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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Listen to an hour of intimate, curated Slow Jams: The Secret Spot

  • Added: Oct 29, 2022
  • Length: 57:49
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Slow Jams are our specialty. Listen to The Secret Spot for R&B and Soul

  • Added: Oct 21, 2022
  • Length: 57:35
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Simple and intimate. Listen to The Secret Spot for an hour of the best Slow Jams

  • Added: Oct 15, 2022
  • Length: 57:39
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Your home for R&B, Soul and Slow Jams. Listen to the Secret Spot. The emphasis is on The Slow Jams

  • Added: Oct 08, 2022
  • Length: 57:52
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The debut episode of The Secret Spot features smooth new tracks and deep throwbacks from the songbooks of R&B and Soul

  • Added: Oct 01, 2022
  • Length: 59:55
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With an emphasis on Slow Jams, listen to The Secret Spot for an hour of the best in R&B and Soul

  • Added: Sep 24, 2022
  • Length: 58:26
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Listen to an hour of the smoothest Slow Jams in R&B and Soul: The Secret Spot

  • Added: Sep 16, 2022
  • Length: 58:50
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Listen to The Secret Spot for an hour of Slow Jams that touches every era of R&B and Soul

  • Added: Sep 10, 2022
  • Length: 58:00
Caption: Secret Spotlight: Gladys Knight and The Pips, Credit: Maeve Huttner
Listen to The Secret Spot, your home for R&B, Soul and Slow Jams,

  • Added: Aug 27, 2022
  • Length: 57:51
Caption: Sands Of Time, Credit: Howard Simpson
Inspired by the tradition of "falling back" to standard time on the east coast, The Secret Spot highlights R&B and Soul favorites that pertain to s...

  • Added: Aug 13, 2022
  • Length: 58:40