Give a gift by 12/31, double the impact!
In a year where headlines were heavy, WGDR's programming was resolute in our commitment to keep us connected to one another. Through factual news, in depth analysis, local coverage of happenings, including emergencies, mighty fine music shows, and more, our station was the soundtrack your community. This is what community radio does best – be a force for good and help make sense of it all.
Help fund this good by 12/31 and have your gift doubled! Thank you!
In a year where headlines were heavy, WGDR's programming was resolute in our commitment to keep us connected to one another. Through factual news, in depth analysis, local coverage of happenings, including emergencies, mighty fine music shows, and more, our station was the soundtrack your community. This is what community radio does best – be a force for good and help make sense of it all.
As we wrap up the year, we are focused on tuning more of our community in – to each other and to ways forward. This sounds and looks like:
· Even more locally focused content –70% of the schedule is made by your neighbors. It’s the stories, learning, discourse, and music that can make your day a little bit better.
· Expanding our broadcast reach – In a year when many stations, especially rural ones, are shrinking their impact, WGDR is expanding. Next spring, our broadcast reach will increase from just 88 sq miles, to more than 700. This will transform all we do and can do.
· Preparing for a vibrant future – Centering the community in all we do continues to be the root of our success as an independent station. We are building a strategy that will put the station in the center of our community. First step, is a new WGDR antenna and moving it to a new tower that will increase our broadcast by 8 times what is is now.. Stay tuned!
Ada, for us to expand and prepare for our future, we need your support to finish funding this year’s great work. Please consider a gift of $52 or more by December 31.
To help us hit our goals, your gift will be doubled in impact if you give by the end of the year. A generous donor is matching up to $1,500 for end of the year gifts. To give by check, make it out to CVCR and mail to WGDR, 123 Pitkin Rd. Plainfield, VT or donate at WGDR.org.
Together, we will keep community radio a free and accessible resource for all.
Warmest wishes for the end of the year. Thank you for tuning in!
Llu Mulvaney-Stanak, Executive Director
p.s. If you have more means, we are gratefully accepting Tower Fund gifts for the new WGDR antenna project next spring.
We’re So Grateful For Our Community
We can never say thank you enough, to all who help make this station possible.
This year, nearly 500 individuals have helped fund our programming, 100 organizations and businesses have supported us via underwriting, sponsorship, grants, and our Very Vermonty Auction. And, about 100 local folks have helped make the programming possible by doing shows, being on the board, committees, volunteer, or being part of our very small, but dedicated staff team. Thank you all!
We can never say thank you enough, to all who help make this station possible.
This year, we've more than doubled the number of organizations and businesses who support the station through underwriting, sponsorship, grants, and our Very Vermonty Auction. As always, please support those who support the station!
Above are the dozens of folks who helped fund the programming you love through grants, underwriting, and sponsorship!
These mighty fine organizations, businesses, and individuals helped us launch the first Very Vermonty Auction this year to huge success. Thank you to them all!
Lastly, thanks to the hundreds of listeners like you and our many volunteers who make our programming possible.
We’re on track to have over 500 donors support the station this year - from near and far!
Thanks to the 30 different folks who help lead the station on our board, programming committee, other sub committee members.
There are dozens of volunteers who help on projects big and small. Every bit of talent and time is appreciated.
Thanks to our small staff and contracted crew. Ya’ll work so tirelessly behind the scenes. Thank you!
And, of course, our 70+ programmers. They make the programming that makes this station so special!
We're excited for what's to come in 2026 and are so grateful to have all our listeners supporting us along the way.
Some of our programmers, volunteers, and listeners at our 52nd Birthday Party back in June!
Way to Give it Up!
We are pleased to announce that we crushed another fundraising goal, this time for Giving Tuesday. We raised $4,187 (our goal was $3,000). We did this thanks to the generous matching gift of $1,500 from Larry Kressly and George Kimmerling, a few other major gifts in the final hours, and the support of everyday folks giving $25, $50 bucks to the station. Together, you are funding the programming you love and rely on, thank you! Also, a big thanks to our local programmers who braved a tricky snow storm to be live for you for 15 hours! Luke, Corey, Llu, Maura, Kelly, Bill, Ada, Serena, and Frey.
Once again, we are humbled by the turn out of support listeners give the station everytime we ask.
We are pleased to announce that we crushed another fundraising goal, this time for Giving Tuesday. We raised $4,187 (our goal was $3,000). We did this thanks to the generous matching gift of $1,500 from Larry Kressly and George Kimmerling, a few other major gifts in the final hours, and the support of everyday folks giving $25, $50 bucks to the station. Together, you are funding the programming you love and rely on, thank you!
Also, a big thanks to our local programmers who braved a tricky snow storm to be live for you for 15 hours! Luke, Corey, Llu, Maura, Kelly, Bill, Ada, Serena, and Frey - Thank you!
Read the notes from donors here!
If you have yet to give to the station, we are in our end of the year push. There are many ways to support the station, including:
Give by check and send it to CVCR at 123 Pitkin Rd. Plainfield, VT 05667.
Give online via credit card, PayPal, Venmo, or other digital wallet options securely here.
Give from your IRA distribution before the end of the year.
Give from a Donor Advised Fund and send a gift to CVCR at 123 Pitkin Rd. Plainfield, VT 05667.
Become a sustainer and make a gift monthly for as little as $10 a month. Most banks do this for free and send a monthly check to the station. Ask them or set up a monthly gift online with us.
Donate a used vehicle and have the profits come to the station.
Give a one time, significant gift, to our WGDR Tower Fund - these funds are buying our new antenna and moving it to the new, much better location higher in Plainfield. It is a three-year project that will cost around $150K. We are $100K of the way toward it, with a start date in the spring of 2026. Leave a lasting impact on the station with a gift by 12/31 for tax purposes this year. Thank you!
Give the Gift of WGDR This Season
WGDR Gift Guide
Our station swag store has so many items that would make any holiday gift rock. Every dollar spent in on swag supports the programming you love.
WGDR Gift Guide
Our station swag store has so many items that would make any holiday gift rock. Click the photo below to explore some of our design options and swag options. Every dollar spent in on swag supports the programming you love.
Please note, all our swag is made to order, which helps reduce waste and up front costs, but it also means shipping can take a little longer during the holidays. Plan ahead!
Nothing in the store on your Santa list? That's ok! Make a gift in honor of someone you love and we'll send them our limited edition antenna sticker (pictured on the water bottle above) as thanks, with a note letting them know you helped fund the station they love.
Many of our underwriters and sponsors make great gifts too. Check out the full line up and support those who support the station!
Give on Giving Tuesday and have it doubled!
Once again, CVCR is putting our spin on Giving Tuesday, December 2. We've got a matching gift of up to $1,500 from our generous donors Larry Kressly and George Kimmerling to challenge donors who have yet to give this year to give that day and have it doubled. We’re hoping to raise $3,000 or more!
As our appreciation to you, our listeners and supporters, we’re turning up the whole day with live and locally made music shows. Click through for the line up.
Once again, CVCR is putting our spin on Giving Tuesday - a national day of raising funds for non-profits before the end of the year - on Tuesday, December 2. We've got a matching gift of up to $1,500 from our generous donors Larry Kressly and George Kimmerling to challenge donors who have yet to give this year to give on Giving Tuesday.
Every dollar you give on this day will be doubled thanks to this match. We’re hoping to raise $3,000 or more!
As our appreciation to you, our listeners and supporters, we’re turning up the whole day, from 7am-11pm, with live and locally made music shows. Tune in to hear:
7am-8am: Eastern Dawn Radio w/ Luke
9am-11am: DJ Corey Flynn
11am-1pm: DJ Llu’s “Gotta Give It Up” Mix
1pm-3pm: Maura Quinn
3pm-4pm: DJ Kelly
4-6pm: Listen Up w/ Bill
6pm-9pm: Still Life Crew Extended Mix
9pm-11pm: DJ Rhizosphere's Hip Hop Show
As always, we keep the station budget nimble. Everything we raise goes directly into the programming and costs to run the station. Give to WGDR & WGDH before the end of the year or give in honor of someone for their holiday gift. We provide our community with locally made, community-centered, unique, and inspiring content every single day. Thank you!
Fall Schedule Changes
Daylight savings time isn't the only thing that changed this week. We made a few schedule changes too to adjust for the retirement of a few shows (the daily Letters & Politics and Friday’s Geezer Rock). Some of these changes are temporary until we get the next batch of 10 new shows trained up and on the air in January. For a full and current program list, with show details, visit Spinitron.com/WGDR.
Daylight savings time isn't the only thing that changed this week. We made a few schedule changes too to adjust for the retirement of a few shows (the daily Letters & Politics and Friday’s Geezer Rock). Some of these changes are temporary until we get the next batch of 10 new shows trained up and on the air in January. For a full and current program list, with show details, visit Spinitron.com/WGDR.
New Shows Added/Moved
Sundays: 5am Softpower/Fulstories, 5:30am Prison Pipeline, 6am Counterspin, 6:30am Green St. News
Mondays: 2-4pm: David Rogers Muisc Mix (oldies/soul), 5pm Project Censored
Tuesdays: 4-6pm 🎙️ Listen Up! w/ Bill Nowlan (starting next week)
Wednesdays: 5-6pm Techtonic
Thursdays: 11am-12pm What's the Frequency, Kenneth?, 5-6pm Big Picture Science
Fridays: 11am Shortwave Report, 11:30am Food Sleuth, 12pm Modern Jet Set, 🎙️1-3pm Now Playing with DJ Llu,🎙️ 5-7pm The Friday Drive at 5pm with Corey Flynn
Saturdays: 6am Woodsongs Radio Hour, 7am the Secret Sisters Ozark Highlands, 8am the Country Jamboree
🎙️ = local show