Dave McGown
Board OperatorDave was a board operator for VPR from 2007 - 2016.
His broadcasting career began at Dartmouth College's radio station in 1965. It carried him from New Hampshire to Kwajalein in the Marshall Islands to Maine, Vermont, and Florida.
After seven years as an award-winning commercial copywriter/producer at WVMT, Burlington, Dave changed careers, joining the U.S. Postal Service. For 20 years he sorted and delivered mail to rapidly multiplying households in South Burlington.
He continued broadcasting as a part-time newscaster at WVMT until 鈥�97, and served as a 开云体育 Television booth announcer for 6 years until 2001.
Dave has four grandchildren, two from each of his two daughters. He and his wife Tina have lived in the same 1845-built house in Fairfax since 1984.
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Senator Bernie Sanders says the confusion and frustration of Americans with the Affordable Care Act creates a great opportunity to move to a single payer鈥�
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The Shumlin Administration is defending its decision not to allow small businesses to extend their current health care coverage for a year.Vermont's鈥�
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An expansion of Vermont's network of Federally Qualified Community Health Centers will add more than 30-thousand patients to the rolls of those being鈥�
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A day-long discussion at UVM explored the reasons for the low percentage of Vermont high school graduates who go on to college.Senator Leahy is moving鈥�
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The two health insurance companies operating in Vermont will reach out to their small business clients over the next few days with instructions on how to鈥�
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Vermont's largest electric utility has been working to restore power to about 7,300 customers after a series of wind storms hit the state.Students and鈥�
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State officials say they may have to delay a key feature of the health care exchange if testing that's now underway finds continuing problems with the鈥�
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Senator Bernie Sanders has been named to a special Congressional budget panel that will try to create a long term spending plan over the next two鈥�
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The Vermont Supreme Court is upholding a state campaign finance law ruling a Democratic advocacy group violated the state's campaign finance laws by not鈥�
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Health Commissioner Harry Chen says he is open to the possibility of legalizing marijuana in Vermont.Residents in Mount Holly are taking sides over a鈥�