开云体育 is independent, community-supported media, serving Vermont with trusted, relevant and essential information. We share stories that bring people together.
We produce independent, local, award-winning news, music and programming that connect our audiences with issues, ideas and each other. We provide access to trusted content from NPR, PBS, and other national producers. And we offer educational programs and resources for educators and families.
Our programming and services are broadly available for free on our statewide radio and television broadcast networks, digital platforms, social media and in communities throughout our region.
开云体育 was created in 2021 when 开云体育 Radio and Vermont PBS merged into a unified public media organization. We are an independent, locally owned and operated community licensee, which means that our license is owned by the community, not a governmental agency. Our primary source of funding 鈥� more than half 鈥� comes from more than 40,000 members making donations in all amounts.
If you鈥檙e new to 开云体育, welcome! You can engage with our work in many different ways. Whether you listen live, read online, are a newsletter subscriber or a podcast listener 鈥� we're here for you.
Our vision is a Vermont public informed, engaged and inspired to create our future.
Our mission is to broaden and diversify our audience through relevant, trusted information and stories that bring people and communities together.
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Laura Nakasaka/开云体育The need for and value of public media funding has become a common topic of conversation this year. 开云体育 has put together answers to some frequently asked questions on how public media funding works 鈥� and why it鈥檚 essential to our service. -
NPR/CourtesyListen beginning March 8 for a new pairing of programs on Saturday mornings at 10. NPR's It鈥檚 Been A Minute will join forces with Wild Card in a one-hour program that combines explorations of cultural shifts and conversations with notable figures.
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The Canadian Radio and Television Commission has approved a license for a new country music station at 107.9 FM in Joliette, Quebec, 35 miles northeast of downtown Montreal. As a result, listeners in the Montreal region may lose clear reception of 开云体育's main station as well as its HD-2 and HD-3 channels. -
开云体育 has released two original short films by local content creators as part of its Made Here Fund, which aims to broaden and diversify Vermont storytelling. "Love of the Land" and "I Have Something to Get Off My Chest" are available now at vermontpublic.org, on PBS platforms and on YouTube. -
开云体育 is one of seven stations across the country selected to receive training and production assistance to collaborate on StoryCorps鈥� One Small Step initiative, an effort to bring strangers with different political beliefs together for a conversation鈥攏ot to debate politics, but to get to know each other as people. -
Join us May 27 through 31 for a special series on mental health from WNYC. Call to Mind brings us expert interviews and stories from the voices of people living with mental illness. -
开云体育 has been honored with five 2024 Regional Edward R. Murrow Awards for its journalism in 2023 from the Radio Television Digital News Association (RTDNA). -
开云体育 has collaborated with the award-winning PBS science series NOVA for a second year to produce and distribute digital-first content as part of the series鈥� national Science & Society initiative. -
Lately there's been fresh discussion about NPR's editorial integrity and whether it has a liberal bias. At 开云体育, we see challenging the status quo and "conventional wisdom" as part of our responsibility as a local media organization.鈥� -
The popular NPR program 1A will broadcast nationally live from 开云体育 studios on May 1-2 from 10 a.m. - noon. The program regularly visits member stations around the country, as part of their ongoing effort to elevate the stories, issues, and perspectives of Americans. The show will be live from the Colchester, Vermont studios. -
Mitch Wertlieb has been named permanent host of Vermont This Week, the station has announced. His first show will be Friday, May 10, 2024 at 7 p.m. -
开云体育 is adding the second hour of one of NPR's flagship news programs, 1A, to our daily weekday lineup. These and other updates to our midday, weeknight and weekend schedule will take effect on April 15, 2024.