WERS

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WERS has always presented a diverse mix of music, while serving as a training ground for students at Emerson College. During the week the station features a mix of music ranging from folk, rock, jazz, world, blues, soul, electronic and reggae. Weekend programming includes everything from children's music to showtunes to Jewish and Israeli music. In recent years, WERS has become well-known for its Live Music Weeks, fundraisers in which dozens of live performances are broadcast from the WERS studios. In 1998, 88.9 WERS was able to move into newly-renovated studios at 180 Tremont St. on Boston Common, where they broadcast today. 88.9 FM WERS can be heard in five New England states with a listenership of over 150,000 people each week. WERS is almost entirely student operated and has been voted the number one college radio station in the country by The Princeton Review for the past six years. In 2006 the station was named "News Station of the Year" by the Associated Press.

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Jewish Music, Humor and Schmoozing

  • From: WERS
  • Updated: Mar 30, 2023
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219 Pieces

Smooth R&B, Vintage Soul, and Slow Jams

  • From: WERS
  • Updated: Jul 25, 2022

Latest Pieces

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The Secret Spot delivers a simple, intimate, curated playlist of R&B and Soul

  • Added: Mar 23, 2024
  • Length: 58:42
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From studios along The Boston Common, an intimate curated playlist from the most impressive songbooks of R&B and Soul: The Secret Spot

  • Added: Mar 16, 2024
  • Length: 59:56
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The Secret Spot touches every era of R&B and Soul.

  • Added: Mar 08, 2024
  • Length: 57:37
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Smooth R&B, Vintage Soul and Slow Jams: The Secret Spot

  • Added: Mar 02, 2024
  • Length: 59:05
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In this episode we open the WERS Vault of Soul to spotlight the contributions of The O'Jays

  • Added: Feb 24, 2024
  • Length: 58:00
Caption: The 5th Dimension
The Secret Spot lets you discover and rediscover the best in R&B, Soul and Slow Jams

  • Added: Feb 17, 2024
  • Length: 59:38
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Listen to the Secret Spot to discover and rediscover the best of R&B and Soul

  • Added: Feb 10, 2024
  • Length: 59:44
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We open our Vault of Soul to shine a spotlight on the contributions of Diana Ross

  • Added: Jan 27, 2024
  • Length: 59:35
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The season of thanks shouldn't be the only time you show gratitude to your special, perfect, romantic, loving baby

  • Added: Jan 13, 2024
  • Length: 59:40
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The Secret Spot presents our picks for the artists who were masters of R&B during the 1980's

  • Added: Dec 30, 2023
  • Length: 58:20