Fall FunDrive Special Programming!
We’ve got two+ weeks of special, creative, surprising, and delightful programming coming up for you during our spring Fundrive! This is when our programmers go above and beyond, try new things, bring in special guests and even add extra shows! Some might even have live music from the station! We have a little of everything and we hope you enjoy it. Below is most of what we plan to do. Thanks for tuning in and giving by October 12 to help us hit that $25,000 goal!
Week One: September 26-October 4
Friday, September 26
7am: A fundrive special PORTAL music with DJ Levi.
9am-1pm: An extended MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR with Tonio.
1pm-3pm: NOW PLAYING a new music show, fresh with drive hype, with DJ Llu.
Saturday, September 27
9am-11am: Extended KITCHEN PERMACULTURE with Rebecca!
2pm-4pm: Box Full of Blues with John Foster - Featuring live music from Blue Fox.
4pm-7pm: Acoustic Harmony with Mark Michaelis - Featuring the new music round up to start the show with the best of the newest folk & Americana releases, then turning to feature folk songs for the first days of Autumn for the second half of show.
7-10pm: Jagler Katz Worm Hole - Extended Jagler Katz Worm Hole. Live music and more.
Sunday, September 28
7am-10am: Curse of the Golden Turnip with Alan LePage and Steven Farnham - With special guests and lots of pitching. Every gift, up to $2,500 raised during this show will be matched all drive long!
4pm-5pm: Extra DISCOVERANCES w/ DJ Savannah - Music from our own library, curated for you.
9-11pm: DJ Eben Flow extra Fundrive music show!
Monday, September 29
9am-11am: Extended Eggs on Toast w/ DJ Kelly
5-7pm: Now Playing with DJ Llu, a new music show with a drive twist!
7-9pm: DJ Eben Flow extra Fundrive music show!
Tuesday, September 30
11am-3pm: Extended DJ Eben Flow extra Fundrive music show!
5-6pm: An Extra EGGS ON TOAST w/ DJ Kelly with a mashup with Still Life!
Wednesday, October 1
9am-11am: Extended QUILTING HOUR with Maura.
3pm-6pm: Extended Country & Western Sounds in Modern Music with DJ Barry. Usual great new country music 3-4pm, then, break out those fingerless gloves and mirrored shades for an hour of synthwave, outrun, and other retro-inspired beats that'll get you in the fund drive spirit. Hear modern classics from acts like Kavinsky and Mitch Murder, as well as the artists that inspired them.
7-9pm: WoodWarbler’s Jazz Grass with Brian, a special 20th year on the air celebration!
Thursday, October 2
7-8am: Morning Mixtape with DJ Llu - Wake up Thursday and jump into a mix of music to get your morning started right!
12-4pm: Extended Unshelved with J Kramer!
4-5pm: DJ Levi’s extra Fundrive music show!
5-6pm: The last Letters & Politics (they are retiring!)
Friday, October 3
7-8am: Morning Mixtape with DJ Llu - Wake up Friday and start the best day of the week with a mix of music to get you moving and grooving.
9am-11am: Extended The Magical Mystery Tour with Tonio
11am-1pm: DJ Llu & Erica Heilman with the “Fundrive Around and Find Out Show!” Music, musings, calls, rants, raves, and maybe some singing if you are lucky.
1-3pm: DJ Eben Flow extra Fundrive music show!
Saturday, October 4
2pm-4pm: Box Full of Blues with John Foster - Featuring live music from Blue Fox.
4pm-7pm: Acoustic Harmony with Mark Michaelis - Featuring the new music round up to start the show with the best of the newest folk & Americana releases, then featuring the "all Vermont showcase".... featuring all Vermont folk & Americana artists for the second half of the show. Tune in for a surprise guest co-host as well!
7-10pm: Jagler Katz Worm Hole - Extended Jagler Katz Worm Hole.
Week Two: October 5-12
Sunday, October 5
7am-10am: Curse of the Golden Turnip with Alan LePage and Steven Farnham - Extended three-hour show. With special guests and lots of pitching. Every gift, up to $2,500 raised during this show will be matched all drive long!
10am-noon: Extra Immanent Grove with Conni Show!
2-5pm: Extended Swivel Radio with DJ Effery
Monday, October 6
10am-noon: Extended Cuneiform Radio with Kyle with special guest, poet Ron Padgett!
5-7pm: DJ Levi’s extra Fundrive music show!
Tuesday, October 7
11am-3pm: Extended DJ Eben Flow extra Fundrive music show!
3-6pm: An Extended Edition of Listen Up! with host Bill Nowlan.
Wednesday, October 8
1-4pm: Extended Rubber Room with Dan, featuring special musical selections and ways for listeners to “play along!”
6-7pm: An extra Pitter Patter Radio show with DJ Pat.
7-9pm: WoodWarbler’s Jazz Grass with Brian, featuring guests from WGDR’s past - programmers, staff, and more!
Thursday, October 9
7-8am: Morning Mixtape with DJ Llu - Wake up Thursday and jump into a mix of music to get your morning started right!
9am-10:30am: Relocalizing Vermont with Carl will welcome James Hanlon, owner of the Savoy Theater in Montpelier to talk about what the art house theater is offering the community, and the challenges of running an art house theater in an age of streaming services and post-Covid. Then, Richard Smith and Jon Copans on building business resilience to flooding--what works, what's being done, and why some things that work aren't being done.
10:30am-12pm: A special EGGS ON TOAST with DJ Kelly with special guests, her parents!
12-4pm: Extended Unshelved with J Kramer!
4pm-6pm: Frey’s special fundrive show!
Friday, October 10
7-8am: Morning Mixtape with DJ Llu - Wake up Friday and start the best day of the week with a mix of music to get you moving and grooving.
9am-11am: Extended The Magical Mystery Tour with Tonio
11am-1pm: Maura’s Special Fundrive show!
1-3pm: DJ Eben Flow extra Fundrive music show!
Saturday, October 11
8-10am: An extra music morning show with DJ Levi and friends.
2pm-4pm: Box Full of Blues with John Foster - TBD
4pm-7pm: A Special Acoustic Harmony with Mark Michaelis - Local Vermont singer songwriter Jess O'Brien will join Mark on the show to share live songs from her brand new release and to talk about the new album. Jess will be going live on the air around 5pm!
7-10pm: Jagler Katz Worm Hole - Extended Jagler Katz Worm Hole with live music and more!
Sunday, October 12
7am-10am: Curse of the Golden Turnip with Alan LePage and Steven Farnham - With special guests Llu Mulvaney-Stanak, the Executive Director of Central Vermont Community Radio and lots of pitching. Every gift, up to $2,500 raised during this show will be matched all drive long!
4pm-5pm: Extra DISCOVERANCES w/ DJ Savannah - Music from our own library, curated for you.
7-9pm: Special Fundrive Drive Celebration Wrap Party with DJ Kind & Levi!
9-11pm: Corey and family jump in on the Wrap Up Party & Celebration!
