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WMEB has made a great stride to showcase student media with the announcement of its expansion. The University of Maine’s student-run radio station will now increase its broadcast strength tenfold to become the most powerful college radio station in Maine.
The expansion means WMEB’s broadcasts will be heard as far south as Waterville by Fall 2009, and it will fill in holes in coverage in Bangor, Veazie and Old Town to provide a larger audience for WMEB’s broadcasts.
WMEB is a much-needed outlet for independent and local musical artists and local rising disk jockeys. The station, run almost entirely by students, provides learning experience in a world when real-life training is highly valued but hard to come by.
Spreading the power of the campus radio station also expands the power of students. Radio is a unique opportunity for students to express themselves in the real world, beyond the confines of the classroom. Sharing music and ideas helps empower students to create their own media and can help diversify a radio spectrum full of corporate-controlled stations
The more than $40,000 project will be financed through savings from the past three years. WMEB’s plan is a testament to its dedication to providing the best learning opportunity it can for students interested in careers in radio – and for students who just want to share their passion for music that falls outside of the mainstream.
Bangor Daily News