Station Update: Your soundtrack to summer.
Friday, May 26, 2023
Friends of WGDR/WGDH -
The beautiful weather is finally upon us (what's a little May snow?) and we're ready to be your soundtrack for summer. We've got a new paid summer intern from UVM who will also be helping to get us out to community events, parades, festivals, farmers' markets, and more this summer to help spread the WGDR/WGDH love. Keep reading to learn more!
TUNE IN TO THE FINISHED NEW SCHEDULE
New voices are on the air at Central Vermont Community Radio. We just completed the biggest schedule change in recent memory and we are feeling really excited about it. Long-time listeners have been excited too, finding new shows to enjoy and we've brought in many, many new listeners too, going from 2,000 streamers before the schedule change to over 3,000 with the new line up. Wow!
This new schedule more than doubles the number of locally made programs, from 23 to 51 shows, with 34 of these local shows live. We also took the schedule from 66 total shows (with lots of reruns) to 103, each with one airtime per week. In addition to the 28 new local shows, you will hear:
- Our overnight transformed into a listening delight with news shows of musically diverse genres of reggae, latin, ambient, and more.
- Our Monday-Friday early mornings are slightly shifted to create a better balance between news and information and creative content. Starting in June, weekday mornings will feature:
- Thom Hartman Program at 5am, with his analysis of the headlines of the week;
- Background Briefing with Ian Masters at 6am, (its current slot), with his mix of interviews and analysis;
- then at 7am, based on a lot of feedback from listeners, we’ll then take a break from the headlines and analysis and air more creative content with the local show Magpie in the Morning with Delia (music), new syndicated shows Bike Talk and Writers Voice, and two Vermont-made podcasts, Write the Book and Rumblestrip.
- at 8am, you'll hear the live broadcast of Amy Goodman’s Democracy Now, which as aired in this slot for decades.
The Programming Committee (PC) carefully curated program selection, ensuring that we continue to air nearly all of the long-loved national shows like Letters & Politics, Sprouts, UpFront Soul, All Mixed Up, and Democracy Now. They also added quite a few new syndicated shows. We encourage you to explore the new schedule, learn about all the new shows, and rest assured that your favorite long-time-running local and syndicated shows are still on the air, they just may have new airtimes to make room for the new local shows. The PC will continue to take your feedback about the schedule and make tweaks as the year goes on as appropriate. Thank you all for finding more to tune in for.
NEW CVCR SWAG STORE
You've waited long enough for new station swag! Just in time for summer, we launched an online store with t-shirts, sweatshirts, totes, and cups with some beloved past designs and our current station branding. They make great gifts and even better ways to treat yourself. We'll add more designs for the 50th anniversary in the coming months, so if you don't see a design you like, check back soon. The station gets the same return on investment for all the swag you see, as we did when we had to manage and mail all the swag ourselves. So, shop away!
UNDERWRITING & SPONSORING THE STATION
We are seeking new underwriters and sponsors for the station this year. If your business or organization is looking to get the word out about what you do and the services you offer, we encourage you to check out our rates. Underwriting are the on-air mentions you hear before shows. Sponsorships are for our events, like the upcoming 50th party this fall, and our digital outlets like a pre-roll of our live stream and digital ads.
We reach 70,000 households and businesses with our broadcast, with thousands more online each month through our streaming, website, newsletters, and social media. Plus, our listeners are loyal! They are eager to support those who support the station. Learn more today and spread the word. If you are interested in underwriting or sponsoring, email underwriting@WGDR.org.
Kenneth l. Feld music library
In mid-May, we gathered as a station with the Feld family to honor our long-time music programmer Ken Feld by naming our vast music library after him. Ken represented the best of community radio. He was generous with his time to teach new programmers, he lovingly curated his weekly shows for listeners, and he never stopped crate digging for the next tune.
It is our honor to make sure all the hundreds of programmers to come at WGDR/WGDH are able to dig in our stacks and discover new artists the way Ken loved to.
Thank you, Ken, for all the tunes. <3
Final Spring Drive Results
We are all so proud of that Spring Drive. Everyone stepped up to make it our most successful one yet as CVCR. Programmers brought their creativity and energy on the air and listeners came through!
❤️ $9,600 raised ($10,000 goal) (most ever for a drive)
❤️ 132 total donors (most ever for a drive)
❤️ 41+ new donors (50 goal) (most ever for a drive)
❤️ 10 new sustainers (10 goal)
Thank you all so much for the support.
As always, thanks for tuning in,
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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