New shows & schedule shifts.
Updated March 4
Our Programming Committee continues to work hard to provide access to the airwaves for as many local Vermonters as possible. We’ll continue to curate our schedule slots to include those still underrepresented or not heard on the air at the station from our diverse community, as well as keeping an ear to types of content we lack or need more of (local news, deeper conversations, discussions on the issues we face right here in Vermont, and more). We’re excited about what’s to come!
For now, we are bringing 12 new local shows and 2 new syndicated shows on the air in February. Here are the anticipated start dates and where current syndicated shows are shifting to make room for more local, live shows. Our schedule is always the most current lineup for any week.
March Programming Changes
March 7-March 23: WGDR/WGDH Spring Fundrive with lots of special additional local programming throughout the week! Stay tuned for more details on that.
Friday, March 7:
1-3pm: UpFront Soul, a syndicated music show, moves into our Friday afternoons
3-5pm: Full Moon Hacksaw, a syndicated music show, moves into our Friday afternoons
7-pm: Spiral Galaxy with Tom, moving from Sundays at 9-11pm.
Sunday, March 9
6-7pm: Good Ways Reggae Show - Hosted by Kind, you’ll hear a range of reggae music from their Jamaican roots. Tune in Sundays at 6pm. Adagio will be moving back to its overnight slot Fridays at 1am.
9-11pm All Mixed Up a syndicated music show.
11pm-1am Deep Threes a syndicated music show.
Tuesday, March 11
9am-10am, Structurally Sound, hosted by Yardain Amron, a story-based, community-centered show focusing on all that is happening around us. This show will air bi-weekly, alternating with Alternative Radio.
Wednesday, March 12:
11pm-1am, Full Moon Hacksaw (syndicated, music)
Monday, March 17:
11am-12pm - Poa for the People - Hosted by Poa Mutino, this show will explore grief and how we connect to each other in the monthly Monday rotation at 11am (3rd Mondays).
Thursday, March 20:
Radio Round Up - 3rd Thursdays of the month, 6-7pm. A new show hosted by a rotating crew of programmers, staff, and other members of the station. Each month, we’ll update you on the latest going on behind the scenes at the station. During the 3rd Thursday, we will also include a short interview with the staff of the “Creative Campus” at Goddard, the folks who are working to redevelop the campus for all sorts of uses. The first Radio Round Up will air on Thursday, March 20. This show, along with the new Into the Issues, will replace the rerun of Democracy Now on Thursdays at 6pm.
Monday, March 24
10pm-11pm - Blues Edge with Les Mawson. A second hour from Les, following his Deep Blues show, with a wider range of genre music.
11pm-midnight - Night Train Cocktail (syndicated, music)
Tuesday, March 26
12am-2am - All the Crooked Saints with DJ Sacramento (local/music)
Thursday, March 27
2-4pm Upfront Soul (syndicated/music)
Friday, March 28
11am-12pm - Techtonic (syndicated/talk)
12pm-1pm - The Big Score (syndicated/music)
1-3pm - Get Fresh with DJ Llu (local/music)
3-5pm - Hittin the Note with Bill Hahn (local/music)
5-7pm - Geezer Rock with Jeff Lindholm (local/music)
7-9pm - Spiral Galaxy with Tom McMurdo (local/music)
11pm-1am - That Driving Beat (syndicated, music)
Coming in April:
Civic Radio - A Vermont Community Foundation-funded partnership with the Civic Standard in Hardwick. This show will record the sounds, people, and concerts of the town, produced by a Civic Standard crew of volunteers. They’ll have a 6 month limited run, starting in March in the Saturday 9am monthly rotation, the 2nd Saturday.
The Broken Bois Collective Presents… Different Stories // Plays // Themes Each Month, as part of the Thursday, 6pm rotation (1st Thursdays).
February Show Start Dates & Moves
Monday, February 3
10am: Peace Talks Radio (new airtime, moving from Tuesdays at 9am)
10:30am: Sprouts (new airtime, moving from Tuesdays at 9:30am)
11am: A new rotating slot with Blluminations, a local talk show hosted by Stefanie moves to the first Monday 11am-noon slot of the month. Stefanie will share this slot with the new local show Cuneiform Radio hosted by Kyle Schlesinger, on the 2nd & 4th.
Tuesday, February 4 at 7am:
Eastern Dawn - A show focusing on the stories and lives of youth, hosted by educator Luke Lampugnale, Tuesday mornings at 7am.
Wednesday, February 5
6am-7am: Project Censored, from KPFA, a weekly public affairs show about independent journalist, media censorship, and deconstructing propaganda.
11am-1pm: Spawning Stones with Ben Bashore expands from one our to two to look deeper at the climate crisis and more.
1pm: The Rubber Room - a new locally made music show hosted by Dan Towner. This show will “swing across the genres” with music from various genres. Tune in Wednesdays 1-2pm.
Syndicated show schedule moves: Indigenous Music will move from Wednesdays, 12-2pm to Saturday mornings, 10am-noon in rotation with a new local music show. All Mixed Up, from Saturday mornings, will move to Wednesday nights at 11pm and Moist Fluids will move from Wednesdays 11am-1pm to rotate with the return of locally made Metal Bedtimes Stories with Mac, Sundays, 12am-2am.
Thursday, February 6 at 11am:
New syndicated show, Tectonic, a show from WFMU about AI and issues in this increasingly tech world. This will run for four months while Stranger & Deininger is on a short radiobattical.
Saturday, February 8
9am-8am: A Special One-Time Airing of - "From the Outside” - a Community Library of Voice and Sound Archive Remix project by Khonsu X
10am-noon: The start of locally made music show, Pitter Patter Radio with Pat Kantner, featuring music from queer artists and more. Catch the show on the second Saturday of the month, with Indigenous Music rotating the rest of the month.
Sunday, February 9
12am-2am: Metal Bedtime Stories, a locally made metal show returns, with DJ Mac. 2nd and 4th Sundays of the month, rotating with the syndicated music show Moist Fluids.
Monday, February 10
11am: A new rotating slot with the new local show Cuneiform Radio hosted by Kyle Schlesinger, on the 2nd & 4th Mondays of the month.
2-4pm: The Monday Drive at 2, an all-vinyl locally made music show hosted by Corey Flynn.
Tuesday, February 25
12-2pm: Mermaid Avenue - a locally made music show hosted by Trevor Ziegler, Tuesdays 12-2pm. New Dimensions will move to air on Tuesdays at 10am instead and Afronsonic Taxi will move to Sundays at 4pm, rotating with Discoverances every other week.
Thursday, February 27
6pm: Into the Issues with Steve Pappas from the Times Argus. A collaboration show between WGDR/WGDH and the Times Argus to feature local news and a deeper discussion of the issues facing our communities. This show will air bi-weekly, the 2nd and 4th Thursdays of the month, replacing the rerun spot for Democracy Now on those Thursdays.
Friday, February 28 - Friday Local Programming Changes In Effect
1-4pm The final airing of the Long and Winding Road with Dave Tucker. After nearly an 8 year run with the station, Dave is retiring from his beloved show. We will greatly miss his fantastic taste in new music.
4-5pm Woodsongs Radio Hour. It's a temporary rerun of this syndicated music show.
5-7pm Geezer Rock, with Jeff, moving to this new slot.
7-9pm UpFront Soul. It's a temporary rerun of this syndicated music show.
The Barndance Bluegrass show quit with no notice to the station on February 21. As a result of that, and other major policy violations, some of which put the station at risk of FCC regulations, Dan Menucci is no longer a programmer with Central Vermont Community Radio. We are deeply disappointed in how this turned out, as the show was enjoyed by many. Due to our commitment to privacy for all involved in the station, we cannot say more.
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Syndicated Shows that are retiring from the rotation for now: Green Bubble Tea, Dancehall/Reggae, the Final Straw, For the Wild, and Alternative Radio.
