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WGDR
Plainfield, Vermont
Broadcast area	Central Vermont
Frequency	91.1 MHz
Programming
Format	Freeform
Affiliations	Pacifica Radio Network
Ownership
Owner	Central Vermont Community Radio Corporation
Sister stations	WGDH
History
First air date	1973
Former call signs	WGOD ^[1]
Call sign meaning	W GoDdard College Radio
Technical information^[2]
Licensing authority	FCC
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 / 44.2844444; -72.4411111
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
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.^[3] WGDR, owned by Central Vermont Community Radio Corporation,^[4]^[5] is a hybrid 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.^[6]

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.