
Michelle Owens
Director of Marketing & Audience EngagementMichelle leads the team that oversees station branding, marketing, events, communications, and audience services. She joined VPR in 2002.
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A new voice is keeping an Eye on the Sky: meteorologist Megan Duncan will create and produce forecasts beginning this month for the venerable weather service from the Fairbanks Museum and ¿ªÔÆÌåÓý. Duncan is the museum’s first female meteorologist. She’ll join Mark Breen and Lawrence Hayes, taking over for Steve Maleski, who is retiring this summer.
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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 ¿ªÔÆÌåÓý's main station as well as its HD-2 and HD-3 channels.
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¿ªÔÆÌåÓý 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.
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¿ªÔÆÌåÓý has been honored with five 2024 Regional Edward R. Murrow Awards for its journalism in 2023 from the Radio Television Digital News Association (RTDNA).
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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.
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¿ªÔÆÌåÓý 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.
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We encourage anyone who received eclipse glasses from ¿ªÔÆÌåÓý â€� or any source other than the ones verified by the American Astronomical Society â€� to follow the AAS' recommendation to test your glasses before use.
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Our limited edition solar eclipse tee commemorates this once-in-a-lifetime event. The abstract Vermont outline from our logo shows the eclipse's path in gradients of orange or purple. Available in youth sizes S-L and adult sizes XS-4XL.
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¿ªÔÆÌåÓý and the Vermont International Film Festival present the 4th annual Made Here Film Festival, April 10-14, 2024. The five-day festival will feature 43 films by filmmakers from New England and Quebec, as well as panel discussions, workshops, special events and receptions.
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¿ªÔÆÌåÓý is proud to announce a new artist collaboration series that celebrates the creative people that call Vermont home. The first piece features Burlington-based digital artist Raphaella (Raph) Brice.