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12/04/2025

DONATE TO OUR GIFT DRIVE! 🧸🚂🪁🪀 WMPG’s Gift Drive is running from now until Dec 19th! We’re looking for gifts for kids between the ages of 3-16, so that includes gifts for younger kids (e.g. toys, plushes, activities) as well as older (e.g. headphones, puzzles, books). Maine Needs has kindly collaborated with us on this project. We currently have a drop off box right here at the station (92 Bedford St, Open 10-5 Daily) as well as our driveway (weather permitting). Other locations upcoming!

12/04/2025

Next up is :

WINTER IS COMING - ARE YOU READY?
Kristina Egan is diving into everything you need to know to prepare for Maine’s winter storms - from power outages to plowing to coastal flooding.

Guests include:

Brett Frank, Scarborough Public Works Director - Town of Scarborough, Maine
Caity Hager, Portland Emergency Management Coordinator - City of Portland, Maine
Mike Murray, Portland Public Works - City of Portland, Maine

Tune in for practical, local advice to help you stay safe, informed, and ready for whatever this winter brings.

Thursday, December 4th at 1pm. Tune in 90.9FM or stream via wmpg.org or download the WMPG app

12/04/2025

Coming up on Local Motives tonight at 7.30, we welcome to the WMPG Live Lounge. Tune in at 90.9 or stream at WMPG.org

12/03/2025

Tonight’s Off the Rails features hosts and discussing the recently launched Local Motives, Volume 1 - a compilation of songs recorded live from Local Motives right here on WMPG. This is a benefit release for the USM food pantry. A few songs from the release will be featured tonight at 7pm. 90.9FM and WMPG.org

12/03/2025

12/03/2025

Listen via our app or stream at WMPG.org. Our transmitter is down. We’ll be back up as soon as we can.

12/02/2025

Help us support students facing food insecurity at the University of Southern Maine by purchasing your digital download of our Local Motives fundraiser - full of great local music, and 100% of proceeds go to the USM Food Pantry!

We’re so proud of the artists who contributed to our digital Bandcamp release. Here’s a glimpse of just a few of the faces behind the music.

Link to donate/purchase:

https://ashmontbeaconmedia.bandcamp.com/album/local-motives

PLEASE HELP BY SHARING!

photo credits: Local Motives Team

11/28/2025

This evening (Fri) from 4pm…live broadcast from 5-7pm. Big X is in the decks at - 209 Anderson St, Portland

11/27/2025

Consider helping out the Food pantry with a purchase…

The compilation is available on a pay-what-you-can basis with a suggested donation of $10. Donations will benefit the USM Oakhurst Campus Food Pantry.

11/27/2025

This article presents recent, first-hand accounts of conditions of arrest and detention. Martha Stein, executive director of Hope Acts, also shares what she has learned.

Read more: https://www.amjamboafrica.com/fear-uncertainty-displacement-when-ice-detains-maine-asylum-seekers/

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11/26/2025

is our guest on Local Motives tonight. Tune in at 7.30pm! 90.9FM wmpg.org