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Feel a connection to UMB at home with WUMB

If you're not already a listener of WUMB-FM, you may be interested to know that UMass Boston is the home of an award-winning professional public radio station that broadcasts music, news, and public affairs programs 24 hours a day. Each year, more than three hundred musicians and other guests come to the UMass Boston campus to appear on one of the station's many shows. In addition, the station hosts and sponsors a variety of musical events all over the state. Here are some things you may be interested in knowing about WUMB.

• Listen at home, at work or in your car. The station broadcasts on a network of five radio stations in Massachusetts: on 91.9FM in Boston, Worcester, and Falmouth; on 91.7 in Newburyport; and, on 1170 AM in Orleans. It has more than 75,000 people each week tuning in to listen.

• Listen anywhere across the globe. WUMB also broadcasts on the internet at www.wumb.org and has thousands of listeners in all 50 states and in 78 different countries around the world.

• WUMB is recognized as the premier Folk Music Radio station in the country.

• From "Folk Radio" and "Celtic Twilight" to "Afropop Worldwide," "World Café" and "Women in Music," WUMB offers one of the most diverse selections of musical programming on the radio.

• Commonwealth Journal, one of WUMB's public affairs programs, has won numerous awards for its in-depth analysis of issues pertaining to Massachusetts, including from the Associated Press and the American Cancer Society. Frequently, guests of the show are professors from the UMass system, renowned authors, and local civic leaders.

• Each September, the station produces the Boston Folk Festival – www.bostonfolkfestival.org which draws nearly 10,000 musicians and fans to campus. Past performers have ranged from Grammy-winners Emmylou Harris and KoKo Taylor to rising stars such as Catie Curtis and Ellis Paul.

• The station also sponsors a Summer Music Camp, an internet auction, and events like the Music Marketplace where you'll find thousands of used CDs, Records, and DVD all in one place on campus.

• As part of the Radio Learning Project, WUMB works with the Communications Studies Program to deliver real world skills--and credit--for interested students; in addition, the station usually hires 10-12 work-study students every year.

• On a first-come, first-served basis, students are eligible to attend monthly concerts hosted by WUMB--intimate performances by recognized artists.

• Look around campus during the school year for the WUMB Purple Van; the station often does live broadcasting, giveaways, and even contests.

• WUMB is an affiliate of National Public Radio (NPR), Public Radio International (PRI), and the Associated Press (AP).

• The station receives more than half of its operational funding from over 6,000 listeners, and also receives financial support from organizations such as the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) and the Massachusetts Cultural Council (MCC).