We are delighted to tell you that our first Very Vermonty Auction was a vast success!

A big thank you to the 67 businesses, individuals, and organizations who donated goods, services, and experiences. We had 88 folks in on the fun of bidding and estimate we will raise about $4K once folks settle up on their winning items. Thank you very much!

Our Higher Ground partnership continues into the fall with chances to win tickets for the following concerts during the following shows:

• Grand Points North

• Matt Heckler

• Lucero

• A Band of Brothers

• and Neighbor + Tom Hamilton

  Click through to find the shows to tune in for to win the tickets.

We hope you have been enjoying the five new local programs that started this summer.

We've also had a few shows depart, take a summer break, or are on a radiobattical. This includes Peter Goreau’s long running show Spanning the Chasm,  Audio Ergo Sum, with Darien and Ruby, All the Crooked Saints with DJ Sacramento, Mermaid Avenue, and Structurally Unsound, with Yardain. Where Do We Go From Here?, with DJ Mittens was a summer show.

Click through to read the latest on upcoming programming in the next few weeks, new shows, and shows taking a break from our local line up.

The Very Vermonty Auction​ is now open! Bid until August 17. Dozens of unique, fun, and exciting items are up for you to win.

And, if you don’t see an item you want to bid on, please consider leaning into our “season of new sustainers!” We’re looking to get 25 supporters to become a new monthly donor by Labor Day. For just $5 a month, you could fund the WGDR/WGDH programming you love and rely on. It’s like bidding on the station AND winning it all at once!

Here in Vermont, we won't face the dire circumstance of any public or community station closing, but we are impacted. CPB funds far more than just NPR. It impacts music licensing fees for community stations like us and is half the budget of many rural, small stations across the country. Vermont Public will lose $4 million in funding over the next two years. They will pivot, but it will hurt how they do what they do for the entire state. Now is not a time to turn it down, it is a time to turn it up in your support for public and community radio stations you adore. Read more.

So far in 2025, we’ve received the support of 30+ underwriters and sponsors to help fund station costs. These local organizations, businesses, and individuals are showing their community-mindedness by using community radio to get the word out about what they do and offer. Please support those who support us!