PRESS RELEASE: After 48 Years, WGDR/WGDH Now Officially Community-Owned
WGDR/WGDH listeners near and far, station programmers, and fans of community radio world-wide celebrated the ownership transition of the station from Goddard College to Central Vermont Community Radio (CVCR) this week.
We did it! WGDR/WGDH is now owned and operated by the community.
The FCC has approved the station ownership transfer from Goddard College to Central Vermont Community Radio (CVCR), the non-profit that will manage WGDR/WGDR!
This is historic for our station, for Vermont, and nationally. We are forever thankful to Goddard College for this gift to the community.
Station Launch Challenge: $30,000 in 30 Days
The FCC will approve the station transfer in just a few weeks this spring. Help CVCR smoothly transition to ownership by helping us raise our station launch 30x30 fundraising challenge.
CVCR Purpose & Programming
CVCR has been formed exclusively for the purpose of continuing the operation of WGDR & WGDH as locally owned and operated non-commercial educational stations which will continue to provide a community radio station service that serves the people of central & northern Vermont and beyond.
WGDR/WGDH History
In 2021, after 48 years as a college/community station owned by Goddard, WGDR/WGDH is preparing to go independent as a community station, under the new non-profit Central Vermont Community Radio (CVCR).