Member Testimonials

Don't take it from us, here what our members are saying about WUMB.

"You’re the only reason my commute into Boston is bearable."
-Amy Watertown MA

"Any station that plays Chris Smithers and Eric Anderson and others deserves support."
-Amy Pavels Point NC

"When I'm in sorrow, WUMB gives me joy; When I’m in joy, WUMB gives me more of the same."
-Anara Auburndale MA

"You are so valuable— the music, commercial free, the voices and volunteers— thank you!"
-Ben Canton MA

"Listening online all the way from Homer, AK!"
-Caroline Homer AK

"Folk radio drives my soul."
-Chris Natick MA

"The new voices I’m hearing on the station are doing a great job."
-Christine Brockton MA

"It’s great that WUMB is online. I’ve moved to DC, but can still enjoy great folk music all day at my office."
-Cynthia Cheverly MD

"It’s the greatest radio station anywhere."
-Ditlev Winona MN

"My main reason for contributing is to hear local artists."
-Don Franklin MA

"This year in particular, I was turned on to so much great music that I never would have heard anywhere else. Many staples: Darret Scott, David Frances, and of course the list goes on and on. Thank you for being here. It is my pleasure to support folk radio."
-Elizabeth Gloucester MA

"So few shows with such an eclectic, international mix! This show has won me over time and again."
-George Wellfleet MA

"Your station is unique— it has to be supported!"
-Gerry Watertown MA

"The music is so good I can throw away the rest of my music library."
-Harry North Brookfield MA

"I love what WUMB brings to my world here in Florida."
-James Sarasota FL

"It makes sense that Boston has a station like this. We need to do everything to keep it on the air!"
-Jeff Cambridge MA

"I couldn’t live without WUMB— at work or on the road."
-Joe E. Falmouth MA

"Now that we’re spoiled with the signal, we want it to continue."
-John Amherst MA

"I really like your station and the music you play. It makes my day, every day."
-John Arlington MA

"You guys are doing everything right."
-Joseph Lebanon ME

"Thank God for WUMB!"
-Judy Waltham MA

"I love your station. I love the music. I moved to Connecticut and I can still get WUMB."
-Judy Woodstock CT

"You guys get me through my day."
-Julie Davis CA

"I love the fact you don’t have advertising."
-Julie Nottingham NH

"I listen online at work. Your mix of folk music is what my soul needs."
-Karen Minneapolis MN

"It’s all so evident: how great the music is, how great WUMB is."
-Katherine Milton MA

"I am a new listener and get you on the web while I’m working. I am not so familiar with all of the different programs, but I love the variety of folk music, and especially like blues and gospel."
-Kathleen Seattle WA

"I am a brand new listener and glad to have found all this wonderful music."
-Katie Florence MA

"I can count on you for introducing me to artists I never heard of and my favorites. Thanks so much."
-Laurie Arlington MA

"Thanks for opening up a whole new world of music."
-Lee Dedham MA

"Just found WUMB and want to be sure folk music stays around."
-Leslie Boston MA

"I found you recently, but wish I had been listening for years."
-Margaret Medford MA

"I love the station; I love the music and the people on it."
-Mark Ashland MA

"I leave the radio tuned to WUMB. I’d be bereft if you weren’t on the air."
-Mark Dorchester MA

"I found folk music on WUMB."
-Mary Melrose MA

"I can’t listen to commercial radio anymore— you have spoiled me!"
-Michael Falmouth MA

"I just started listening again— Great programming! Keep up the good work!"
-Michael Hull MA

"I couldn’t get through the workday without WUMB."
-Michael Canton MS

"Thanks for all you do and the passion you bring to the music."
-Pam S. Weymouth MA

"I live in Amherst; I love having this in western Massachusetts."
-Pat Online

"I love your station. You keep my sanity!"
-Patricia West Wareham MA

"I love your music. It puts me in the right mood for work."
-Patricia Boston MA

"I love the station. I’ve been a member for 8 years and hope to be one for many more."
-Paul Marlboro MA

"I would sit out in my car to listen when I couldn’t get reception in the house."
-Paula Sandwich MA

"American music is a great tradition— wonderful station!"
-Pearse Newburyport MA

"You have a great station. I work with my headphones on and listen to you."
-Philip Minneapolis MN

"Thanks for including our local performances in your calendar."
-Phylis and Kevin Bath ME

"I love the mix of blues and folk. The selection within these genres are just right on for me."
-Rachel Exeter NH

"I can’t start the week without Highway 61. Thanks for playing Ellis Paul, Antje Duvekot, Flynn and all the other great local artists."
-Ralph Cambridge MA

"Thanks for another great year at building our folk community. You’re the mortar that holds it all together."
-Rick Cambridge MA

"Just love that traditional Celtic music!"
-Rob Lynn MA

"I wish I had more time available to listen more often. Thanks guys for the great mix."
-Robert Concord NH

"I turn off the statelite radio on Saturday to listen."
-Stephen Quincy MA

"I listen on the web and WUMB is terrific. I wish we had one like WUMB in the D.C. area."
-Steve Bethesda MD

"Thanks for bringing the wonderful sounds of folk music streaming online."
-Susan Burbank CA

"The music in the last half-hour alone is worth more than I can give."
-Susan Amesburg MA

"I was instantly hooked! There is nowhere else in the UK for this music!"
-Tamise United Kingdom

"Thanks as ever for great radio when I’m working here in the UK."
-Teresa Cambridge Enlgand

"It’s a total breath of fresh air."
-Terry Parker CO

"WUMB may be the place for folk music. It rocks!"
-Tom Malden MA

"You are my favorite station in the world!"
-Tracy Jamaica Plain MA

"As a songwriter I love listening to other songwriters. You are the only station I listen to."
-Trish Northborough MA