Seven Days stories about Turkey Joe & our 50th
Wednesday, November 22, 2023
Friends of WGDR/WGDH -
We are filled with gratitude this week for so many reasons.
- For the thousands of you who listen each month.
- For the growing family of programmers who are on the air with us week in and out. (Stay tuned for 5 new programmers joining us very soon!)
- For the hundreds of you who support us with donations each year.
Together, you are building the future of Central Vermont Community Radio, making us more community-centered and helping us capture what it sounds like to live in our local towns and cities here in our beloved state. Thank you for being part of this with us.
In this week's Seven Days, there are two stories I want to draw your attention to.
One is about our 50th year! What it has taken to get us to this milestone and how we've approached the great responsibility of being the new caretakers to keep the station going, under community ownership. Programming Committee member Erica Heilman captured what we're trying to do on the air so well: "These are independently volunteer-produced programs, which means they are inherently idiosyncratic, flawed and utterly unique," Heilman told Seven Days. "As a listener, I am always surprised, and every now and then I catch something that is positively transcendent."
The other, is about how WGDR/WGDH has helped one of our programmers, Turkey Joe, new Vermonter, find a creative outlet as he also found the safety to be his true and amazing self. The article is about so much more than WGDR/WGDH, but we took delight in how folks celebrating him in the community for his great show too. "The punkish, effervescent teen hosts an offbeat radio show with loyal listeners ("You're DJ Turkey Joe?" an acquaintance once asked, incredulously)." You can hear Turkey Joe Fridays at 12pm on the air. Photo of Turkey Joe at the station, by Seven Days.
I won't give it away much more than that. I encourage you to read both pieces. Many thanks to Seven Days for the coverage.
On behalf of all of us a the station, we wish you a warm and happy holiday.
Llu Mulvaney-Stanak, Station Manager
Llu@WGDR.org, 802-276-0365
