Vermont Public Radio

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Vermont Public Radio
Broadcast area Vermont and bordering areas of Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, and Quebec
First air date 1977
Frequency 88.5 FM WVPA St. Johnsbury
88.7 FM WRVT Rutland
89.5 FM WVPR Windsor
94.3 FM WBTN Bennington
95.1 FM WJAN Sunderland
107.9 FM WVPS Burlington
88.1 WNCH Norwich (VPR Classical)
92.5 FM W223AV Manchester
94.5 W233AR Brattleboro
95.3 W237BF Middlebury
Format Public Radio
ERP WVPA - 290 Watts
WRVT - 2,500 Watts
WVPR - 1,800 Watts
WBTN - 3,000 Watts
WVPS - 49,000 Watts
Class WVPA - C3
WRVT - C2
WVPR - B
WBTN - A
WVPS - C
Callsign meaning W Vermont Public Radio
WVPA and WVPS are variations
W BenningToN
W Rutland VT (postal abbreviation for Vermont)
W NorwiCH
Owner Vermont Public Radio
Website http://www.vpr.net

Vermont Public Radio (VPR) is the public radio station covering the state of Vermont. In addition to locally produced programming, they broadcast programming from NPR, PRI, and American Public Media. VPR has studios in Colchester, Montpelier and Norwich.

Contents

[edit] Local Shows

(does not include local new/weather)

  • All the Traditions with Robert Resnik
  • Camel’s Hump Radio
  • Interlude with Peter Fox Smith
  • Jazz In The Evening with George Thomas
  • My Place with Joel Najman
  • Saturday Afternoon at the Opera
  • Sunday Bach

[edit] VPR Classical

VPR broadcasts classic music throughout southeastern Vermont and southwestern New Hampshire. The main station is WNCH (88.1 FM) in Norwich, VT. Translator stations exist in the main cities throughout Vermont.

[edit] VPR World Channel

In co-ordination with Saint Michael's College, VPR programs certains blocks on the FM frequency of 88.7 (targeting the Burlington metro area) when Saint Michael's College does not have student-run programming. These VPR slots are collectively known as the "VPR World Channel", which mostly broadcasts BBC World Service programming.

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