Tim Weisberg has come a long way since his Wareham High School days, when he tried to set up a student-run radio station in the projection booth of the auditorium to broadcast music during lunch.

The station only lasted a few weeks due to Weisberg being unable to play the music loud enough in the cafeteria without blasting out the teacher's lounge.

Weisberg and his friend Jay Harper, who also attended Wareham High School, launched www.WarehamRadio.com October 1. They're hoping this radio station will be much more successful!

The online radio station came into being after Harper, who currently lives on Martha's Vineyard, and Weisberg, a Wareham resident, reminisced on Facebook about local '90s radio talent. Both men agreed that Wareham should have its own radio station and thus WarehamRadio.com was born.

"Literally within 24 hours it was up and running," Harper said.

Harper purchased the web domain name and built the website, while Weisberg began putting together the broadcasting plan through the station's online partner, UstreamTV, which allows both audio and video feed.

Weisberg, who is no stranger to the radio business with sports programs and ghost show "Spooky Southcoast" on WBSM-AM, said he believes that the Internet is a great way to reach an audience. Not only is it cheaper than renting a radio tower, but more people are willing to click on a link to listen to something than to deviate from the preset channel buttons in their cars, he said.

In addition to the website, the station can be accessed via the Ustream app for iPhone and Andriod phones.

Wareham Radio archives its shows for guests to listen to if they come upon the website while a program is not in progress, though Weisberg said he would eventually like something to always be playing on the station.

Though the station is still in its early days — so far the largest audience at one time has been 17 people — it does offer some weekly programs, including "The Dark Fog," which features spooky old-time radio classics, and "Made in Wareham," an hour-long show comprised of music by past and present local bands.

Harper has an expansive collection of tapes and CDs spanning over twenty years.

"I save all that stuff," he said. "Wareham's a great place. It's one of the best places to be."

The station is open to any Wareham resident, current or former, who has an interest in broadcasting and would like to create programming.

"This is not Jay and I having a radio show. It's for the town," Weisberg said.

He added that he hopes community organizations will get involved with it and sees it as a potential outlet for people to voice their opinions about the goings-on in town. Broadcasting will be free and would-be hosts only need to have a quick Internet connection and follow the rules set out on the website.

Once the station begins selling advertising, Weisberg and Harper plan on putting the profits toward purchasing licensing and paying royalties to play all types of music. Currently Wareham Radio can only play public domain songs or music given to them by local artists.

The WarehamRadio.com Facebook page will keep fans updated about the programming. For more information contact Weisberg and Harper at warehamradio@gmail.com.