WGDR
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Ownership | |
Owner | Central Vermont Community Radio Corporation |
WGDH | |
History | |
First air date | 1973 |
Former call signs | WGOD [1] |
Call sign meaning | W GoDdard College Radio |
Technical information | |
Facility ID | 24438 |
Class | A |
ERP | 1,700 watts (Legal) 920 watts (Actual) |
HAAT | -106.0 meters |
Transmitter coordinates | 44°17′4.00″N 72°26′28.00″W / 44.2844444°N 72.4411111°W |
Links | |
Webcast | Official website |
Website | http://www.wgdr.org |
WGDR (91.1
The station broadcasts a mix of music and public affairs programming produced by local
In 2009, WGDR received a My Source Community Impact Award (an award created by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting) for its Community Broadcast Training program.[citation needed] That same year, the station was granted a construction permit by the Federal Communications Commission 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 Corporation donated the licenses for WGDR and sister station WGDH to Central Vermont Community Radio Corporation.
See also
References
- ^ "Call Letter Origins". Radio History on the Web.
- ^ "Home Page". WGDR official website. Retrieved 2019-04-08.
- ^ "WGDR Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
- Arbitron.
- ^ Hallenbeck, Brent (20 May 2010). "Voice of the People". Burlington, Vermont: Burlington Free Press. pp. 1D.
External links
- WGDR website
- WGDR in the FCC FM station database
- WGDR in Nielsen Audio's FM station database