WERS
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In June 2007, WERS inaugurated a translator station on 96.5 MHz in New Bedford, Massachusetts, relaying WERS's programming to New Bedford and nearby communities. Another translator, on 101.5 MHz in Gloucester, Massachusetts, on Cape Ann
, went on the air in July 2008.
, WERS is the #1 college radio station in America, an award the station has won or come close to winning almost every year since The Princeton Review
started ranking colleges.
WERS is the most highly rated student run college radio station in the US. In Boston market (10th biggest in the nation), WERS Daytime programming usually ranks at 20-25.
WERS can also be heard on iTunes
radio under the "Eclectic" category.
"Daytime" format between 2 am and 7 pm Monday through Friday. On weeknights WERS has an urban format including the Reggae
show "Rockers" from 7 to 10 pm, and the Hip-Hop show "88.9@Night" from 10 pm to 2 am.
On weekends the station features "Family-Friendly" programming, which includes the Show tunes "Standing Room Only" on Saturdays from 10 am to 2 pm and Sundays from noon to 2 pm, the A Cappella show "All A Cappella" Saturdays and Sundays from 2 to 5 pm, the kids show "The Playground" Saturdays and Sundays from 5 to 8 pm, R&B slow-jams and soul on "The Secret Spot" Saturdays and Sundays from 8 pm to midnight, electronic music
on "Revolutions" Sunday mornings from midnight to 4 am, Yiddish Klezmer and Israeli music on "Chagigah" Sundays from 8 to 11 am, and indie rock
on "The Left End", Monday mornings from midnight to 3 am.
WERS also features news programming on weekdays during drive time commutes, and the award-winning public affairs show "You Are Here" Sunday mornings from 7 to 8 am.
WERS podcasts "You Are Here" . They are available at wers.org.
Former show hosts include Lon Nichols (current anchor for KLKN-TV Lincoln, NE), Lowell Galindo (current ESPNU anchor,) Tom Gauthier (current radio broadcaster and Director of Media Relations for the Class A Bowling Green Hot Rods), Justin Termine (current anchor and producer for NBA Radio on Sirius,) and Mike Gastonguay (interned as an associate producer for KXTA’s “Loose Cannons” Los Angeles, CA.)
Cape Ann
Cape Ann is a rocky cape in northeastern Massachusetts on the Atlantic Ocean. The cape is located approximately 30 miles northeast of Boston and forms the northern edge of Massachusetts Bay. Cape Ann includes the city of Gloucester, and the towns of Essex, Manchester-by-the-Sea, and...
, went on the air in July 2008.
Critical acclaim
According to The Princeton ReviewThe Princeton Review
The Princeton Review is an American-based standardized test preparation and admissions consulting company. The Princeton Review operates in 41 states and 22 countries across the globe. It offers test preparation for standardized aptitude tests such as the SAT and advice regarding college...
, WERS is the #1 college radio station in America, an award the station has won or come close to winning almost every year since The Princeton Review
The Princeton Review
The Princeton Review is an American-based standardized test preparation and admissions consulting company. The Princeton Review operates in 41 states and 22 countries across the globe. It offers test preparation for standardized aptitude tests such as the SAT and advice regarding college...
started ranking colleges.
WERS is the most highly rated student run college radio station in the US. In Boston market (10th biggest in the nation), WERS Daytime programming usually ranks at 20-25.
WERS can also be heard on iTunes
ITunes
iTunes is a media player computer program, used for playing, downloading, and organizing digital music and video files on desktop computers. It can also manage contents on iPod, iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad....
radio under the "Eclectic" category.
Programming
WERS has an eclectic block format. It has a Triple AAdult album alternative
Adult album alternative is a radio format. A spinoff from the album-oriented rock format, its roots trace to the 1960s and 1970s from the earlier freeform and progressive formats....
"Daytime" format between 2 am and 7 pm Monday through Friday. On weeknights WERS has an urban format including the Reggae
Reggae
Reggae is a music genre first developed in Jamaica in the late 1960s. While sometimes used in a broader sense to refer to most types of Jamaican music, the term reggae more properly denotes a particular music style that originated following on the development of ska and rocksteady.Reggae is based...
show "Rockers" from 7 to 10 pm, and the Hip-Hop show "88.9@Night" from 10 pm to 2 am.
On weekends the station features "Family-Friendly" programming, which includes the Show tunes "Standing Room Only" on Saturdays from 10 am to 2 pm and Sundays from noon to 2 pm, the A Cappella show "All A Cappella" Saturdays and Sundays from 2 to 5 pm, the kids show "The Playground" Saturdays and Sundays from 5 to 8 pm, R&B slow-jams and soul on "The Secret Spot" Saturdays and Sundays from 8 pm to midnight, electronic music
Electronic music
Electronic music is music that employs electronic musical instruments and electronic music technology in its production. In general a distinction can be made between sound produced using electromechanical means and that produced using electronic technology. Examples of electromechanical sound...
on "Revolutions" Sunday mornings from midnight to 4 am, Yiddish Klezmer and Israeli music on "Chagigah" Sundays from 8 to 11 am, and indie rock
Indie rock
Indie rock is a genre of alternative rock that originated in the United Kingdom and the United States in the 1980s. Indie rock is extremely diverse, with sub-genres that include lo-fi, post-rock, math rock, indie pop, dream pop, noise rock, space rock, sadcore, riot grrrl and emo, among others...
on "The Left End", Monday mornings from midnight to 3 am.
WERS also features news programming on weekdays during drive time commutes, and the award-winning public affairs show "You Are Here" Sunday mornings from 7 to 8 am.
WERS podcasts "You Are Here" . They are available at wers.org.
Sports
In the late 1990s and mid-2000s, WERS featured a successful sports-themed program, “Sports Sunday”, which aired Sundays from noon to 2 pm. The program won three consecutive Associated Press annual awards for student sports programming (2002, 2003, and 2004.) Guests of the show included former basketball great Bill Walton, Boston Globe columnist Kevin Paul DuPont, Hockey East commissioner Joe Bertagna, former Northeastern University Men’s Hockey head coach Bruce Crowder, InsideHockey.com columnist James Murphy, and NHL.com columnist Bob Snow.Former show hosts include Lon Nichols (current anchor for KLKN-TV Lincoln, NE), Lowell Galindo (current ESPNU anchor,) Tom Gauthier (current radio broadcaster and Director of Media Relations for the Class A Bowling Green Hot Rods), Justin Termine (current anchor and producer for NBA Radio on Sirius,) and Mike Gastonguay (interned as an associate producer for KXTA’s “Loose Cannons” Los Angeles, CA.)