One of the best radio stations I have ever had the pleasure of listening to on a wretched morning…read morecommute. A couple of things I really liked about WERS: - Very eclectic mix. I could have done without their proclivity for Peter Gabriel and the Talking Heads but hey, they overcame that by introducing me to Blitzen Trapper, Frightened Rabbit, Lissie, Deer Tick, as well as playing some of the artists I already loved such as Bob and Jakob Dylan, The Decemberists, Steve and Justin Townes Earle. - Independent radio station - no corporate playlists and no commercials - Run by college kids

This is the worst college radio station in America, which is nuts because 30 years ago it was among…read morethe best. College radio is widely understood as the freeform radio vanguard, where one can hear musical offerings unavailable on commercial radio. When I tune into a college station, I don't want to hear a single song I know. 99% of what WERS plays nowadays is Top 40 "alternative" music from the 80s and 90s. Stuff I've been sick of for decades. Honk shoo. It's a college station masquerading as a commercial station masquerading as a twenty year-old iPod. If you are a retailer looking for the most unchallenging background noise for your shoppers to ignore, or perhaps a listener looking for a radio station to convince you that not only has there been no good music made in the past 35 years, but also that maybe music was just never good, WERS is it.

Almost nobody outside of Waltham knows about this station and only a small number of local…read moreresidents have stumbled across it at 100.1 FM. Yet this station, the radio voice of Brandeis University is a welcome relief from the slick overprogrammed junk filling the commercial airwaves. WBRS provides a bit of everything for its listeners. In the mornings there is contemporary rock music, especially some of the older punk stuff and edgy independent tunes that other stations are afraid to play. Later on a listener might hear ethnic, folk, or reggae or, perhaps some sports talk from a couple of college students. It's eclectic and creative, with an emphasis on content. While most radio stations are constrained by a tightly programmed format WBRS breaks free from these bounds. It's a reminder of how smaller stations can be more entertaining than the children of media powerhouses. Only reason it loses one star is because of its low-power transmitter.

The best little radio station ever. WBRS, WERS, and WZBC were the three stations I listed to most…read morewhen I lived in the Boston area. (WMBR was up there, too)

WMRC is a great station with lot of good programming, but they are a lot more. Extremely active in…read morethe local community either sponsoring or participating in local charity events to using promotional giveaways and discounts to help promote local business. WMRC is also an extreme supporter of local music from Ray Auger's Living for the Weekend to keeping a local music events calendar right down to their yearly Local Music Awards. Big kudo's to WMRC management and staff!

This FM 101.3 radio station is awesome in both content news music local happenings charity and all…read morearound likeability Listen to it every day!!!

In Boston, there are very few pure college radio stations. WMBR, one of the finest stations on the…read moreplanet, is in a class above the typical ramshackle student-run enterprise. WERS and WUMB are heavily formatted, WZBC has taken the cutting-edge niche, and WBUR has sold the students out for the spotlight of NPR. Which leaves the best good ol' fashioned small-time college station in the area, a helter-skelter mess of students and locals with often no prior experience playing just about whatever comes to mind at the moment, or screwing around on the air just because someone is letting them. It is radio at its finest -- unscripted, flawed, and spontaneous, with as much beauty in the bad moments as good. WMFO preaches the freeform philosophy, which I sometimes think means "we don't have the time or interest to coordinate any of this," making fertile ground for unpredictability. I am a WMBR devotee first and foremost, and WZBC has button #2 on my dial. But when the undeniable earnestness of either isn't doing it for me, I tune to 91.5 and the great majority of the time, I get what WMFO is best at -- fun. Straight-up, amateur, unpretentious fun, possibly the most sincere place in local radio.

This is a good-enough station in the old-fashioned mould of College Radio, IE Unpretentious, but…read moresounding very amateurish at times because of that. It's a fine line to walk, wanting to encourage more students and other first-time-presenters on air, but not showing them their obvious mistakes so that they learn. Consequently, some of the programming at times on WZBC and WMFO is downright embarrassing, teaches no-one anything and is pretty much un-listenable. The comments from Bulba S from 29008 accept that - I just wonder what they have done to try and improve it in those four years since it hasn't worked, for my taste. BUT...I totally applaud the idea to get more people, new to radio, involved - You can't just then abdicate the responsibility of showing them how to do stuff!!

Well, country music fans, if you want Keith Urban in Boston this is it. They overplay Gretchen,…read morebut they are definitely airing what's hot and keeping the talk to a minimum. In fact, all of this station's DJs seem to actually have a radio personality, not just the morning show.

This usually is my go to music station when I drive. It plays good country hits and the talking and…read morecommercials are usually kept to a minimum. Like all radio stations, some of the same songs are played daily but it's not as bad as other stations. I wish this station came in at my work or I'd leave this station on all day. For the most part though, this is the perfect station for country fans. I got into country music because of this channel. I was so sick of WHJY and WBRU (which both suck by the way) and was pleased to hear this genre of music by artists I can actually respect.

There is little to no college radio vibe to this station. It might as well be your local…read morecommercial corporate rock station. That said, I totally shazam'd a few songs off Power 88 that I then purchased on itunes. SO ... I guess it serves its purpose.

As the other reviewer noted, it is like a regular commercial station, but there is one major…read moredifference: no commercials! And you can listen to it on your Amazon speaker for free.

College radio from Curry College. Programming is pretty decent - shows featuring many different…read moregenres of music. They definitely make a decent effort to present local bands too. Programming tends to lean toward "safe" and presentation is more professional/polished rather than say... some stoned kid rambling on incoherently over edgy or experimental material. However they do play some brutal metal and death metal so they do keep it real with non-comm shit. Theyre worth a listen if you're totally bored with your ipod (as I was when I've tuned in). Actually right now 3/1/2012 @ 21:30 I'm listening to a kid do an entire segment or show on Van Halen which is pretty awesome. Their webstream is ridiculously sucky though at 40kbps !!!

AN ABSOLUTELY MUST DO! 5 STARS! A FREE EVENT! It's Time to jump into The TimeMobile & scour the…read moreEarth & take you to places from a different time that you won't believe still exist.  We have set the dial to the 1970's in the city of Boston, Massachusetts. WMEX began as a radio station in 1931. It is famous for being one of the very first stations to broadcast Kasey Casem's American Top 40 back in 1970. They are also known having legendary DJ Artie Woo Woo Ginsburg at the helm. They also broke the record Maggie May by Rod Stewart which was supposed to be the B side of Reason to Believe. They flipped the record and it became a monster #1 hit & catapulted Rod's career. WMEX was extremely popular in the 70's battling with WRKO for top position with their Top 40 format. Sadly it turned into an all talk format & other variations later on over the years, Now the WMEX THAT EVERYBODY LOVED IS BACK! They're playing the greatest songs of all time from the 50's, 60's, 70's & 80's If you Love Casey Kasem's Classic American Top 40 then you will Love Jeff Lawrence's Countdown. This guy is Unbelievable with all the detailed research he piles into each show. Jeff provides all kinds of information you probably have never heard of before about songs. Casey is Great as he counted down the Top 40 songs of the 70's & 80's as they appeared on the National Charts from Billboard magazine. Jeff does a slightly different take. He counts down the Top 25 songs in Boston from the 1960's & 70's. Jeff gives you inside info about some of your favorite tunes. Jeff also features Retro News - what was going on locally & nationally. There's also Retro Sports too with info about Sports Teams in their glory days. There's also Retro Commercials. Then he takes it one step beyond that & tells you what the price of gas, milk & eggs were at that time. What hip & trendy clothing was on sale at various department stores that no longer exist. Imagine gas for 29 cents, Hot Pants ( before Daisy Dukes) are on sale for women & Edwardian suits with flared pants for men. He tells you the price of an apartment & homes in various cities. He also tells you what Cartoons were popular on Saturday Mornings, TV Shows & what Movies were playing at the Drive-In. Jeff doesn't just play the music but gives you a living snapshot of what life was like Back in the Day. It feels like a time capsule & puts the music in perspective not just playing a song on the radio. Even if you didn't grow up in Boston , you will totally enjoy the show because of all the tid bits of info you never knew about records. It's upcycled from a recycle of yesterday for today. It's not your typical Old School show. Every weekend it's a different month week & year The same Show airs 4 different times on the weekends. Saturdays 9-11 AM Eastern Time 6-8 AM Pacific & 8-10 PM Eastern Time 5-7 PM Pacific Sundays 9-11 AM Eastern Time 6-8 AM Pacific & 5-7 PM Eastern Time 2-4 PM Pacific. WMEX broadcasts on 1510 AM in Boston & on 101.1 FM in Quincy & on the web @ wmexboston.com. They are also on your Tune In App or ask your smart speaker to play WMEX BOSTON. They are also selling Retro Merch on their Boston website too. I do have a minor recommendation for improvement for the show. Jeff talks a little fast because he's trying to cram all that into a 2 hour format. I wish they would expand the show to 3 hours & a little bit slower on the talking & expand to the Top 30 or 40. That would be PERFECT! It was a used to be, you had to have Mega Bucks & be really Rich to have the Good Life, not anymore. The Game has changed. You've been Upgraded. Now You Can Live Like a King on a Limited Budget!