WERS

Adult album alternative radio station at Emerson College

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WERS

* Boston, Massachusetts
* United States

Broadcast area| Greater Boston
Frequency| 88.9 MHz (HD Radio)
Branding| 88.9 WERS
Programming
Format| Eclectic; adult album alternative
Subchannels| HD2: WERS Plus (hip hop/R&B)
Ownership
Owner| Emerson College
History

First air date

| November 14, 1949[1]

Former frequencies

| 88.1 MHz (1949–1950)

Call sign meaning

| Emerson Radio Station
Technical information[2]

Licensing authority

| FCC
Facility ID| 19482
Class| B1
ERP| 4,000 watts
HAAT| 186 meters (610 ft)

Transmitter coordinates

| 42°21′8.4″N 71°3′23.2″W﻿ / ﻿42.352333°N 71.056444°W﻿ / 42.352333; -71.056444﻿ (WERS)
Translator(s)| See § Translators
Links

Public license information

* Public file
* LMS

Webcast| Listen live
HD2: Listen live
Website| wers.org
HD2: wersplus.org

WERS (88.9 FM) is one of Emerson College's two radio stations (the other being campus station WECB), located in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Programming features over 20 different styles of music and news, including live performances and interviews. WERS stands as the oldest non-commercial radio station in New England, and has been in operation since November 1949. Among the founders of the station was WEEI program director Arthur F. Edes, who first taught broadcasting courses at Emerson in 1932 and helped to plan a campus radio station. The chief architect of WERS in its early years was Professor Charles William Dudley.

## Translators

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Broadcast translators for WERS  Call sign | Frequency | City of license | FID | ERP (W) | HAAT | Class | Transmitter coordinates | FCC info

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W268AM  | 101.5 FM | Gloucester, Massachusetts | 138772 | 38 | 71.1 m (233 ft) | D | 42°37′28.3″N 70°39′13.2″W﻿ / ﻿42.624528°N 70.653667°W﻿ / 42.624528; -70.653667﻿ (W268AM) | LMS
W243BG  | 96.5 FM | New Bedford, Massachusetts | 142088 | 55 | 53.1 m (174 ft) | D | 41°38′25.4″N 70°55′1.1″W﻿ / ﻿41.640389°N 70.916972°W﻿ / 41.640389; -70.916972﻿ (W243BG) | LMS

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.

## Sports

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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 in Lincoln, Nebraska), Lowell Galindo (current ESPNU anchor), Tom Gauthier (current radio broadcaster and director of media relations for the Bowling Green Hot Rods), Justin Termine (current anchor and producer for NBA Radio on Sirius), Mike Gastonguay (interned as an associate producer for KXTA’s Loose Cannons), Matt Porter (Palm Beach Post Miami Hurricanes beat reporter), Steve Crowe (Boston Globe part-timer) and Ryan Heisler (noted triathlete).

## See also

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* Campus radio
* List of college radio stations in the United States

## References

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1. ^ Halper, Donna; Wollman, Garrett. "The Eastern Massachusetts Radio Timeline: the 1940s". The Archives @ BostonRadio.org. Retrieved January 14, 2012.
2. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WERS". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.

## External links

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* Official Website
* WERS Broadcast Stream
* WECB - Emerson's On-Campus Radio Station

* Facility details for Facility ID 19482 (WERS) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
* WERS in Nielsen Audio's FM station database

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See also
List of radio stations in Massachusetts

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Notes
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2\. Clear-channel stations with extended nighttime coverage.
3\. Under a "Shared Time" agreement.
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See also
adult contemporary
classic hits
college
country
news/talk
NPR
oldies
religious
rock
sports
top 40
urban
other radio stations in Massachusetts

Authority control databases

International|

* VIAF

National|

* United States

Geographic|

* MusicBrainz place

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