- WERS
Infobox Radio Station
name = WERS
city =Boston, Massachusetts
area = Greater Boston, eastern Massachusetts & beyond
branding = 88.9 WERS
slogan = "Music for the Independent Mind"
frequency = 88.9 MHz HD Radio
translator = W243BG/96.5: New Bedford, MA; W268AM/101.5: Gloucester, MA
airdate = November 1949 (on 88.1/Channel 201)
format =College /Eclectic
erp = 4,000watt s, Stereo
haat = 186meter s
class = B1
facility_id = 19482
owner =Emerson College
webcast = [http://www.wers.org/listen/ Listen Live]
website = [http://www.wers.org/ www.wers.org]
callsign_meaning = Emerson Radio StationWERS (88.9 FM) is one of
Emerson College 's two radio stations (the other being campus radio station WECB), located inBoston ,Massachusetts . Student-run and professionally managed, it serves easternNew England an eclectic mix of musical genres, and more live performances than any other station in the region. Programming features over 20 different styles of music and news including live performances and interviews. WERS, the first non-commercial educational FM station to go on the air in Boston, has been in operation since 1949. The chief architect of WERS in its early years was Professor Charles William Dudley.Translators
RadioTranslators
callsign = WERS
call1 = W243BG
freq1 = 96.5 (Channel 243)
watts1 = 55
city1 = New Bedford, Massachusetts
call2 = W268AM
freq2 = 101.5 (Channel 268
watts2 = 38
city2 = Gloucester, MassachusettsIn 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.Critical Acclaim
According to
The Princeton Review , WERS is the #1 college radio station in America, an award the station has won or come close to winning almost every year sinceThe Princeton Review started ranking colleges. [cite web |title=Best 361 College Rankings |url=http://www.princetonreview.com/college/research/profiles/rankings.asp?listing=1022990<id=1&intbucketid= |publisher=The Princeton Review]WERS can also be heard on
iTunes radio under the "Eclectic" category.References
External links
* [http://www.wers.org/ Official Website]
* [http://www.wers.org/listen/ WERS Broadcast Stream]
* [http://www.myspace.com/889wers/ WERS on MySpace.com]
* [http://wecb.emerson.edu/ WECB - Emerson's On-Campus Radio Station]
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