Station Email Update: Our new mission & increasing local community content.

Friends of WGDR/WGDH -

We have had a busy summer at the station and have much to update you on. Read on to learn about our second live studio, how to get your community content on the air and even a show this fall, and other station upgrades.

CVCR's New Mission Statement

With all the bustle of our first year, we'd been operating off of the old station mission statement. The board, with input of programmers, completed a process last month to update the mission to better align with where we see the station striving for in content and engagement in the years to come.

The newly updated mission of CVCR is to provide a community radio station which serves the people of north central VT and beyond; to provide a forum for cultivating social change that re-harmonizes human communities with the natural world, supports the independent arts and celebrates diversity, creativity, and freedom.

We inform, entertain and educate through the presentation of alternative news, artistic expression, and public affairs programming.

Approved by CVCR Board – 7/4/22

More Community Content on the Radio!

We need your help getting more happenings and needs from the community on the air. We are looking for events (can be ticketed) and content for public service announcements (info about non-profits, causes, etc.). This is a free service of the station. More info and how to submit content here.

Tune in Saturday for Brody's First Show!

This spring, Brody Moran interned with the station to learn the basics of how to create a show. All done remotely, Brody learned how to interview and curate music from current WGDR/WGDH programmers. His final project is a special one-hour show, airing this Saturday, July 17 from 1-2pm. It features a fantastic interview with a local psychiatrist, an original song by Brody, and great music. Congrats to Brody on graduating and we wish him the best for what comes next!

Bringing More Programmers On the Air

Thanks to a big Vermont Arts Council Grant, funded by the state of Vermont's covid relief for cultural institutions, we are converting our production room into a second live broadcast studio. We were one of about 40 organizations who were funded, out of over 100 applications. With some tweaks, this will allow us to bring back more live programmers on the air, without impacting folks safety around covid. The funds will help us buy extra gear, and support staff and engineering time to make this happen. This funding was approved by the Vermont legislature this past spring, so thank your state representatives and state senators for supporting community radio! We are excited to bring back programmers who couldn't make the switch to remote broadcasting, folks from past years, and soon, new programmers too! If you are a past programmer or want to become a new one, email Llu to be added to the call for shows later this summer: Llu@WGDR.org.

CVCR Statement On Roe vs. Wade

“CVCR’s mission stands firmly in line with social change that re-harmonizes communities. As such, the US Supreme Court decision to strike down Roe vs. Wade is a direct affront to the health and well being of Vermonters. It is a direct attack on the fundamental right to bodily autonomy and the critical access to reproductive healthcare. It significantly and disproportionately impacts pregnant BIPOC people, LGBTQ people, and those living in poverty.

As a community radio station, we are committed to creating air time to bring discourse on this issue and to provide information on community resources for Vermonters to take action and seek care.

Reproductive choice is a right all should have and access to abortion care and birth control is critical health care. CVCR stands in support of reproductive justice efforts here in Vermont and nationally and is ready to do our part to raise voices toward this cause.” - CVCR Board

WGDH Sounding Better?

For our 91.7FM and Hardwick area listeners, can you hear that? We've upgrade gear for that signal and it should be coming through much clearer and in stereo. Let us know how it sounds!

Looking for a Baby Grand Piano?

Buy our well loved and cared for Yamaha C3. We don't have space at the station to keep it and want to send it to a good home. $6,000 OBO, buyer must move it from the Pratt Center. More details and the link to share to help us get the word out here.

Call for Volunteers!

We are looking for a few skilled folks to help us with one time or on going projects in IT (software/computer systems), equipment upkeep (gear and gadgets), and some basic carpentry (hanging a new interior door). We will also need help with general volunteer work to clean up our music library and clean out our old storage rooms. If you are interested in any of these roles and have the time, please email Llu: Llu@WGDR.org.

Check out WGDR.org for some new features!

• A new "chat the programmer" feature in the lower right of front page.
• Our new and improved stream: full stereo and highest quality now.
• A "Now Playing" widget on the left side of the front page for music shows.
• And a new programmer page. Put a name with a voice of your favorite shows.

As always, thanks for listening!

Warmly,

Llu Mulvaney-Stanak, Station Manager

Llu@WGDR.org, 802-276-0365

WGDR/WGDH broadcasts at 91.1 FM in the greater Plainfield area, 91.7 FM in the hollows and hills of Hardwick and beyond, and at WGDR.org to the whole world. Our studio is located at the Eliot Pratt Center on Goddard College campus at 123 Pitkin Road, Plainfield, VT 05667.

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