About
WOMR
WOMR is a nonprofit non-commercial community radio station on Cape Cod that provides a media platform to present local, eclectic, entertaining, informative and educational programming, and to encourage community participation in all aspects of the station. The station’s mission is involving the community in programming.
In 1976 a small band of radio visionaries was inspired to create a community radio station in Provincetown. It took several years for them to realize their dream, but finally WOMR (OuterMost Community Radio) went on the air on March 21st 1982 with 1000 watts at a frequency of 91.9 FM. In November of 1995, WOMR moved to 92.1 FM in order to raise power to 6000 watts thus reaching a much wider audience on Cape Cod and the South Shore.
Joe Gouveia
The late poet Joe Gouveia earned a Bachelor of Arts in English from the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth and a Master of Fine Arts in Poetry from New England College. A skilled carpenter and mason, Gouveia co-owned Soares & Gouveia Construction for many years. He was employed as a cab driver for Town Taxi in Hyannis and freelanced arts & entertainment articles for the Barnstable Patriot. He also hosted the weekly Poets Corner radio show on WOMR-FM Provincetown.
Gouveia was best known as a poet and pioneer of the Cape Cod poetry community. His many honors and awards include Poet-in-Residence at Cape Cod Community College, Cape Cod Poet Laureate 1999-2000, Massachusetts Poet of the Year 2001, and Poetry Curator at the Cultural Center of Cape Cod. He served as editor of several poetry anthologies including Rubber Side Down and authored the recently-published book Saudades. Gouveia believed words were meaningless without action; this social consciousness fueled his work mentoring at-risk teens through the Rise & Shine program. He loved riding his Harley-Davidson and cheering for the Red Sox. His unbreakable spirit and passion for life were unparalleled and touched the lives of many.
Marge Piercy
Marge Piercy is an American progressive activist and writer. Her work includes Woman on the Edge of Time; He, She and It, which won the 1993 Arthur C. Clarke Award; and Gone to Soldiers, a New York Times Best Seller and a sweeping historical novel set during World War II. Piercy's work is rooted in her Jewish heritage, Communist social and political activism, and feminist ideals.
Piercy is the author of more than seventeen volumes of poems, among them The Moon Is Always Female (1980, considered a feminist classic) and The Art of Blessing the Day (1999). She has published fifteen novels, one play (The Last White Class, co-authored with her current—and third—husband Ira Wood), one collection of essays (Parti-colored Blocks for a Quilt), one non-fiction book, and one memoir. Her novels and poetry often focus on feminist or social concerns.