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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A national group promoting the legalization of marijuana is targeting Vermont as a state that could regulate and tax marijuana in the coming years.鈥�
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Congressman Peter Welch says his vote on President Obama's plan to launch limited air strikes against Syria hinges on whether they will make matters鈥�
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General Dynamics told employees at their Williston location this morning that the company will cut 35 jobs there by the end of 2013.Governor Peter Shumlin鈥�
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Transportation officials today estimated that the damage to stste roads from this wek's flodding exceeds three million dollars.Agriculture officials say鈥�
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Flash flooding in Chittenden county closing roads.This morning, Governor Shumlin inspected Route 100 in Granville which was washed out yesterday after鈥�
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The Public Service Board has cleared the way for critics of the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant to examine the plant's impact on water quality.Lt. Governor鈥�
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When Vermont's health care Exchange opens for business later this year, it is likely that there will be only two insurance companies offering products,鈥�