Listen to the monthly Radio RoundUp

Everyday you hear great locally made shows and content from across the country. We are continuing to add extra special programming and features to our line up to give you an even better listening experience. New in 2025, we’ve started a new monthly show from Central Vermont Community Radio about the projects and stories happening behind the scenes here at the station: Radio RoundUp.

Listen back to this new Central Vermont Community Radio show - Radio RoundUp - airing once a month, on the third Thursdays at 6pm. This gives you a behind the scenes listen to projects, strategy, and what's coming next for the stations of WGDR & WGDH. Through conversations, interviews, and listener calls, we will strive to keep our audience in the loop on all we are doing and why we are doing it. From programming decisions and strategy, to strategic plans for the station, to capital gear improvements like moving the WGDR tower, you will hear about it all each month.

The show is hosted by Station Manager Llu Mulvaney-Stanak or other representatives of the station, with special guests from within and around the station, depending on the month's topic.

Longer held archives are available on the Radio Round Up page. Below are the first two episodes from April and March, 2025 episodes.

More Live, More Local, More Folks!

Interest in the station continues to knock our socks off! Coming up this May, you will hear another 10 new shows making their way on the air through training and then the start dates. More details on these new folks and their show concepts coming soon!

We are so proud to have gone from just over 20 local shows a mere three years ago to now over 70.

Access to the airwaves is one of the most important things a community radio station provides and we are eager to continue to diversify what you hear and who you hear it from. Bringing these new folks on takes a lot of time and effort from our volunteer trainers to our programming committee who vets the show ideas, to the new folks themselves putting in hours and hours of their time before they even turn a mic on.

We are starting to max out our schedule openings for local shows. So, we will be pausing all new show applications until further notice. Our Programming Committee will be working on what we need and want to do next with programming for the rest of the year and we’ll update folks. Please know that part of this next phase of our programming work will generally will be prioritizing talk-based shows (local news, storytelling, interview or discussion shows, call in shows, especially for content that helps us continue to represent our diverse community. Any new applications for locally curated music shows will be on hold for now.

You crushed the $20K Spring Fundrive Goal

It is hard to make radio folks speechless, but you did just that yesterday!

Yesterday, on our very last day of the Spring Fundrive, the community rallied to the moment and not only met our big $20,000 goal, they surpassed it raising $20,505 (with checks still on the way).

We've got unofficial results on the rest of our goals too including:

• 7 increased monthly donors

• 6 new monthly, sustaining donors

• 24 returning donors, who haven't given in a few years - tied a drive record!

• 61 donors who stream us live at WGDR.org

• 65 new donors - a new one-drive record!

• ​Over $3,500 of donations were made in honor of the late, great, and dearly missed Dave Tucker. ❤️

• Over 250 donors total - by far a record for one drive!

We are so amazed - but not surprised - that you, our listeners stepped up in these huge ways to fund the programming that you all love and rely on. You get it. Community radio matters more than ever. Thank you for investing in us as we give it right back to you every day on the airwaves!

There was some amazing special programming happening over these last two weeks too. Be sure to go back in our archives to hear the live music on Saturday afternoons into the evenings that happened each weekend, the special afternoon drive shows during the work week, and the amazing Revel Level Wrap Party on the air last night with DJ EhMmAhh and Z-Point (pictured).

Congrats to our Fundrive MVP, Eben Flow for logging 12 extra hours of live radio across the drive. Eben was joined by 15 other programmers who produced nearly 40 hours of extra local programming during the drive. It sounded great!

Central Vermont Community Radio continues to be 75% funded by individuals like you. This is why our fundrives - twice a year - are so critical to funding the station.

• We now have over 90 sustainers, funding $16K of the budget each year (on top of drives). A small monthly gift by these folks, adds up in a big way for the station.

• Thank you to the 15 members of the station - programmers, board, staff, and volunteers - who kicked in to that final day match.

• Thank you to our anonymous major donors, Blackbear Biodiesel, and Diamantis Construction for making our other big matches. Together, we had $5,600 in matching support and this was what made the difference in making this $20K goal!

• Thank you to everyone who sent fan mail to the station and left such great comments on the drive site​. This powers the programmers for months to come, knowing there is such support out there for what they work so hard to do each week on the air.

We are back to normal programming this week! Phew!

You didn't miss your chance to give either. We're still accepting donations to the station for the rest of the year. All our funds help us make budget adjustments across the year in other areas that are far less reliable than our listeners! Thank you for making us part of how you support your community.

Remembering Dave Tucker

We share with heavy hearts that Dave Tucker passed away in mid-March.

On Friday, March 7, about a week before he died, the station hosted a gratitude show for Dave. He was our Board Chair, co-Music Director, Programming Committee Member, programmer mentor, all-around volunteer of all things, and most importantly, long-time host of "The Long and Winding Road."

Dave was diagnosed with a fast-moving and incurable cancer. The show was our way to honor him during the limited time he had left with us. We played his favorite tunes, told stories, and showed our radio love for his impact on this place. Dave was instrumental in these first few years of community ownership, and his legacy around here will be long-lasting. You can listen to the show in our special archives, linked above.

Our annual volunteer of the year award is now named in his honor: The Dave Tucker Volunteer of the Year Award.

New shows & schedule shifts.

Updated March 4

Our Programming Committee continues to work hard to provide access to the airwaves for as many local Vermonters as possible. We’ll continue to curate our schedule slots to include those still underrepresented or not heard on the air at the station from our diverse community, as well as keeping an ear to types of content we lack or need more of (local news, deeper conversations, discussions on the issues we face right here in Vermont, and more). We’re excited about what’s to come!

For now, we are bringing 12 new local shows and 2 new syndicated shows on the air in February. Here are the anticipated start dates and where current syndicated shows are shifting to make room for more local, live shows. Our schedule is always the most current lineup for any week.

March Programming Changes

March 7-March 23: WGDR/WGDH Spring Fundrive with lots of special additional local programming throughout the week! Stay tuned for more details on that.

Friday, March 7:

• 1-3pm: UpFront Soul, a syndicated music show, moves into our Friday afternoons

• 3-5pm: Full Moon Hacksaw, a syndicated music show, moves into our Friday afternoons

• 7-pm: Spiral Galaxy with Tom, moving from Sundays at 9-11pm.

Sunday, March 9

6-7pm: Good Ways Reggae Show - Hosted by Kind, you’ll hear a range of reggae music from their Jamaican roots. Tune in Sundays at 6pm. Adagio will be moving back to its overnight slot Fridays at 1am.

9-11pm All Mixed Up a syndicated music show.

11pm-1am Deep Threes a syndicated music show.

Tuesday, March 11

9am-10am, Structurally Sound, hosted by Yardain Amron, a story-based, community-centered show focusing on all that is happening around us. This show will air bi-weekly, alternating with Alternative Radio.

Wednesday, March 12:

11pm-1am, Full Moon Hacksaw (syndicated, music)

Monday, March 17:

11am-12pm - Poa for the People - Hosted by Poa Mutino, this show will explore grief and how we connect to each other in the monthly Monday rotation at 11am (3rd Mondays).

Thursday, March 20:

Radio Round Up - 3rd Thursdays of the month, 6-7pm. A new show hosted by a rotating crew of programmers, staff, and other members of the station. Each month, we’ll update you on the latest going on behind the scenes at the station. During the 3rd Thursday, we will also include a short interview with the staff of the “Creative Campus” at Goddard, the folks who are working to redevelop the campus for all sorts of uses. The first Radio Round Up will air on Thursday, March 20. This show, along with the new Into the Issues, will replace the rerun of Democracy Now on Thursdays at 6pm.

Monday, March 24

10pm-11pm - Blues Edge with Les Mawson. A second hour from Les, following his Deep Blues show, with a wider range of genre music.

11pm-midnight - Night Train Cocktail (syndicated, music)

Tuesday, March 26

12am-2am - All the Crooked Saints with DJ Sacramento (local/music)

Thursday, March 27

2-4pm Upfront Soul (syndicated/music)

Friday, March 28

11am-12pm - Techtonic (syndicated/talk) 

12pm-1pm - The Big Score (syndicated/music)

1-3pm - Get Fresh with DJ Llu (local/music)

3-5pm - Hittin the Note with Bill Hahn (local/music)

5-7pm - Geezer Rock with Jeff Lindholm (local/music)

7-9pm - Spiral Galaxy with Tom McMurdo (local/music)

11pm-1am - That Driving Beat (syndicated, music)

Coming in April:

Civic Radio - A Vermont Community Foundation-funded partnership with the Civic Standard in Hardwick. This show will record the sounds, people, and concerts of the town, produced by a Civic Standard crew of volunteers. They’ll have a 6 month limited run, starting in March in the Saturday 9am monthly rotation, the 2nd Saturday.

The Broken Bois Collective Presents… Different Stories // Plays // Themes Each Month, as part of the Thursday, 6pm rotation (1st Thursdays).

February Show Start Dates & Moves

Monday, February 3

• 10am: Peace Talks Radio (new airtime, moving from Tuesdays at 9am)

• 10:30am: Sprouts (new airtime, moving from Tuesdays at 9:30am)

• 11am: A new rotating slot with Blluminations, a local talk show hosted by Stefanie moves to the first Monday 11am-noon slot of the month. Stefanie will share this slot with the new local show Cuneiform Radio hosted by Kyle Schlesinger, on the 2nd & 4th.

Tuesday, February 4 at 7am:

• Eastern Dawn - A show focusing on the stories and lives of youth, hosted by educator Luke Lampugnale, Tuesday mornings at 7am.

Wednesday, February 5

• 6am-7am: Project Censored, from KPFA, a weekly public affairs show about independent journalist, media censorship, and deconstructing propaganda.

• 11am-1pm: Spawning Stones with Ben Bashore expands from one our to two to look deeper at the climate crisis and more.

• 1pm: The Rubber Room - a new locally made music show hosted by Dan Towner. This show will “swing across the genres” with music from various genres. Tune in Wednesdays 1-2pm.

  Syndicated show schedule moves: Indigenous Music will move from Wednesdays, 12-2pm to Saturday mornings, 10am-noon in rotation with a new local music show. All Mixed Up, from Saturday mornings, will move to Wednesday nights at 11pm and Moist Fluids will move from Wednesdays 11am-1pm to rotate with the return of locally made Metal Bedtimes Stories with Mac, Sundays, 12am-2am.

Thursday, February 6 at 11am:

• New syndicated show, Tectonic, a show from WFMU about AI and issues in this increasingly tech world. This will run for four months while Stranger & Deininger is on a short radiobattical.

Saturday, February 8

• 9am-8am: A Special One-Time Airing of - "From the Outside”  - a Community Library of Voice and Sound Archive Remix project by Khonsu X

• 10am-noon: The start of locally made music show, Pitter Patter Radio with Pat Kantner, featuring music from queer artists and more. Catch the show on the second Saturday of the month, with Indigenous Music rotating the rest of the month.

Sunday, February 9

• 12am-2am: Metal Bedtime Stories, a locally made metal show returns, with DJ Mac. 2nd and 4th Sundays of the month, rotating with the syndicated music show Moist Fluids.

Monday, February 10

• 11am: A new rotating slot with the new local show Cuneiform Radio hosted by Kyle Schlesinger, on the 2nd & 4th Mondays of the month.

• 2-4pm: The Monday Drive at 2, an all-vinyl locally made music show hosted by Corey Flynn.

Tuesday, February 25

• 12-2pm: Mermaid Avenue - a locally made music show hosted by Trevor Ziegler, Tuesdays 12-2pm. New Dimensions will move to air on Tuesdays at 10am instead and Afronsonic Taxi will move to Sundays at 4pm, rotating with Discoverances every other week.

Thursday, February 27

• 6pm: Into the Issues with Steve Pappas from the Times Argus. A collaboration show between WGDR/WGDH and the Times Argus to feature local news and a deeper discussion of the issues facing our communities. This show will air bi-weekly, the 2nd and 4th Thursdays of the month, replacing the rerun spot for Democracy Now on those Thursdays.

Friday, February 28 - Friday Local Programming Changes In Effect

• 1-4pm The final airing of the Long and Winding Road with Dave Tucker. After nearly an 8 year run with the station, Dave is retiring from his beloved show. We will greatly miss his fantastic taste in new music.

• 4-5pm Woodsongs Radio Hour. It's a temporary rerun of this syndicated music show.

• 5-7pm Geezer Rock, with Jeff, moving to this new slot.

• 7-9pm UpFront Soul. It's a temporary rerun of this syndicated music show.

• The Barndance Bluegrass show quit with no notice to the station on February 21. As a result of that, and other major policy violations, some of which put the station at risk of FCC regulations, Dan Menucci is no longer a programmer with Central Vermont Community Radio. We are deeply disappointed in how this turned out, as the show was enjoyed by many. Due to our commitment to privacy for all involved in the station, we cannot say more.

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Syndicated Shows that are retiring from the rotation for now: Green Bubble Tea, Dancehall/Reggae, the Final Straw, For the Wild, and Alternative Radio.

Spring 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 March 23 to help us hit that $20,000 goal!

Week One: Friday, March 7-Saturday, March 15

• Friday, March 7

  • 10:30am-1pm: Get Fresh with DJ Llu - Music to Draw To Set - A mellow few hours of music to do something creative or connective to. Inspired by Montreal's Kid Koala "Music to Draw To" winter coffee house sets.

  • 1pm-3pm: A “Thank You, Dave Tucker” Show - Two hours of music, memories, and gratitude for Dave!

  • 3-5pm: A Special Fundrive Thought Pasture w/ Maura -- music, musings, and money raising!

• Saturday, March 8

• 2pm-4pm: Box Full of Blues with John Foster - Live music!

• 4pm-7pm: Acoustic Harmony with Mark Michaelis - Local singer-songwriter Dana Robinson will be joining at 5pm live in the studio for an on-air interview and performance.

• 7-10pm: Jagler Katz Worm Hole - Extended Jagler Katz Worm Hole. Live music and more.

• Sunday, March 9

  • 7am-10am: Curse of the Golden Turnip with Alan LePage and Steven Farnham- With special guest former Lt. Governor David Zuckerman.

  • 4pm-5pm: Bon Mot/Lounging Around - Reecardoe will spin jazz au fromage and lounge music on Lounging Around, the jet set soundtrack to your life.

  • 5pm-6pm: Bon Mot - a very special Bon Mot with poet, writer, and fellow programmer Maura Quinn, outstanding in her thought pasture. We’ll share poems, stories and her creative intuition. She’ll share reflective and confessional poems from her work with Writers in Recovery and we’ll read from her new children’s book, Pauline Paddleduck. Tune in for a creative process explicated.

  Monday, March 10

• 5-7pm: A Special Fundrive show with DJ Eben Flow

• 7-9pm: In Common Sounds with Brother B. - A Tribute to arguably our greatest living writer of songs of protest and resistance during times of civil, political and social unrest...Bob Dylan.

• 9pm-10pm: A Deep Blues Special with Les Mawson.

• Tuesday, March 11

  • 9am-11am: A Special Fundrive Show with DJ Eben Flow.

  • 12pm-3pm: Mermaid Avenue - Extended Mermaid Avenue with Trevor!

  • 3-6pm: An Extended Edition of Listen Up! with host Bill Nowlan.

  • 6-9pm: Still Life with Orange Peel - Extended Still Life with Orange Peel.

• Wednesday, March 12

  • 2am-3am: Open All Hours with DJ Sacramento - Darkwave, avant-garde and music that only works between 1:00 am and 4:00 am.

  • 7-8am: Morning Mixtape with DJ Llu - Wake up Wednesday and make it funky!

  • 5-7pm: The Doom that Came to Plainfield with Barry - Need a break from current events? Stop the doom scrolling and embrace a different kind of darkness with two hours of the heaviest, fuzziest, dreamiest metal imaginable. Leave our everyday hellscape behind and be transported to a musical world of madness and mystery from beyond time and space. You'll hear a mix of classic and contemporary tracks from bands like Black Sabbath, Cirith Ungol, Windhand, Electric Wizard, Acid King, and more. In between epic tracks, we'll celebrate this amazing thing called community radio!

• Thursday, March 13

  • 7-8am: Morning Mixtape with DJ Llu - Wake up Thursday and jump into a mix of music to get your morning started right!

  • 12-2pm: A Special Fundrive Show with DJ Eben Flow

  • 4pm-6pm: A Special Get Fresh with DJ Llu

  • 6-9pm: Xav Wax w/ Xav - Special Extra Programming: A three-hour special vinyl set with Xav!

• Friday, March 14

• 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: The Magical Mystery Tour with Tonio - We'll be live in the studio with CVCR board member and former programmer Charles Rossell. The phone lines will be open to callers, and we can talk about future directions for the station, raising money AND anything our listeners want to talk about in the age-old tradition of WGDR call in talk shows. Join us!

• 10:30am-1pm: Show of Shows with DJ Llu - An annual Fundrive tradition hosted by DJ Llu. Llu creates a soundtrack for the sounds and vibes of all the local content you hear on the air right now. Through music, you will hear just how eclectic our community radio station is. This is also a thank you to all who pour their hearts into their shows here at the station. Tune in for special guest callers and more.

• 1pm-2pm: The Mulvaney-Stanak Show with special guests, Ed Stanak and Joelen Mulvaney (yup, Llu’s parents, it will be a family affair!).

• 2pm-5pm: A Special Fundrive Show with DJ Levi!

• Saturday, March 15

• 10am-12pm: A Special FunDrive Show with DJ Effery

• 2pm-4pm: Box Full of Blues with John Foster - Guest DJ or Live Music!

• 4pm-7pm: A Special Acoustic Harmony with Mark Michaelis - Vermont singer songwriter Patrick Fitzsimmons will be joining Mark live on air for an interview and live in studio performance at 5PM.

• 7-10pm: Jagler Katz Worm Hole - Extended Jagler Katz Worm Hole.

Week Two: Sunday, March 16 until Sunday, March 23

• Sunday, March 16

  • 7am-10am: Curse of the Golden Turnip with Alan LePage and Steven Farnham - Extended three-hour show.

  • 2-5pm: Spanning the Chasm with Peter - Extended Spanning the Chasm with a special guest and special treats! You won’t want to miss this!

• Monday, March 17

• 9am-11am: A Special FunDrive Show with DJ Eben Flow

• 6pm-9pm: Gilded Splinters - Extended Gilded Splinters! Join Kevin as he features a combo St. Patrick's Day/Mardi Gras hangover show, including Jon Gailmor doing a long-distance performance over the phone from New Orleans!

• 9pm-10pm: Deep Blues with Les Mawson - A Special “By Request” edition of Deep Blues

• Tuesday, March 18

• 10am-12pm: A Special FunDrive Show with DJ Eben Flow

• 12pm-3pm: Mermaid Avenue - Extended Mermaid Avenue with Trevor!

• 3-6pm: An Extended Edition of Listen Up! with host Bill Nowlan.

• 6-9pm: Still Life with DJ Club Soda - A three-hour, extended show!

• Wednesday, March 19

  • 2am-3am: Open All Hours with DJ Sacramento - Darkwave, avant-garde and music that only works between 1:00 am and 4:00 am.

  • 7-8am: Morning Mixtape with DJ Llu - Wake up Wednesday and make it funky!

  • 5pm-6pm: Future Reflections with Syd - Hump Day Dance Party!

• Thursday, March 20

• 7-8am: Morning Mixtape with DJ Llu - Wake up Thursday and jump into a mix of music to get your morning started right!

• 10:30am-12pm: Eastern Dawn - Luke & Friends - Student selections, songs and stories.

• 12pm-2pm: A Special FunDrive Show withL DJ Eben Flow

• 4-6pm: A Special Get Fresh with DJ Llu - Afternoon drive show to keep your drive vibes rolling into the final few days.

• 6-7pm: Radio RoundUp - hosted by CVCR - A new monthly "state of the station" show featuring discussions about station programming and projects, as well as updates on what is happening on campus around us.

• Friday, March 21

• 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.

• 10:30am-1pm: Get Fresh with DJ Llu - "Daytime Dance Party!" We're gonna shake out all the donations that have been waiting to come in by spinning a midday ol' school dance party for your lunch break. Tune in and give!

• 1pm-3pm: A Special Fundrive Show with Maura. - A Special Fundrive Thought Pasture w/ Maura -- music, musings, and money raising!

• 3pm-5pm: A Special FunDrive Show with DJ Levi

• Saturday, March 22

• 8am-10am: Kitchen Permaculture with Rebecca - An extra-long breakfast themed episode! Donors will have the chance to win registration to a mushroom growing workshop at Peace of Earth Farm!

• 10am-12pm: A Special FunDrive Show with DJ Effery

• 2pm-4pm: Box Full of Blues with John Foster - Guest DJ or Live Music

• 4pm-7pm: A Special Acoustic Harmony with Mark Michaelis - A surprise guest will be joining Mark live on air during the show for music & discussion, as well as a celebration of the Vernal Equinox to welcome in spring!

• 7-10pm: Jagler Katz Worm Hole - Extended Jagler Katz Worm Hole with live music and more!

• Sunday, March 23

  • 7am-10am: Curse of the Golden Turnip - Extended Curse!

  • 7-10pm: The Revel Level Special Fundrive Drive Wrap Party with DJ Emma and DJ Z-Trip - A celebration, body moving, dance party to thank everyone who took part in the fundrive - donors, programmers, everyone!