Here’s to 50 more years!

Some of the many, many partygoers at WGDR’s big 51st birthday party, May 18, 2024.

Photo by the amazing James Buck!

We were overjoyed to see so many of y’all come down to the station for the Party at the Pratt to celebrate 50 years of WGDR being on the air. Wow. We are truly humbled by the turnout - over 150 folks! 

There were so many new and old familiar faces. What a joy to come together to celebrate this amazing station. It truly has been the people who have made WGDR what it is. 

What a great weekend of WGDR historical and celebration programming too. You can also listen back to the weekend shows for up to two weeks on our archive.

Lastly, we also raised some big birthday love for the station!

As of the end of the weekend, had 50+ donors who gave $3,023 as a birthday gift to WGDR. Many of these gifts were made at the party and most of these folks were new donors to the station. 

Even better, every one of those dollars was matched, meaning we raised at least $6,045 for the station. Thank you!

Thanks again to the matching support of the CVCR board, our community sponsors of Onion River Campground, Northfield Savings Bank, and Washing Electric Coop, along with two generous anonymous donors.

View a handful of photos from the party on our Facebook page.

Thanks to ORCA Media for recording the party music and few remarks. Watch it on their site here.