Extra Local Programming for the FUNdrive
Friends of WGDR/WGDH -
We’re doing some really special things for our Fall Fundrive this year. We hope you will tune in and hear some fun and help us drive toward our $10,000 goal with a donation of any amount that is meaningful to you. Read on for the dish!
Together, we're aiming to raise $10,000 by October 15th through:
25 first-time donors, including 10 from the WGDH listening area
5 new sustaining donors
10 out of state donors (from our streaming listeners!)
a suggestion for a $50 gift (if you can swing it) in honor of WGDR's 50th this year.
Special Locally-Made Programming
Over the next two weeks, our programmers are preparing some extra special programming to show our gratitude for everyone who tunes in and supports WGDR and WGDH. This will include:
Many locally-made music shows going an extra hour longer (or earlier!), with themes, live performances, special guests, and more.
“Voices of Central Vermont Community Radio,” a special drive program featuring short interviews with 10 people who are part of WGDR & WGDH under community ownership. Guests include: Sally Kane, Erica Heilman, John Dillon, Reuben Jackson, Mark Michaelis, Suzanna Jones, Greg Hooker, Ken Hagget, Chris Buckridge, and Les Aldridge. Hosted by station manager Llu Mulvaney-Stanak. Catch the show airing Wednesday, October 4 at 6pm, Thursday, Ocotber 12 at 5pm, and Saturday, October 14 at 8am.
Sundays
Alan LePage, long-time host of “the Curse of the Golden Turnip” is providing donors of larger amounts with a pint of his handmade Baba Ganosh or a secret trip to source Italian marble hidden in the hills (seriously). To qualify, you must email Alan with your info and amount given (at least $50 or potentially more). Email him at AlanpLePage@gmail.com..
Rick Agran & Stefanie Lingenfelter reading poems on “Bon Mot” at 5pm on Sunday, October 8.
An extra episode of “Gilded Splinters,” 6-7pm Sunday, October 8.
DJ EhMmAhh of “The Revel Level” is going an extra hour early with a special “name that tune” game for listeners, Sunday, October 15, 6-9pm to help wrap up the drive.
Monday
DJ Sacramento of “All the Crooked Saints” has a special guest, BoyJr joining them to speak on being a musician and a non-binary human on Instagram. Tune in 10pm-midnight on Monday, October 9.
Tuesdays
DJ Llu will be going an extra hour early, 11am-2pm during the drive with special live DJ sets (hello lunchtime dance parties!) and the following week a special covers show and tribute show to their fellow music programmers. During each week give and get the show perk of a mixtape for listeners.
Brian Aust extending “Woodwarbler’s JazzGrass” an extra hour, 2pm-5pm” on Tuesday, October 3. And will have a special theme show, “JazzGrass ~ FUNraiser!” with the song content hewing to the theme of having fun on the radio. on October 10.
Wednesday
Sydonia Axis, host of “Theme Time Radio” on the 1st Mondays of the month, 7-9pm, jumps on the air for a special live show, October 11, 5-6pm for you with tunes and drive surprises.
Fridays
At 7am, “Rumble Strip” will begin airing a special multi-episode series.
Tonio Epstein’s “The Magical Mystery Tour” will have special guest Erica Heilman, producer of the Peabody winning “Rumble Strip” (airing Fridays at 7am), which will be on Friday, October 13 at 9am, along with other surprises.
11am-1pm, Turkey Joe is going live for 2 hours with “the Jive Turkey Show” with movie soundtrack themes.
6-9pm, enjoy a 3-hour special “Barn Dance Bluegrass” with the Grassers during the drive. October 6 tune in for show perks. Give $150.00 = Farm Basket - 1 available, give $100.00 = 3 Oak Trees - 2-3 year old, Bare Root. Delivered to your home in the spring or pick up at the station (They will will need your telephone info - 3 bundles available). October 13 show perks, heirloom seeds off the farm!
Saturdays
Maria Schumann, host of “Bread and Salt” will have a special show where she tells her grandmother's story, bringing in 2 stories from her life about radio-- one from 1910, one from 1973. You will also hear special cave singing and info about rites and rituals associated with this time of year in Eastern Slavic folklore. Catch the show Saturday, October 14 at 9am.
Chris Buckridge, host of “Predictably Unpredictable” is bringing in the big guests with his dad, a musician from Ohio, on Saturday, October 7, 10am-noon and Lou Barlow, of Dinosaur Jr. on Saturday, October 14.
Catch John Lackard playing live music at 3pm on October 14 for "Boxful of Blues."
4-7pm catch "Acoustic Harmony" with Mark Michaels and live musical guests. October 7, Cliff Eberhardt & Louise Mosrie Coombe will be joining Mark live on air at 5pm for an interview and live music. October 14, Vermont singer-songwriter Phil Henry will join Mark at just after 4pm.
10pm-midnight, DJ Z-Point of “the Beatdown” will have special guest DJs in the studio.
And more coming soon!
Donor Prizes & Station Perks
2 tickets to see the Vermont Symphony Orchestra and Kat Wright, on Friday, November 13 at HigherGroundMusic.com.
A banner or poster from the Bread & Puppet print shop.
2 tickets to Swedish Folk'appella group Kongero on December 8 at the Highland Performing Arts Center.
2 tickets to see Natalie MacMaster at the Flynn Theater on December 13.
Show incentives: If you call in and pledge a gift during certain shows, you could get a pint of baba ganoush or a secret trip to Italian marble from the "Curse of the Golden Turnip" or custom mix tapes made by participating music programmers on a streaming service. (Info coming soon). If you are giving for one of these incentives, please make a note in your donation message box!
Give Today!
You can give securely online (and follow our progress there too) or give by check, made out to "CVCR" and sent to WGDR, 123 Pitkin Rd. Plainfield, VT 05667.
We’re gonna give you our best in locally-made programming these next two weeks. Tune in, enjoy, and thanks for considering a gift too.
As always, thanks for listening!
In great gratitude,
Llu Mulvaney-Stanak
Station Manager WGDR/WGDH
