The good news keeps rolling for community radio! As you know, we just finished doing critical broadcast gear upgrades, alongside our 5 other community radio partners, with last year's one-time state grant funding.

Now, with the end of the legislative session, and passage of the state budget, we can excitedly announce that our partnership with Vermont Access Network was successful in pursuing annual funding for community media across the state. There is now 1.89M in annual public funding for the 24 public access stations and 9 community radio stations (3 new stations are coming on the air this year!). $90K of that funding will go to community radio and just under half of that will fund Central Vermont Community Radio!

WGDR listeners, we need your help!

Now that our new antenna is up and broadcasting on 91.1 FM, we're asking listeners across Central Vermont to help us map our new signal reach.

If you've noticed that WGDR comes in clearer—or if you're hearing us in places where you couldn't before—we want to know! Enter your location on our WGDR broadcast listener map. Click through to learn more.

Everyone who helps us map this will be entered to win a prize from our swag shop! (note, you need to make your pin public/put your info with it so we know it was you to enter to win!).

Have a passion for community radio? Want to help shape what you hear on the air?

The Central Vermont Community Radio Programming Committee is looking to fill one community member seat by July 31. Learn more and how to apply here.

Our show application is open again! Read more about the next round of new show review and training, and apply by August 31.

Please note, 75% of our schedule is full with locally made programs, so slots are limited. Don’t wait!

Apply today!

Ways to Get Involved with CVCR

Summertime is a great time to get involved with the station. Here are just a few ways to join us.

• Apply for a show

• Consider applying to fill the open spot on the Programming Committee (apply by July 31)

• Apply for the Board (rolling review of applications)

• Help us gather Very Vermonty Auction items for the August auction.

• Help with larger station projects, like organizing the music library, cleaning, storage inventory, and more.

• Volunteer at future station events, like our WGDR, Live... gigs.

• Join our new street team to help get the word out about the station, the new WGDR broadcast reach, and other station happenings.

What a night at WGDR Live in Barre City! A huge thank you to our sold-out crowd for bringing the energy with gardening questions, sing-alongs, and dancing to the beats of DJ Xav. To the hundreds of you who tuned in on your radios and online, we loved having you along for the fun too.

Special thanks to Host DJ Emma, weather expert Bob Misenberger, the Curse of the Golden Turnip crew, musicians Jess O'Brien and Leah Rocketship, our incredible volunteers, and our sponsors, the Barre Social Club and Physicians' Computer Company. 

Missed it? Listen to the show archive for the next two weeks at WGDR.org. More WGDR Live events are coming soon—stay tuned!

Click through to read Llu’s annual “State of the Station” remarks (as part of our annual meeting element of the event).