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Journalism is not a crime.

Evan Gershkovich, a 31-year-old Wall Street Journal reporter and former WBOR DJ, was arrested on March 30th, 2023 on patently false espionage charges while on a reporting trip to Yekaterinburg, a city around 800 miles east of Moscow, Russia. His arrest has been widely condemned by the Biden administration, press-freedom groups and news organizations.

The allegations against Evan are indisputably absurd. He is a dedicated, accredited reporter who returned to Russia to cover the aftermath of Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, a moment of which he was one of our finest chroniclers. Journalism is not a crime. The Russian government must release Evan immediately.

Read more about how to support Evan here.

Tonight, April 8th, 2023, Bowdoin’s very own artist Matt LaJoie will perform live on air.

Matt is a Circulation Assistant at the Bowdoin Library and a longtime musician who has published an impressive discography in the past decade, one album of which, Everlasting Spring, has been reviewed by Pitchfork Magazine. It has been described as “subtly progressive […] celestial without being sleepy, and rarely stays still. The music feels like an afternoon by a slow-moving creek, surface reflections peacefully changing with the light.”

His music spans many genres: Ambient, Krautrock, American Primitivism, Free Folk, New Age, and more. You do not want to miss this one.Listen at 91.1 FM on the dial and wbor.org. WBOR is also available on any platform that supports the TuneIn Radio app, including Roku, Apple TV, Chromecast, Amazon Fire TV, XBOX, PlayStation, Sonos, and most new vehicles. In addition, you can ask Alexa, Siri, or Google to “play WBOR 91.1 FM”

Hey there Polar Bears, here is our long-awaited interview with Bowdoin President Clayton Rose!

Hosted by Mason Daugherty ’25, Luke Porter ’23, and Caleb Adams-Hull ’23. The Meddiebempsters opened and closed the interview (fun fact: the meddies were the first voices to grace the WBOR airwaves all the way back in the 1941, 82 years ago!)

Juicy secrets come to light with President Rose, such as his plans post-Bowdoin and whether he’d be a hunter or gatherer in millennium past. Check it out:

In the 2023 edition of the Princeton Review of 388 colleges and universities, WBOR earned a #18 ranking. Great job bears!

WBOR is on TuneIn! This allows listeners to “tune-in” via Apple Music, Siri, Roku TVs, Amazon Alexa, and more!

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NOTE: If you plan on having co-hosts, each person must submit an application. You will not receive card access to the studio until you attend training with management.

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“An oil painting of two polar bears with headphones, pink background” – DALL-E 2

WBOR hosted Portland, Maine based pop-punk band Weakened Friends on Thursday, November 17th! Check out our pre-concert interview.

Tonight. The Pub. 8PM.