H.307 - A New VT Community Radio Grant Program

This legislative session the Vermont Legislature is considering a new bill to establish a VT Community Radio Network Grant program. This bill would provide one-time state grant funding for all 10 community radio stations in Vermont to help us upgrade our broadcast gear to be ready for emergency response in our areas.  

The bill currently in the house, H.307, is under committee review.  

Now is the time for our listeners and friends of community radio to help lawmakers know just how much these stations matter, especially in the more rural parts of our state. From our everyday hyper-local programming to our ability to respond in the moment to emergencies, community radio is made by Vermonters for Vermonters.  

Please consider contacting your local State Representative, no matter where you listen from in Vermont, and make sure they know to look for H.307 and why they should support it. Find your Representatives’ contact information at: https://legislature.vermont.gov/.

We will continue to update listeners on the status of this bill as the legislative session continues.

Thank you for your support on this!

The community radio stations in Vermont currently on the air are:

·      WBTV-LP, Burlington, 99.3 FM
·      WFVR-LP, South Royalton, 96.5 FM
·      WGDR, Plainfield, 91.1 FM & WGDH, Hardwick, 91.7 FM
·      WMRW-LP, Warren, 94.5 FM
·      WOMM-LP, Burlington, 105.9 FM
·      WOOL-FM, Bellows Falls, 91.5 FM
·      WVEW-LP, Brattleboro 107.7 FM

The new community LPFM stations being built this year are:
● Bristol, WVVT-LP
● Ludlow, WLUD-LP
● Richmond/Underhill/Jericho, WRUJ-LP