WERS

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WERS
City of license	Boston, Massachusetts
Broadcast area	Greater Boston, eastern Massachusetts & beyond
Branding	88.9 WERS
Slogan	"Music for the Independent Mind"
Frequency	88.9 MHz (Also on HD Radio), 96.5 MHz in the New Bedford, Mass. area, 101.5 MHz on Cape Ann
Format	College/Eclectic
ERP	4,000 watts
HAAT	186 meters
Class	B1
Facility ID	19482
Callsign meaning	Emerson Radio Station
Owner	Emerson College
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	www.wers.org

WERS (88.9 FM) is one of Emerson College's two radio stations, located in Boston, Massachusetts. Student-run and professionally managed, it serves eastern New 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.

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 with clear, local reception quality. Another translator, on 101.5 MHz in Gloucester, Massachusetts, is under construction and due to go on the air in May or June 2008.

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 since The Princeton Review started ranking colleges.^[1]

WERS can also be heard on iTunes radio under the "Eclectic" category.

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• Official Website
• WERS Broadcast Stream
• WERS on MySpace.com
• WECB - Emerson's On-Campus Radio Station
• Query the FCC's FM station database for WERS
• Radio Locator information on WERS
• Query Arbitron's FM station database for WERS

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