Central Vermont Community Radio

08/27/2025

We are proud to have nearly 70 local shows on the airwaves. This means spots of new locally made programs are limited! We still welcome anyone to apply and pitch us a show. Landing a show still requires it to be a fit with our programming needs and values, and, now, if we can find a slot that works for you and the station.

All new shows are vetted by our Programming Committee. Going into the fall and 2026, we are prioritizing shows that can help us build up our local news coverage, tell the stories of our community, provide listener interaction with call-in shows, and/or that captures the lives and experiences of our diverse community members. We are still accepting locally curated music shows, but they need to expand upon the music shows you currently already hear on the air. Please listen to what the station already sounds like and consider this as you apply! What could you add to the mix?

Our fall new show application window is open now until the end of October. We are prioritizing shows that can help us build up our local news coverage, tell the stories of our community, provide listener interaction with call-in shows, and/or that captures the lives and experiences of our diverse co

08/22/2025

A big thank you to the 67 businesses, individuals, and organizations who donated goods, services, and experiences to the first Very Vermonty Auction this month. Together, they donated a combined value of $8,500 in items. Please support those who support the station!

08/20/2025

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 $4,300 once folks settle up on their winning items.

If you won, you will have gotten an automated message to confirm payment on your item. We'll be following up with an email on how to get your item(s) after that.

Thank you all very much!

08/19/2025

Thanks to the The Times Argus for covering the impact of the defunding of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) on community radio stations. While none of us had a grant with them, they do administer the EAS national alert system and negotiate cheaper rates for music licensing for non-commercial stations. Both of these areas will impact community radio in Vermont in the coming months, we just don't know how yet. Read the article linked below.

At CVCR, we were in the running for a one-time CPB & FEMA grant to replace our entire studio and broadcast gear, funded from the remaining Congressionally approved covid/ARPA funding nationally. CPB was going to administer the grant and with them closing, the grant has now been canceled. This is a huge loss in potential to upfit the station's infrastructure for the future. We're lucky that the state legislative funding came through to replace at least our WGDR antenna.

Vermont’s community radio stations say they are concerned about potential impacts of the Rescissions Act of 2025, signed into law in late July.

08/16/2025

The countdown is on, the bidding is fierce! There’s just under 36 hours left in our Very Vermonty Auction! Come midnight on Sunday, we’ll have our winners and they’ll have bits of the best Vermont has to offer! Will you be among the winners?

Get your bid in at givebutter.com/VeryVermontyAuction and we’ll see you at the finish line!

08/15/2025

Emily Bate offers private voice lessons, either virtually or at her studio in Montpelier.

She specializes in working with beginning singers, singers interested in vocal technique and anatomy, performers/composers, and trans & nonbinary voices.

She also offers speech coaching for trans and nonbinary students.
More info at emilybate.com

Thanks to Emily Bate for donating this item!

Bid now thru Sunday at givebutter.com/VeryVermontyAuction

08/14/2025

This beautiful 12” tall vessel was hand-blown by Anders Rydstedt. It is a beautiful and functional piece art.

Thanks to Anders Rydstedt for donating this item. Bid on it at givebutter.com/VeryVermontyAuction

08/14/2025

If you love cheese (and who doesn’t?), this item is for YOU. This is a big bundle of cheese, valued at $160, from Jasper Hill Farm. Bid early and often if you want to take this big, beautiful bundle home!

Thank you to for supporting local community radio!

Bid on this bad boy at givebutter.com/VeryVermontyAuction! Now thru Sunday! Let’s goooooooooo

08/14/2025

Learn to make your own yarn! Kristen, of Tilead Farms, in Randolph VT, will teach you how to prepare and spin wool for your knitting, crocheting or weaving projects with wool from Gilead Fiber Farm. Class will take place at Gilead Fiber Farm in Randolph and she has donated a class for four people! Throw your own fiber crafters retreat in Randolph!

Thank you to Kristen, her sheep, and Gilead Farm, for supporting CentralVermont Community Radio!

08/14/2025

You know what tastes great at any time? Crepes, or as they’re more popularly known by one of our auction sponsors: skinny pancakes.

has locations in , Quechee, Stowe, UVM, and even the Burlington Airport, so you’ll jave many chances to use the gift certificates you win in our auction!

Thank you, Skinny Pancake, for supporting Central Vermont Community Radio!

Bid at givebutter.com/VeryVermontyAuction

08/13/2025

Yes, the rumors are TRUE, we have Peabody Award-winning Vermont podcaster Erica Heilman available to record your voicemail greeting!

This is a unique and astounding donation from the premiere chronicler of life in Vermont. And all you’ve got to do is bid…

You’ve got from now til Sunday to place the winning bid on this and many other fine items at givebutter.com/VeryVermontyAuction!

And a massive thank you to Erica Heilman () for supporting Central Vermont Community Radio!

08/12/2025

Looking for something to do this evening? (Apart from listening to our radio station) Head out to the Vermont Comedy Club up in Burlington!

It’s no joke: we’ve got Vermont Comedy Club tickets! Take your mind off, well, all of this — *gestures to 2025* — with a night out laughing your socks off. This locally owned cabaret-style theater in the historic Armory Building features a variety of amazing comics working their tails off to tickle your funnybone. Plus there’s food and a full bar. What’s not to love?

The best part? You choose the date that works best for you and your guest. Two tickets, open date for this fall, and you can make a grand old night off it in the Queen City.

Performers have included Ryan Hamilton, Sammy Obeid, Rory Scovel, and Michelle Buteau.

(Plus: Draaaaag Brunch!)

And there’s a monthly family-friendly option as well. Let’s go!

Thank you to for supporting Central Vermont Community Radio!