WUMB Folk Radio, a non-commercial station licensed to the University of Massachusetts, begins its 25th year on the air on September 19 — just days after the 10th annual Boston Folk Festival, which it presents.
The last station in the metro-Boston area to be granted an FM license from the Federal Communications Commission, WUMB-FM had an all-volunteer staff when it took to the airwaves in 1982. It shifted to a professional staff four years later upon becoming a public radio affiliate of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
Operating out of studios on the UMass Boston Campus, WUMB-FM has evolved into a network of five public radio stations in Boston, Worcester, Falmouth, Orleans and Newburyport, Massachusetts that simulcast a mix of folk and acoustic music 24 hours a day weekdays, sprinkled with news and public affairs programs, as well as some blues, afropop and world music on weekends.
In addition to its terrestrial stations – broadcast on 91.9FM in
During weekday morning drive time (6-10 a.m.), the station airs the “Morning Express.” Its host, Dick Pleasants, is a seasoned
To help mark its 25th anniversary, WUMB is eliciting votes from its listeners for their favorite performers of the past 25 years and plans to count-down the top 100 listener favorites in November. Station personnel are currently focused on the Boston Folk Festival that takes place this weekend, however more activities are expected to take shape in coming months to mark this important milestone.
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