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 new temporary psychiatric facility in Middlesex is expected to start admitting patients this week.The Town of Springfield has approved an agreement with鈥�
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Congressman Peter Welch is working to build a bi-partisan coalition in support of a new program designed to stabilize milk prices for dairy farmers.Most鈥�
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The town of Monkton has signed an agreement with Vermont Gas Systems that sets out the conditions the company must follow if it鈥檚 allowed to build a鈥�
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A new round of layoffs has hit the IBM plant in Chittenden County.As Vermont Gas Systems seeks approval for a 40-mile pipeline project, the company faces鈥�
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Vermont Governor Peter Shumlin is defending a controversial land deal in which he acquired his neighbor's property for less than half of its assessed鈥�
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The State of Vermont says a newly formed Health Care Cooperative has serious financial problems and should not be given a license to offer insurance鈥�
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Vermont is now the fourth state in the country to allow terminally ill patients to obtain a prescription for a lethal dose of medication.Governor Peter鈥�
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IBM announced there will be layoffs in the second quarterA federal court judge has set a hearing date for early June in Entergy Vermont Yankee's latest鈥�
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Vermont legislative leaders have decided not to challenge Governor Peter Shumlin over their plan to lower income tax rates.The Vermont House approved a鈥�