WERU Community Radio

The Fall Membership Drive has begun, and will run through November 15! This is a time for the WERU community to once again come together to support and celebrate our favorite community radio station! We’re still basking in the glow of our record-breaking Summer Drive (huge thanks again!), and hope to carry that energy through to the end of the year. We do still have a way to go to make up for lost federal funding, but we can get there! For over 37 years your support has kept WERU going strong. Please do what you can during the drive, knowing that WERU will survive and thrive well into the future with your support! Call into the station at 207-469-6600 during the day, or give online anytime! Thank you!

This month, Democracy Forum discusses the two ballot questions that appear on the November 4 state ballot in Maine. How does the citizen initiative process work in Maine? What are the two ballot questions this year? What the new laws would do, if passed? What are the proponents saying; what are the opponents saying? Who’s funding the campaigns? Join host Ann Luther from the League of Women Voters of Maine, along with guests Mark Brewer, Professor and Chair of the Department of Political Science at the University of Maine, Amy Fried, Professor Emerita of Political Science, University of Maine, and Michael Shepherd, Political editor at the Bangor Daily News.

Listen to the most recent episode of Democracy Forum from the League of Women Voters of Maine in the WERU archives here!

Participatory Democracy, encouraging citizens to take an active role in government and politics. Tune in every 3rd Friday of the month at 4pm!

Nature Notes: A Maine Naturalist Afield is a 5-minute, spoken-word program produced by staff of the Maine Natural History Observatory (MNHO) that discusses natural history topics relating to Maine’s flora and fauna from the perspective of field biologists and naturalists.

Listen to the recent 7-part series produced by MNHO executive director, Glen Mittelhauser, about sailing the Maine Coast and discussing the natural history he sees on the way. Along the trip, Glen encounters coastal seabird colonies, moon jellyfish, and clouds of bioluminescent plankton. Listen through the WERU archives, or wherever you listen to podcasts!

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Back in November. you might have chanced upon and listened to a surprise on-air collaboration between Tim Parson, one of the hosts of On the Wing Monday, and his sister, Anne. What a show it was! Tim and Anne together played a selection from their family collection of 45s, all old vinyl spun on the studio’s two turntables. Listening to that amazing show made us want to know more about this co-host of Monday’s edition of On the Wing. Meet Tim Parson.

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On Sunday, July 27 from 6 to 8 pm, A World of Music host Greg Rossel welcomed Anna Dovhanych, a foreign exchange student from Ukraine attending high school in Blue Hill. Anna shared a range of music from her country, from traditional wedding songs to contemporary rock and pop, including several of her favorite artists. She even received a text from her parents back home, where it was 2 am! You can listen to the entire program here.

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