PRESS RELEASE: WGDR/WGDH Hires New Station Manager
Llu Mulvaney-Stanak brings 20-year career of nonprofit leadership and community radio experience to Central Vermont Community Radio.
Contact: Joseph Gainza, Vice Chair of the Board, Central Vermont Community Radio
jgainza@vtlink.net, 802-454-8550.
Tuesday, November 16, 2021 – Plainfield, VT: Six months into its independence as a community-owned radio station, WGDR/WGDH has hired a new Station Manager, Llu Mulvaney-Stanak. This role will oversee all aspects of the station, as well as provide key leadership for CVCR as a nonprofit.
"The Board of Central Vermont Community Radio is thrilled to start working with Llu in their newly added capacity as station manager at WGDR,” said Mark Michaelis, Chair of the CVCR Board. “Llu's extensive experience in both the nonprofit and radio world is a unique combination that's rare to find, and one that will serve our listeners well as we start another new chapter in WGDR's long history. We couldn't be more excited about WGDR's future with Llu at the helm!”
Mulvaney-Stanak (who uses they/them pronouns) got their start in community radio on WGDR/WGDH as a Barre City teenager in the 1990s. For the last 20 years, they have led non-profits, worked in higher education, and managed political campaigns across the state. Their work has spanned a range of community issues including community media, youth advocacy, LGBTQ+ rights, and fostering of arts and culture.
Mulvaney-Stanak has also been on the air on Vermont radio for almost 30 years on community, college, and commercial radio. Known as “DJ Llu,” they hosted 99.9 the Buzz’s long-standing new music show for a decade, helped co-found WBTV-LP, the newest low-power community radio station in Burlington, and have produced the popular weekly show, “Get Fresh with DJ Llu” for 17 years on UVM’s WRUV. Mulvaney-Stanak comes to WGDR/WGDH after consulting for a number of non-profits on strategy and high-level roles in political campaigns in the last year.
In their return to the station Mulvaney-Stanak remarked, “I am deeply grateful to WGDR/WGDH for sparking a love of radio in me at such a young age and I’m honored to help the station establish itself as community-owned. I’m excited by the possibilities for future programming and community engagement through the station.”
More information about Central Vermont Community Radio
Central Vermont Community Radio (CVCR) is the new non-profit managing the community-owned radio station of WGDR, Plainfield/WGDH, Hardwick. The station provides a forum for the cultivation of social justice, stewardship of the natural world, and support of the local and independent arts. Programming is intentionally diverse, with over 30 locally made shows focusing on music, stories, news, and public affairs. Through the universal language of music WGDR/WGDH seeks to bring people together in celebration of our common humanity.
The station was built and operated by Goddard College for nearly 50 years as a college/community station. In May of 2021, the station completed ownership transition from Goddard to CVCR. WGDR/WGDH is now the biggest full-power, community-owned and operated non-commercial station in Vermont. More information on the history of the station transfer can be found at WGDR.org.
