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, went on the air in July 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.
WERS can also be heard on iTunes radio under the "Eclectic" category.
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