Listener’s Survey – we want to hear from you!
We want to hear from you! WMPG is conducting a short listener survey, and your input will help shape the future of the station. Tell us what you love, what you’d like to hear more of, and where we can improve. Your feedback helps us better serve our community and keep WMPG strong, local, and listener-powered. Thanks for taking a moment to share your voice with us! Link to Survey Thank you!
Toy Drive
Happy Holidays from WMPG! In collaboration with Maine Needs , we’d like to ask for your help this holiday season to create some magic right here in Portland through our community Toy Drive. We’ll be accepting gifts for kids of all ages, from toddlers to teens – From things like legos, stuffed animals, science kits, and art supplies, to headphones, gift cards, and cozy items. Drop off locations/partners: WMPG – between 10AM and 5PM (weekdays), or have…
WMPG Releases Local Music Compilation to Benefit USM’s Oakhurst Food Pantry
We have released a wide-ranging compilation of local music to raise emergency funding and help secure food for the USM’s Oakhurst Campus Food Pantry . The release, Local Motives #1 , includes tracks from no fewer than 27 local musicians, including Grammy winner Dave Gutter and indie rock favorites Weakened Friends, as well as a roster of local heavyweights such as Little Oso, One Hundred Thorns, Snake Lips, Brit Martin, Juniper Ginger, Ella Hue, TheWorst, Whitney Walker, Red Eft, Space Fog, Plague Dad,…
WMPG is seeking a Contract Radio Audio Engineer
WMPG is seeking to “contract ” a Radio Audio Engineer for 10 hours a week. The qualified person will have a couple years experience repairing broadcast equipment and comfortable with computer networks. We need someone to make our radio signal sound great! If interested email stationmanager@wmpg.org or phone (207) 780-4424 for more details. Will stay posted until filled. This is a “contract” position and not a USM position. This person will be responsible for…
A Journey to WMPG
A Journey to WMPG – Jeff Kerschner We didn’t listen to much music growing up. My father was opposed to music in the house. My Mom would play a handful of records during his work day. Johnny Cash, John Denver, and Harry Belafonte played over and over. A high school friend introduced me to the Beatles – whoa… At age 17, I joined the Clyde Beatty Cole Bros Circus. I was on the concessions crew….
Brian Shankar Adler live on Juke Jive N’ Jazz
If you missed Brian Shankar Adler on Dave Wade’s Juke, Jive and Jazz, catch it on our archives. Brian is a drummer/percussionist known for his musical explorations of space and time. He grew up on an indian ashram, and has performed in caves, forests, and adjacent glacial ice fields as well as Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center. And his partner, saxophonist Jane Ira Bloom, who after pushing NASA to take jazz into space, actually had…
Battle of the Bands – Tuesday November 18th – McGoldrick
The WMPG Battle of the Bands is coming right up! It happens on November 18th – starting at 7pm in the USM McGolddrick building on the USM Portland Campus. Come see some of USM’s top bands compete in this year’s 2nd Battle of the Bands! Winning band gets bragging rights along with a recording session at Monaco Studios , other prizes includes a gift certificate from Buckdancer’s Choice. For the Fall Battle of the Bands we have moved the show…
Karmo Sanders on USM, Music and ME
We were sad to hear about the passing of Karmo Sanders recently. Karmo joined the USM Department of Theatre in 2017, bringing an indefatigable passion for theatre, comedy, playwriting, and teaching. A consummate theatre artist, Karmo taught Playwriting, The Art of Dialogue, Public Speaking and Acting for Non-Majors, a class in which she delighted in spotting talented students and encouraging them to become Theatre majors. Every day, she brought an easy laugh, a well-crafted joke,…
Bluegrass Spectacular at OLS – Nov 6th
Bluegrass Spectacular returns at OLS – a benefit night for WMPG Buy Tickets online or call One Longfellow Square box office 207-761-1757 (box office hours : Friday 12PM to 3 PM) It’s back! For the 20th Anniversary of the WMPG Bluegrass Spectacular, we’ve got some old favorites and a group of young pickers making a name for themselves across New England, for yet another installment of your favorite night of the year. As always, your hosts are the World…
