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WGDR (91.1 FM) is a noncommercial American radio station licensed to Plainfield, Vermont, serving central
Vermont Vermont () is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders Massachusetts to the south, New Hampshire to the east, New York (state), New York to the west, and the Provinces and territories of Ca ...
. WGDR, owned by Central Vermont Community Radio Corporation, is a hybrid community/public radio station, broadcasting a freeform format. Founded in 1973, it is the oldest non-commercial
community radio Community radio is a radio service offering a third model of radio broadcasting in addition to commercial broadcasting, commercial and public broadcasting. Community broadcasting, Community stations serve geographic communities and communities o ...
station in Vermont. The station broadcasts a mix of music and public affairs programming produced by local volunteers from northern and central Vermont, plus
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programming. It was one of only a handful of radio stations in the U.S. to broadcast news from the English-language international channel of the
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, until the network launched a separate U.S.-based channel, Al Jazeera America, in August 2013. The broadcast radius is from . There are 65 on-air volunteers on the staff. In 2009, WGDR received a My Source Community Impact Award (an award created by the
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) for its Community Broadcast Training program. That same year, the station was granted a construction permit by the
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to build a second transmission tower near Hardwick, Vermont and operate on a second frequency to reach a much wider area of northern and central Vermont. On March 1, 2011, the FCC granted an operating license to the new station, which began full-power regular broadcasting on March 7, 2011. The new station, assigned the call letters WGDH, broadcasts at 91.7 FM, simulcasting with WGDR. Effective May 10, 2021,
Goddard College Goddard College was a Private college, private college with three locations in the United States: Plainfield, Vermont; Port Townsend, Washington; and Seattle. The college offered undergraduate and graduate degree programs. With predecessor ins ...
Corporation donated the licenses for WGDR and sister station WGDH to Central Vermont Community Radio Corporation.


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List of community radio stations in the United States Following is a list of FCC-licensed community radio stations in the United States, including both full-power and low-power non-commercial educational services. The list is divided into two sections: * Full-power community stations * Low-pow ...


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WGDR website
* GDR Community radio stations in the United States Radio stations established in 1973 1973 establishments in Vermont Goddard College {{Vermont-radio-station-stub