Wmpg-Fm

Here is the disclaimer up front… I honestly grew up as a part of this station. My dad has been part of it as long as I can recall and I’m 30.
That said, it is a great atmosphere, great group of people, and a wide range of diverse everything. They always accept things we have for donation (cd, records, etc.) and are willing to listen to any ideas you have. Jim Rand and Lisa Bunker are two of the nicest people ever and always answer if I email them a question or idea.
Definitely give it a listen or donate/​volunteer if you can. I always do when I’m in Maine.

Do you know what I hate? I hate commercials. And I hate hearing the same vacuous pop song ten times in a day. And I hate smarmy DJs who yell at me. Good news for me, WMPG has none of those things!
In the interest of full disclosure, I do slave away behind the sound board in the early morning hours here playing all manner of subculture-​y audio goodness (and a bit of badness) so that may make me a little bit biased. I came to WMPG as a volunteer because it’s an awesome radio station that has a wide variety of programming that simply doesn’t get air-​time on commercial stations. They have something for everyone (except maybe eight year olds into Beiber — but there’s plenty out there for kids with terrible taste), without those irksome commercials. And, while I may fall into convulsions at the sound of a bagpipe or a fiddle, I know that I can tune back in an hour or so later and hear something else.
Plus, they actively encourage voices from the community. Real, genuine voices. And they are a friendly environment for all people regardless of race, ethnicity, nationality, physical mobility, age, gender, sexuality, politics, or personal quirks. That makes them super awesome in my book.

Just short of five, only because it’s community radio. That sounds really bad, but what i mean is this: they take such a broad selection of people in the community that there are sometimes pretty lame things playing on the radio. However, it’s the only radio station in Portland (that i know of) that will spin Elvis Costello, Q and not U, CYHSY, and the Circle Jerks all in the same show.
Steer clear of the worldbeat putamayo shows and this is an awesome radio station.