Modern Noise- Student album reviews
Want to know about some great new music? Our USM students are doing weekly reviews of what’s currently charting at the top, this is music you should be in the know about. Join Kirby, Rachel and Madeline as they break down why these albums are so good! Listen to Lana Del Rabies Listen to Love in the Time of Email
WMPG’s Paul O’Neil bids adieu to the Harp & Bard
One of WMPG’s longest serving volunteers Paul O’Neil has called it a day and retired his Harp & Bard Irish music show. Paul has been with us for more than 30 years! We all at WMPG wish him well on new adventures! Listen to his last show Thanks Paul!
King Middle School teams up with Ecotones
Talk show host Richard Doherty met with students from King Middle School to talk about PODCASTS and making great radio stories. The students will be producing short audio features that highlight environmental issues. The students and Richard held a workshop USM’s Talbot Auditorium where they learned about recording, writing and producing a podcast. Look for these stories on Ecotones heard Thursdays at 1pm, and in the future the students will have their own Podcast. Thanks…
Your Vote Matters- Listen to a forum with the Gubenatorial candidates
Election day is nearing! The Maine Women’s Policy Center sponsored a 2018 Gubernatorial Forum on Women’s Economic Security at USM on Sunday October 21, 2018. Three candidates took part: Democrat Janet Mills; Independent Terri Hayes; and Independent Alan Caron. Ann Schink of the League of Women Voters of Maine moderated the Forum. Co-sponsored by WMPG we offer the forum to hear from the candidates on issues that effect women’s lives. Listen to the program
Indigenous People’s Day special
On Oct 8th, WMPG’s own Christopher the Hermit presented a special program featuring Native American music, words, stories and interviews. Listen to the program
“Middle School Mic Drop” is looking for adults and kids for a weekly radio show
We are now gathering a team of adults and middle schoolers to produce a live weekly one-hour show on Saturdays 9-10am called “Middle School Mic Drop. The middle school aged kids will be on air, and the adults will supervise. Our first mandatory training meeting is: Saturday Sept. 29th at 8:30-10pm am at WMPG 92 Bedford St. You must call or email to apply for the show. WMPG has a strong commitment to youth programming….
Blunt Youth Radio has moved to Tuesday Nights!
WMPG’s “Blunt Youth Radio Project” has made the big move to Tuesday night! Blunt will still be on from 7:30 to 8:30 pm EST and will still be a live call-in, public affairs talk show entirely produced by teens. YOUNG PEOPLE MAKE AMAZING RADIO!! This change also means that “Tuesday…now MONDAY Night Talk Radio” and “Into The Wilderness” have moved to Monday evenings, also starting at 7:30.
“Querying the Past Radio” a special 6 week LGBT series
Querying the Past is a 6-week special series that will air on Thursday evenings 7-7:30pm. We will air 6 unique programs every Thursday evening over 6 weeks and the first episode began on Thursday June 14th in honor of Pride Portland Week. This series comes from the LGBTQ Maine Oral History Project that is collecting and preserving the voices and stories of members of the Southern Maine LGBTQ community. The Principle Investigator for this project is Dr. Wendy Chapkis , Professor of Sociology…
Pride Portland week at WMPG 90.9
June 14th special Pride Portland Programming on WMPG: 3-5pm – WMPG Dance Party/Open House (Come on down to 92 Bedford Street in Portland!) 7pm – the premier episode of “Querying the Past Radio“ Open house + a special all queer music show with guest DJ Qwerewolf on Thursday June 14th from 3pm-5pm. We’re inviting folks to stop by the station, and for LGBTQ+ folks to make quick guest appearances live on-air to talk about pride and what…
