Articles by Caren Mulford
WERU Celebrates 25 Years On The Air on May 1st
On May 1, 2013 WERU Community Radio will celebrate a quarter of a century of broadcasting at 89.9 FM from the top of Blue Hill Mountain on the coast of Maine as an independent, full power, non-commercial, community-run radio station. Since the station’s first broadcast 25 years ago from a ...
WERU Radio features local farms in Farm Fresh Auction
BLUE HILL, Maine — An idea has been germinating for the 25 years since WERU FM (89.9 in Blue Hill/99.9 in Bangor, now streaming on www.weru.org) started broadcasting from atop Blue Hill Mountain. WERU, a grassroots community radio station serving Downeast/MidCoast Maine, with locally produced diverse musical and community affairs ...
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WERU Community Radio Features Local Farms in the Farm Fresh Live Radio Auction
An idea has been germinating for the 25 years since WERU FM (89.9 in Blue Hill/99.9 in Bangor, now streaming on www.weru.org) started broadcasting from atop Blue Hill Mountain. WERU, a grassroots community radio station serving Downeast/MidCoast Maine, with locally produced diverse musical and community affairs programs, has long been ...
WERU Celebrates 25 Years of Maine Community Radio
May 1, 1988 was a rainy day along the coast of Maine. In Blue Hill Falls outside a converted chicken barn affectionately known as “The Henhouse” (owned by Noel Paul Stookey of Peter, Paul & Mary fame), children were dancing around a colorful Maypole. A large ceremonial mock power switch ...
WERU to hold live Radio Auction
ORLAND, Maine — WERU-FM, 89.9 Blue Hill and 99.9 Bangor, will host an auction 8 a.m.-noon Saturday, Dec. 1. Items up for bid include one course at WoodenBoat School in Brooklin, a Silent Weekend Retreat Workshop at Rock The Path in Camden, a campership for a week-long session in June at ...
Community radio station to broadcast Homelessness Radio Marathon
STATEWIDE, Maine — WERU-FM Community Radio, 89.9 Blue Hill, 99.9 Bangor, and streaming live on the web at weru.org, will pre-empt its regular programming to broadcast the 15th annual Homelessness Radio Marathon 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 21. The marathon is a day-long broadcast that addresses the issues of homelessness, poverty ...
WERU presents “An Evening with Jim Hightower and Friends” at The Grand
ELLSWORTH , Maine — WERU Community Radio is pleased to announce that it will present “An Evening with Jim Hightower and Friends” on Thursday, July 19, 7:00 p.m. at The Grand Auditorium in Ellsworth. Tickets are $15 per person, kids 12 and under free. Jim Hightower is a national radio ...
WERU-FM Community Radio raises $125,000 for new FM transmitter
ORLAND, Maine — WERU-FM Community Radio announced the success of its New Transmitter Campaign, having raised $125,000 toward the purchase of a new FM transmitter. The funds were raised through 200 individual and foundation gifts made to the campaign beginning in 2008. A noncommercial grassroots media organization, WERU broadcasts at ...
Community radio station to mark 24th anniversary
ORLAND, Maine — WERU-FM Community Radio invites the public to a celebration 11 a.m-3 p.m. Saturday, May 5, at the radio station on Route 1 to mark its 24th birthday! The party will feature live music, a used jewelry and accessories sale, face painting, WERU logo merchandise, station tours and ...
Community radio station receives grant for transmitter
BANGOR – Bangor Savings Bank Foundation recently awarded WERU with a $5,000 grant to be used for the purchase of a new radio transmitter. The WERU New Transmitter Campaign has a goal of $125,000 and as of April 10 $105,000 had been raised through individual and foundation gifts. WERU is ...
WERU plans Spring Fling Music and Gear Sale at Belfast
BELFAST, Maine – WERU’s Spring Fling Music and Gear Sale will be held 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, April 28, at the Belfast Boathouse, 34 Commercial St. It will feature used records, CDs, instruments and other music gear, sold by area vendors and WERU, plus refreshments and music provided by WERU ...
Roy Zimmerman in Concert April 19
BANGOR, Maine — WERU and the Peace & Justice Center of Eastern Maine will present satirical folk singer extraordinaire, Roy Zimmerman, in concert at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, April 19, at the Peace & Justice Center, 96 Harlow St. Roy pens and performs “funny songs about ignorance, war and greed” and ...
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