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 transmitter coordinates 44 17 4.00 n 72 26 28.00 w 44.2844444 n 72.4411111 w 44.2844444 ; 72.4411111 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 . references edit call letter origins . radio history on the web . about wgdr . wgdr official website . retrieved 2009 03 26 . wgdr facility record . united states federal communications commission audio division . wgdr station information profile . arbitron . hallenbeck brent 20 may 2010 . voice of the people . burlington vermont burlington free press . pp. 1d . external links edit wgdr website query the fcc s fm station database for wgdr radio locator information on wgdr query nielsen audio s fm station database for wgdr v t e radio stations in the montpelier barre st. johnsbury vermont market by am frequency 550 1240 1340 1450 by fm frequency 89.9 91.1 91.7 92.1 92.9 94.1 96.1 96.5 97.7 100.3 100.9 101.7 103.3 104.7 105.5 106.5 107.1 by callsign w231bq w243at w293br wcmd fm wcvt wdev wdev fm wezf wgmt wgdh wgdr wjpl lp wkxh wncs wqjq wrfk wski wsno wstj wwfy wwmp vermont radio markets burlington montpelier barre st. johnsbury rutland white river junction other vermont radio regions northeast kingdom see also list of radio stations in vermont v t e vermont college radio stations wbtn southern vermont college wgdh wgdr goddard college wiuv castleton state college wjsc johnson state college wnub norwich university wrmc middlebury college wruv university of vermont wvtc vermont technical college wwlr lyndon state college wwpv st. michael s college see also adult contemporary classic hits college country news talk npr oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in vermont this article about a radio station in vermont is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title wgdr & oldid 715246110 categories radio stations in vermontcollege radio stations in vermontcommunity radio stations in the united statesradio stations established in 19731973 establishments in vermontvermont radio station stubshidden categories all articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from june 2010all stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 14 april 2016 at 16 00 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view