WGDR
| City of license | Plainfield, Vermont |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Central Vermont |
| Frequency | 91.1 MHz |
| First air date | 1973 |
| Format | Free |
| ERP | 1,700 watts (Legal) 920 watts (Actual) |
| HAAT | -106.0 meters |
| Class | A |
| Facility ID | 24438 |
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| Callsign meaning | W GoDdard College Radio |
| Former callsigns | WGOD [1] |
| Affiliations | Pacifica Radio Network |
| Owner | Goddard College Corporation |
| Sister stations | WGDH |
| Webcast | Official website |
| Website | http://www.wgdr.org |
WGDR (91.1 FM) is a noncommercial American radio station licensed to Plainfield, Vermont, serving central Vermont.[2] WGDR, owned by Goddard College Corporation,[3][4] is a hybrid college/community/public radio station, broadcasting a freeform format. Founded in 1973, it is the oldest non-commercial community radio station in Vermont.
The station broadcasts a mix of music and public affairs programming produced by local volunteers from northern and central Vermont, plus Pacifica Radio 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 Qatar-based TV network Al Jazeera, until the network launched a separate U.S.-based channel, Al Jazeera America, in August 2013. The broadcast radius is from 20 to 25 miles (32 to 40 km). There are 65 on-air volunteers on the staff.[5]
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.
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- Radio-Locator information on WGDR
- Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WGDR
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