Listen to WBOR
To the editor:
I was excited to read that someday we would be able to hear WMPG on the airwaves locally (news report, Nov. 11, “On the air and coming our way”). I have long been partial to the non-commercial, college radio that the Portland radio station may bring us some day.
Until then I would like to remind everyone that we have our own wonderfully eclectic radio gem in our listening area and that is WBOR, the Bowdoin College radio station which can be heard 24-7, 365 on 91.1 FM.
This student run station is wildly diverse, covering a broad spectrum of genres from rock and blues, jazz, hiphop, bluegrass, classical, foreign country music shows and a veritable plethora of listening entertainment.
The disc jockeys are mostly students, but there is a strong community presence with about 15 percent of the DJs coming from the local area, many of whom have been participating in programming for many years.
Most shows are between one and two hours in length, so if you don’t like what is on currently, it will be a different offering the very next show.
Whether or not WMPG ever offers up a signal that can be heard around these parts, I am more than happy with our own fabulous WBOR, and I know anyone who favors the unique programming of noncommercial college radio will be too.
Bill
“Billy the Mountain” Morse
Bath
Cause for celebration
To the editor:
Families in Maine have more than one reason to celebrate this holiday season.
This December, the Environmental Protection Agency is slated to finalize a rule limiting mercury pollution from power plants, the largest industrial source, for the first time in history.
Mercury from power plants gets into the fish we eat and poses serious health problems. Mercury can harm a child’s growing brain and nervous system, impacting cognitive thinking, memory, attention, language, and fine motor and visual spatial skills.
Mercury contamination of fish is so widespread that one in 10 women of childbearing age has enough mercury in her bloodstream to put her child at risk if she becomes pregnant.
EPA’s new mercury rule is expected to cut emissions from power plants by more than 90 percent, resulting in huge benefits to our health, and that’s definitely something to celebrate.
Sens. Susan Collins and Olympia Snowe should defend this important rule from any attacks in Congress.
Anika James
Environment Maine
Portland
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