineHealth.

Of course, the change was controversial. What changes have been implemented? What is working better? What has the community lost? Are there the financial savings promised? Are patients getting better care?

Healthy Options airs on the first Wednesday of the month, 4:00 – 5:00 on WERU. Listen at 89.9 FM on the radio dial, streaming at weru.org, and on the WERU App, https://weru.org/new-weru-smartphone-app/.

Previous Healthy Options programs: https://archives.weru.org/category/healthy-options/.

On the WERU App, look for Healthy Options: https://weru.org/app/

09/03/2024

WERU-FM's Top Five most-played albums of the last seven days are listed below. To hear these and many others tune in now to Community Radio 89.9 (Blue Hill) or online worldwide via weru.org!

1 Janet Montalbo - JPlanet and the Aliens

2 Teni Rane - Goldenrod

3 Orville Peck - Stampede

4 Lucy Kaplansky - Last Days Of Summer

5 Martha Spencer - Out In La La Land

08/30/2024

DJ Denis is live on the air right now and will interview our "Featured Artist of the Week" Janet Montalbo via telephone at 8:30 AM (ET) on Community Radio WERU-FM 89.9 (Blue Hill) and online worldwide at weru.org!

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Last few days of the WERU Membership Drive! Looking for ways to support your favorite community radio station? Go to WERU.org or call the station!

Thank you to you for your support, and thank you to the right honorable Judge John Hodgman for supporting WERU! WERU's Summer Membership Drive is going on right now, and runs through August 10th! Please consider becoming a new member, a sustaining member, or giving an additional gift! We rely on the support of our community to continue to bring you the diverse programing we provide. Thank you!

WERU Quiet Drive 2024

WERU Summer Quiet Drive is going on right now, and it's running through June 28! Gifts during the Quiet Drive are being matched by a generous donor and friend of WERU, so make a pledge today! "What is a Quite Drive?!" we hear you cry. Well, it's a membership drive that is entirely silent! That means we won't bother you on the airwaves at all! It is purely through social media, our website, and our mobile app. We don't want to impede your WERU listening experience more than we need to, but we're still asking for your support to help us bring you the important and diverse programing WERU is known for. You can join the Quiet Drive and support WERU by becoming a member or giving an additional gift online at weru.org/donate.

WERU Quiet Drive 2024

WERU 2024 Quiet Drive!

WERU Summer Quiet Drive is going on right now, and it's running through June 28! "What is a Quite Drive?!" we hear you cry. Well, it's a membership drive that is entirely silent! That means we won't bother you on the airwaves at all! It is purely through social media, our website, and our mobile app. We don't want to impede your WERU listening experience more than we need to, but we're still asking for your support to help us bring you the important and diverse programing WERU is known for. You can join the Quiet Drive and support WERU by becoming a member or giving an additional gift online at weru.org/donate.

One Small Step Project

Two strangers in Maine are matched for having some opposing beliefs and recorded for the #OneSmallStep project, to find connection and common ground, and not debate or try to persuade. Learn more by going to weru.org/onesmallstep and sign up to participate, and please share widely!

Fritz Homans Celebration of Life

The celebration of Fritz’s life, Saturday, July 9, 1 pm, at the Belfast Boathouse on the waterfront in Belfast.

This week on Tough island, Maine, Crash moves into his room in Captain Donald’s fishhouse and listens to @CommunityRadioWERU for the first time. Also, he goes for a motorcycle ride. And we meet Deputy Jerold Day, the first cop to ever live on Matinicus. Tuesday at 5:30 pm on WERU-FM - broadcasting at 89.9 FM and livestreaming at www.weru.org (where you'll also find archives so you can listen later!)

BREAKING: The Peace & Justice Center of Eastern Maine was vandalized this morning. They have sent out the following message: "As some of you may already know, a large brick was thrown through the windows at 96 Harlow Street which is the location of the Peace And Justice Center. All members of the center and bystanders were unharmed and are safe. The brick traveled through both the outside panes of glass on the street and through an additional window pane in the front of the Peace And Justice Center and the. into the center itself. The brick landed in the center after knocking over a bookshelf and damaging several minor furniture items on its trajectory. Most of the materials in the front of the center have particles and remnants of both large and tiny pieces of glass in them. It is unknown whether or not we will be able to salvage any or all of it. Associate Director David Patrick was working m in the center at the time of the incident. After witnessing the act of vandalism Mr. Patrick exited the center, spoke with additional witnesses, and pursued the suspect down Harlow Street and to the adjacent parking lot of the Bangor public library. During this pursuit, Mr. Patrick kept a safe distance from the suspect and stayed in direct communication with Bangor law-enforcement via 911. Upon police arrival, the suspect was subsequently arrested. It is the understanding of the Peace & Justice Center and our associate director that the individual in question admitted to vandalizing the property. This individual is currently at Penobscot County Jail with a pending court date of February 12 and a current No Trespass Order to not return,visit, or communicate with the Peace & Justice Center or any businesses located at 96 Harlow Street. More details regarding the individual and the court date will be shared as they become available and when appropriate. Currently, Peace & Justice Center Consultant Dawn Neptune Adams, Youth Engagement Leader Woli, as well as a communi

It's snowing baby snowballs!

It's snowing baby snowballs! Live-ish weather report from Amy Browne in East Orland

Find out what the unifying message is in the music of these and other current female artists on Sabor Latino on WERU FM 89.9 Blue Hill, weru.org - Tuesday, October 1st at 8 pm. Photo: Bebe, Buika, Rebecca Lane, and Ana Tijoux.

Photojournalist and creator of Finding Our Voices , Pat McLean joined host Amy Browne this week for a 2-part program, featuring the voices of domestic abuse survivors recorded as part of the Finding Our Voices project. If you missed it, you can listen now on our archives. Links to both programs below. https://archives.weru.org/maine-currents/2019/08/maine-currents-8-1-19-patrisha-mcleans-finding-our-voices/ https://archives.weru.org/specials/2019/08/maine-currents-8-1-19-patrisha-mcleans-finding-our-voices-2/ (Photo credit: Patrisha McLean)