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{{Short description|Public broadcaster in Vermont, U.S.}}
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{{Infobox organization
| formation           = {{Start date|2021|6|30}}
| logo                = Vermont-public-radio-vermont-pbs-logo.webp
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| logo_alt            = A tall four-sided incomplete outline, similar to the shape of Vermont, in a gradient of two shades of bright green. The outline is cut off on the right around the words "Vermont Public" in a sans serif in dark green.
| predecessor         = {{ubl|Vermont PBS|Vermont Public Radio}}
| headquarters        = [[Colchester, Vermont]]
| products            = Public radio and television broadcasting
| leader_title        = President and CEO
| leader_name         = Scott Finn
| endowment           = $71.9 million
| endowment_year      = 2021
| website             = {{url|vermontpublic.org}}
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'''Vermont Public Co.''' is the public broadcaster serving the U.S. state of [[Vermont]]. Its headquarters, newsroom, and radio studios are located in [[Colchester, Vermont|Colchester]], with television studios in [[Winooski, Vermont|Winooski]]. It operates two statewide radio services aligned with [[NPR]], offering news and classical music, and the state's [[PBS]] service. It was formed by the 2021 merger of what had been previously separate organizations, Vermont Public Radio and Vermont Public Television, which were both renamed Vermont Public in 2022.

The services were separate organizations prior to 2021. The first to be founded was Vermont Educational Television (Vermont ETV), originally a service of the [[University of Vermont]], in 1967; the network's four main transmitters were completed in March 1968. Originally mostly funded by the state of Vermont, Vermont ETV began fundraising in the community and developed a substantial audience in the Canadian province of [[Quebec]], which has historically accounted for a significant portion of viewer donations and where a related charity once operated to process Canadian viewers' donations. Vermont ETV was separated from the university in 1989 and later renamed Vermont Public Television and Vermont PBS. In addition to public television programming from PBS and other distributors, Vermont Public produces TV programs of local interest.

Vermont Public's radio operation began broadcasting in 1977 as Vermont Public Radio (VPR). The first transmitter served southern Vermont; coverage of the northern half of the state was added in 1980 and extended by the construction of new stations as well as the acquisition of several existing commercial radio stations. Beginning in the 2000s, VPR established a second radio programming service with a [[classical music]] format, which also now has statewide coverage; the existing programming was shifted to an all-talk format with shows from NPR and other public radio distributors as well as local programming focusing on Vermont issues and musical artists.

== History of the Vermont Public Co. ==
In September 2020, the Vermont Public Co. was formed; it became active on June 30, 2021, with the merger of Vermont PBS and Vermont Public Radio, which had been separate entities.<ref>{{Cite news |date=July 1, 2021 |title=Vermont PBS, Vermont Public Radio officially merge |language=en |work=[[Associated Press]] |url=https://apnews.com/article/vt-state-wire-vermont-radio-public-radio-8249c9c574a8d9108209da0fc0899380 |access-date=June 23, 2022 |archive-date=June 23, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220623170410/https://apnews.com/article/vt-state-wire-vermont-radio-public-radio-8249c9c574a8d9108209da0fc0899380 |url-status=live }}</ref> The move brought together the 57 full-time VPR employees with 42 at Vermont PBS to create the state's largest news organization, with $90 million in assets.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Allen |first=Anne Wallace |date=June 28, 2021 |title=Media Note: Ahead of Merger, Vermont Public Radio's Van Hoesen Retires |language=en |work=[[Seven Days (newspaper)|Seven Days]] |url=https://www.sevendaysvt.com/OffMessage/archives/2021/06/28/media-note-ahead-of-merger-vermont-public-radios-van-hoesen-retires |access-date=June 23, 2022 |archive-date=June 23, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220623170410/https://www.sevendaysvt.com/OffMessage/archives/2021/06/28/media-note-ahead-of-merger-vermont-public-radios-van-hoesen-retires |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Thys |first=Fred |date=July 8, 2021 |title=Newly merged VPR and Vermont PBS aim for new audiences |language=en-US |work=[[VTDigger]] |url=https://vtdigger.org/2021/07/08/newly-merged-vpr-and-vermont-pbs-aim-for-new-audiences/ |access-date=June 23, 2022 |archive-date=June 23, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220623170410/https://vtdigger.org/2021/07/08/newly-merged-vpr-and-vermont-pbs-aim-for-new-audiences/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The name Vermont Public was unveiled on June 23, 2022.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Venta |first=Lance |date=June 23, 2022 |title=VPR & Vermont PBS Rebrand As Vermont Public |language=en-US |work=RadioInsight |url=https://radioinsight.com/headlines/229842/vpr-vermont-pbs-rebrand-as-vermont-public/ |access-date=June 23, 2022 |archive-date=June 23, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220623131118/https://radioinsight.com/headlines/229842/vpr-vermont-pbs-rebrand-as-vermont-public/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

== Television ==
=== History ===
The television service was established by an act of the [[Vermont General Assembly]] in 1966 as Vermont Educational Television (Vermont ETV), a service operated by the [[University of Vermont]] on behalf of all educational interests in the state.<ref name="Burl671013a">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/113536827/uvm-operates-etv-for-state-educational-i/|date=October 13, 1967|page=5|title=UVM Operates ETV for State Educational Interests|newspaper=[[The Burlington Free Press]]|location=|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=November 23, 2022|archive-date=January 10, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230110051122/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/113536827/uvm-operates-etv-for-state-educational/|url-status=live}}</ref><!-- Fri --> This culminated six years of efforts to set up the service, including two defeats in the 1963 and 1965 sessions of the General Assembly.<ref name="Burl671013b">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/113536886/states-first-etv-channel-goes-on-air-mo/|date=October 13, 1967|page=4|title=State's First ETV Channel Goes On Air Monday: Long-awaited Day Is Near For New Unit|newspaper=The Burlington Free Press|location=|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=November 23, 2022|archive-date=January 10, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230110051611/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/113536886/states-first-etv-channel-goes-on-air/|url-status=live}}</ref><!-- Fri --> Broadcasting began on October 16, 1967, from WETK (channel 33) atop [[Mount Mansfield]].<ref name="Rutl671017">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/113536702/state-etv-blows-tube/|date=October 17, 1967|page=3|title=State ETV Blows Tube|newspaper=Rutland Daily Herald|location=|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=November 23, 2022|archive-date=November 23, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221123205139/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/113536702/state-etv-blows-tube/|url-status=live}}</ref><!-- Tue --> Three more transmitters went on air in the months that followed: WVTB (channel 20) on [[Burke Mountain (Vermont)|Burke Mountain]], serving [[St. Johnsbury]], WVTA (channel 41) on [[Mount Ascutney]], to serve Windsor and southern Vermont, and WVER, broadcasting from Grandpa's Knob to serve [[Rutland (city), Vermont|Rutland]].<ref name="Burl671013">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/113536669/etv-beam-comes-from-4-mountaintops/|date=October 13, 1967|page=5|title=ETV Beam Comes from 4 Mountaintops|newspaper=The Burlington Free Press|location=|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=November 23, 2022|archive-date=November 23, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221123205142/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/113536669/etv-beam-comes-from-4-mountaintops/|url-status=live}}</ref><!-- Fri --> Delays in completing WVTA, which did not start until March 18, 1968, also held up the activation of WVER.<ref name="Rutl680109">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/113537082/ascutney-etv-tower-may-operate-soon-desp/|date=January 9, 1968|page=4|title=Ascutney ETV Tower May Operate Soon Despite Trouble|newspaper=Rutland Daily Herald|location=|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=November 23, 2022|archive-date=January 10, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230110051115/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/113537082/ascutney-etv-tower-may-operate-soon/|url-status=live}}</ref><!-- Tue --><ref name="Brat680318">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/113537146/state-etv-network-now-covers-vermont/|date=March 18, 1968|page=5|title=State ETV Network Now Covers Vermont|newspaper=The Brattleboro Reformer|location=|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=November 23, 2022|archive-date=November 23, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221123205142/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/113537146/state-etv-network-now-covers-vermont/|url-status=live}}</ref><!-- Mon -->

In 1975, the network began fundraising from the community, having been initially financed 90 percent by the state and later also receiving federal funds.<ref name="Burl810215">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/113559304/trouble-at-etv-vermonts-only-public/|date=February 15, 1981|page=Vermonter 4, [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/113559334/etv/ 5], [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/113559361/etv/ 6], [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/113559382/etv/ 7]|first=Jack|last=McKnight|title=Trouble at ETV: Vermont's only public television affiliate struggles with old equipment, new debts|newspaper=The Burlington Free Press|location=Burlington, Vermont|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=November 24, 2022|archive-date=November 24, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221124061208/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/113559304/trouble-at-etv-vermonts-only-public/|url-status=live}}</ref><!-- Sun --><ref name="Gaze880308">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/113559224/vermont-public-tv-fundraisers-woo-younge/|date=March 8, 1988|page=E-8|first=Mike|last=Boone|title=Vermont public TV fundraisers woo younger viewers' support|newspaper=The Gazette|location=|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=November 24, 2022|archive-date=January 10, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230110051117/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/113559224/vermont-public-tv-fundraisers-woo/|url-status=live}}</ref><!-- Tue --> 1979 saw a 57-day strike by production personnel;<ref name="Vall790505">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/113538394/etv-workers-vote-to-end-57-day-strike/|date=May 5, 1979|page=3|title=ETV Workers Vote To End 57-Day Strike|newspaper=Valley News|location=|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=November 23, 2022|archive-date=November 23, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221123212802/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/113538394/etv-workers-vote-to-end-57-day-strike/|url-status=live}}</ref><!-- Sat --> the next year, the St. Johnsbury and Rutland transmitters narrowly avoided closure when the university voted to allow the installation of remote control equipment, allowing operators to control the facilities from the Mount Ascutney site.<ref name="Burl800507">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/113539020/st-johnsbury-rutland-lose-public-stati/|date=May 7, 1980|page=7A|agency=Associated Press|title=St. Johnsbury, Rutland Lose Public Stations|newspaper=The Burlington Free Press|location=|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=November 23, 2022|archive-date=January 10, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230110051127/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/113539020/st-johnsbury-rutland-lose-public/|url-status=live}}</ref><!-- Wed --><ref name="Brat801203">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/113539107/vermont-etv-expands-service-on-transmitt/|date=December 3, 1980|page=11|title=Vermont ETV Expands Service on Transmitters|newspaper=The Brattleboro Reformer|location=|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=November 23, 2022|archive-date=January 10, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230110051118/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/113539107/vermont-etv-expands-service-on/|url-status=live}}</ref><!-- Wed -->

The 1989 session of the General Assembly authorized Vermont ETV's separation from the university.<ref name="Rutl890507">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/104284750/list-of-bills-that-passed/|date=May 7, 1989|page=8|agency=Associated Press|title=List Of Bills That Passed|newspaper=Rutland Daily Herald|location=Rutland, Vermont|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=June 23, 2022|archive-date=June 23, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220623170410/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/104284750/list-of-bills-that-passed/|url-status=live}}</ref><!-- Sun --> However, funding continued to be a concern. In 1996, the Vermont Senate Appropriations Committee proposed cutting ETV's state funding to $1; ETV eventually was able to restore some of its allocation but still lost about half of its state grant. This was in contrast to Vermont Public Radio, which was not funded by the state and had more corporate contributors.<ref name="Burl971025">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/113559429/testing-1-2-3-vermont-public/|date=October 25, 1997|page=1C, [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/113559447/broadcast-public-radio-etv-each-mark-a/ 4C]|first=Maria|last=Blackburn|title=Testing 1, 2, 3... Vermont Public Radio, ETV try collaboration as they mark anniversaries|newspaper=The Burlington Free Press|location=Burlington, Vermont|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=November 24, 2022|archive-date=November 24, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221124061212/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/113559429/testing-1-2-3-vermont-public/|url-status=live}}</ref><!-- Sat -->

In 1997, Vermont ETV began 24-hour broadcasting;<ref name="Gaze971005">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/113537224/quality-overnight-tv-pbs-station-vermon/|date=October 5, 1997|page=C6|first=Mike|last=Boone|title=Quality overnight TV: PBS station Vermont ETV is now on the air around the clock|newspaper=The Montreal Gazette|location=|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=November 23, 2022|archive-date=January 10, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230110051118/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/113537224/quality-overnight-tv-pbs-station/|url-status=live}}</ref><!-- Sun --> the name was changed to Vermont Public Television on January 1, 1998,<ref name="Rutl971218">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/113537275/vermont-etv-changing-name/|date=December 18, 1997|page=20|title=Vermont ETV Changing Name|newspaper=Rutland Daily Herald|location=|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=November 23, 2022|archive-date=November 23, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221123205140/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/113537275/vermont-etv-changing-name/|url-status=live}}</ref><!-- Thu --> and again to Vermont PBS in 2014.<ref name="Burl140802">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/113538287/vermont-public-television-fined-15000/|date=August 2, 2014|page=3C|first=April|last=Burbank|title=Vermont Public Television fined $15,000 for open meeting violations|newspaper=The Burlington Free Press|location=|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=November 23, 2022|archive-date=November 23, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221123212803/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/113538287/vermont-public-television-fined-15000/|url-status=live}}</ref><!-- Sat --> On February 17, 2009, the four main Vermont Public Television transmitters converted to digital broadcasting; in converting early, they joined most of the state's major commercial stations.<ref name="Burl090206">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/113538849/vt-tv-plans-early-conversion-five-stat/|date=February 6, 2009|page=1B, [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/113538813/tv-stations-plan-feb-17-conversion/ 5B]|first=Joel|last=Banner Baird|title=Vt. TV plans early conversion: Five stations stick with Feb. 17 switch|newspaper=The Burlington Free Press|location=|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=November 23, 2022|archive-date=January 10, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230110051128/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/113538849/vt-tv-plans-early-conversion-five/|url-status=live}}</ref><!-- Fri -->

On February 17, 2017, Vermont PBS announced that it had sold the WVTA broadcast license for $56 million in the FCC's [[Spectrum reallocation#Broadcast incentive auction|spectrum auction]]. In a statement, the network said that its other signals would be upgraded to cover the area served by WVTA.<ref name="bfp-wvtasale">{{cite news|last=Hallenbeck|first=Brent|title=Vermont PBS sells broadcast licenses for $56 million|url=http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/story/money/2017/02/17/vermont-pbs-sells-broadcast-licenses-56-million/98055166/|access-date=February 17, 2017|work=The Burlington Free Press|date=February 17, 2017|language=en|archive-date=January 10, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230110051602/https://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/story/money/2017/02/17/vermont-pbs-sells-broadcast-licenses-56-million/98055166/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="wfff-wvtasale">{{cite news|last=Frechette|first=Kristin|title=Vermont PBS Sells off one of its Broadcast Licenses|url=http://www.mychamplainvalley.com/news/vermont-pbs-sells-off-one-of-its-broadcast-licenses/659364084|access-date=February 17, 2017|work=[[WFFF-TV|MyChamplainValley.com]]|date=February 17, 2017|archive-date=February 17, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170217201136/http://www.mychamplainvalley.com/news/vermont-pbs-sells-off-one-of-its-broadcast-licenses/659364084|url-status=live}}</ref> The WVTA license, which continued on the WVER multiplex, was then surrendered for cancellation on November 23, 2022.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov/dataentry/public/tv/draftCopy.html?displayType=html&appKey=25076ff38482c8fc01848b36b84c0aff&id=25076ff38482c8fc01848b36b84c0aff&goBack=N|publisher=[[Federal Communications Commission]]|website=Licensing and Management System|title=Cancellation Application|date=November 23, 2022|access-date=November 23, 2022|archive-date=November 23, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221123194013/https://enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov/dataentry/public/tv/draftCopy.html?displayType=html&appKey=25076ff38482c8fc01848b36b84c0aff&id=25076ff38482c8fc01848b36b84c0aff&goBack=N|url-status=live}}</ref> $52 million of the auction proceeds constitute the majority of Vermont Public's endowment, which stood at $71.9 million in 2021.<ref name="VTD210708">{{cite news|url=https://vtdigger.org/2021/07/08/newly-merged-vpr-and-vermont-pbs-aim-for-new-audiences/|title=Newly merged VPR and Vermont PBS aim for new audiences|first=Fred|last=Thys|work=VTDigger|date=July 8, 2021|access-date=June 23, 2022|archive-date=June 23, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220623170410/https://vtdigger.org/2021/07/08/newly-merged-vpr-and-vermont-pbs-aim-for-new-audiences/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Shortly before the merger with Vermont Public Radio, Vermont PBS relocated from [[Fort Ethan Allen]], where both organizations had maintained separate offices, to facilities in Winooski.<ref name="heintz">{{cite news|url=https://www.sevendaysvt.com/OffMessage/archives/2020/09/09/media-note-vermont-public-radio-vermont-pbs-to-merge|date=September 9, 2010|first=Paul|last=Heintz|title=Media Note: Vermont Public Radio, Vermont PBS to Merge|work=Seven Days|access-date=November 24, 2022|archive-date=November 24, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221124061215/https://www.sevendaysvt.com/OffMessage/archives/2020/09/09/media-note-vermont-public-radio-vermont-pbs-to-merge|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Local programming ===
The flagship local television program from Vermont Public is the weekly ''Vermont This Week'', which features a rotating panel of Vermont political reporters. Other regular local programs include the outdoors program ''Outdoor Journal'' and the local film program ''Made Here''.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.sevendaysvt.com/vermont/how-will-vermont-pbs-spend-its-56-million-windfall/Content?oid=4833675|date=March 29, 2017|work=Seven Days|title=How Will Vermont PBS Spend its $56 Million Windfall?|first=Mark|last=Davis|access-date=November 24, 2022|archive-date=November 24, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221124061212/https://www.sevendaysvt.com/vermont/how-will-vermont-pbs-spend-its-56-million-windfall/Content?oid=4833675|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/89/5f/0985d3204cb696b901e3b8388f37/tv-local-content-and-service-report-fy23.pdf|title=Local Content and Service Report|date=2023|publisher=Vermont Public}}</ref>

=== Support in Canada ===
Public television in Vermont has had a long history with viewers in Montreal, where its signal is received and widely distributed on cable and has been since April 1968.<ref name="Gaze680424">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/113558793/television-and-radio-a-startling-statis/|date=April 24, 1968|page=18|first=Bernard|last=Dubé|title=Television and Radio: A Startling Statistic|newspaper=[[Montreal Gazette|The Gazette]]|location=Montreal, Quebec|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=November 24, 2022|archive-date=January 10, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230110051128/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/113558793/television-and-radio-a-startling/|url-status=live}}</ref><!-- Wed --><ref name="Mont680425">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/113558820/television-and-radio-the-dolly-scene/|date=April 25, 1968|page=54|title=Television and radio: 'The Dolly scene' had its moments|newspaper=Montreal Star|location=|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=November 24, 2022|archive-date=November 24, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221124061210/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/113558820/television-and-radio-the-dolly-scene/|url-status=live}}</ref><!-- Thu --> The large audience in Greater Montreal has been a major source of donations: in 1979, Vermont ETV received 60 percent of its donations from Quebec.<ref name="Mont790627">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/113558707/the-joys-of-educational-television/|date=June 27, 1979|page=B15|first=Walter|last=Poronovich|title=The joys of 'educational' television|newspaper=[[The Montreal Star]]|location=|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=November 24, 2022|archive-date=November 24, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221124061216/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/113558707/the-joys-of-educational-television/|url-status=live}}</ref><!-- Wed -->

In 1989, [[Vidéotron]], one of Montreal's major cable providers, removed Vermont ETV from its channel lineup and replaced it with [[WCFE]] in nearby [[Plattsburgh, New York]], to save on copyright fees; at the time, WCFE did not run the entire PBS schedule in order to provide a differentiated service from Vermont ETV. However, the move threatened the financial viability of Vermont ETV because, at the time, as many of 15,000 of the 40,000 Vermont ETV contributors were Montreal-area Vidéotron customers who represented 25 percent of the network's fundraising revenue.<ref name="Gaze891220">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/113558982/tears-wont-be-enough-to-keep-vermont-et/|date=December 20, 1989|page=C-7|first=Mike|last=Boone|title=Tears won't be enough to keep Vermont ETV station on Vidéotron|newspaper=The Gazette|location=Montreal, Quebec|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=November 24, 2022|archive-date=January 10, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230110051129/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/113558982/tears-wont-be-enough-to-keep-vermont/|url-status=live}}</ref><!-- Wed --> Donations to Vermont ETV's March 1990 fundraising drive fell 27 percent.<ref name="Gaze900320">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/113559085/vidotrons-station-switch-takes-its-tol/|date=March 20, 1990|page=B-7|first=Mike|last=Boone|title=Vidéotron's station switch takes its toll on pledges to Vermont ETV|newspaper=The Gazette|location=Montreal, Quebec|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=November 24, 2022|archive-date=January 10, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230110051119/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/113559085/vidotrons-station-switch-takes-its/|url-status=live}}</ref><!-- Tue --> Vidéotron restored Vermont ETV to its lineup in 1991 after a year's absence.<ref name="Gaze910306">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/113559133/this-year-public-tv-really-is-counting/|date=March 6, 1991|page=B-6|first=Mike|last=Boone|title=This year, public TV really is counting on 'viewers like you'|newspaper=The Gazette|location=Montreal, Quebec|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=November 24, 2022|archive-date=November 24, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221124061209/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/113559133/this-year-public-tv-really-is-counting/|url-status=live}}</ref><!-- Wed -->

The [[Canada Revenue Agency]] (CRA) revoked the status of the Public Television Association of Quebec, a charitable organization in Canada that had supported Vermont PBS's Canadian efforts, in 2013. The CRA decision was unsuccessfully appealed to the [[Federal Court of Appeal]], which ruled in 2015 that the association had "failed to maintain direction and control over its resources as it did not devote all its resources to its own charitable activities" and was only used to generate charitable tax receipts for Canadian donors.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/fca-dismisses-appeal-of-revocation-of-79398/|date=August 4, 2015|author=Dentons|work=JD Supra|title=FCA Dismisses Appeal of Revocation of Charity Status|access-date=November 24, 2022|archive-date=November 24, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221124061212/https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/fca-dismisses-appeal-of-revocation-of-79398/|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Technical information ===
==== Transmitters ====
{{GeoGroup|section=Transmitters}}
Vermont Public holds three full-service television station licenses, one of which (WVER) is broadcast as a four-site [[single-frequency network|distributed transmission system]]. WVER also has two separately licensed [[Broadcast relay station#Translator station|translator]]s in [[Manchester, Vermont|Manchester]] and [[Pownal, Vermont|Pownal]].
{{clear}}
{| class="sortable wikitable"
|+ Vermont Public television stations
! scope = "col" | Station
! scope = "col" | [[City of license]]
! scope = "col" | {{ubl|Channel|[[Virtual channel|TV]] ([[Digital terrestrial television|RF]])}}
! scope = "col" | [[Facility ID]]
! scope = "col" | [[effective radiated power|ERP]]
! scope = "col" | [[height above average terrain|HAAT]]
! scope = "col" class="unsortable" | Transmitter coordinates
! scope = "col" | First air date
! scope = "col" class="unsortable" | Public license information
|-
! scope = "row" | WETK
| [[Burlington, Vermont|Burlington]] || 33 (32) || 69944 || 90&nbsp;[[kilowatt|kW]] || {{convert|830|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} || {{coord|44|31|32|N|72|48|51|W|region:US-VT_type:landmark_scale:2000|name=WETK}} || {{dts|1967|10|16}} || {{ubl|{{FCC-TV-Station-profile|WETK|Public file}}|{{FCC-LMS-Facility|69944|3=LMS}}}}
|-
! rowspan="4" scope="row" | WVER{{efn|The planned site 3, on Mount Anthony near [[Bennington, Vermont|Bennington]], was removed before approval. Thus, the sites are numbered 1, 2, 4, and 5.}}
| [[Rutland (city), Vermont|Rutland]]
| rowspan="4" | 28 (10)
| rowspan="4" | 69946
| 15&nbsp;kW
| {{convert|425.6|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
| {{coord|43|39|31|N|73|6|25|W|region:US-VT_type:landmark_scale:2000|name=WVER}}
| rowspan="4" | {{dts|1968|3|18}}
| rowspan="4" | {{ubl|{{FCC-TV-Station-profile|WVER|Public file}}|{{FCC-LMS-Facility|69946|3=LMS}}}}
|-
| ''Mount Ascutney'' || 5&nbsp;kW || {{convert|648.9|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} || {{coord|43|26|15|N|72|27|6|W|region:US-VT_type:landmark_scale:2000|name=WVER site 2}}
|-
| ''Brattleboro'' || 0.32&nbsp;kW || {{convert|-142.9|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} || {{coord|42|51|6.1|N|72|33|38.8|W|region:US-VT_type:landmark_scale:2000|name=WVER site 4}}
|-
|''Mount Pleasant'' || 0.1&nbsp;kW || {{convert|204.3|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} || {{coord|44|7|28.7|N|72|28|52.2|W|region:US-VT_type:landmark_scale:2000|name=WVER site 5}}
|-
! scope = "row" | WVTB
| [[St. Johnsbury, Vermont|St. Johnsbury]] || 20 (28) || 69940 || 75&nbsp;kW || {{convert|590|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} || {{coord|44|34|16|N|71|53|39|W|region:US-VT_type:landmark_scale:2000|name=WVTB}} || {{dts|1968|2|26}} || {{ubl|{{FCC-TV-Station-profile|WVTB|Public file}}|{{FCC-LMS-Facility|69940|3=LMS}}}}
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Vermont Public television translators (WVER)
! scope = "col" | Call sign
! scope = "col" | City of license
! scope = "col" | Channel
! scope = "col" | [[Facility ID]]
! scope = "col" | [[effective radiated power|ERP]]
! scope = "col" | [[height above average terrain|HAAT]]
! scope = "col" class="unsortable" | Transmitter coordinates
|-
! scope = "row" | {{FCC-LMS-Facility|189111|3=W20EH-D}}
| [[Pownal, Vermont|Pownal, VT]] || 20 || 189111 || 1.26&nbsp;kW || {{convert|367|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} || {{coord|42|51|49.8|N|73|13|57.1|W|region:US-VT_type:landmark_scale:2000|name=W20EH-D}}
|-
! scope = "row" | {{FCC-LMS-Facility|189112|3=W30DM-D}}
| [[Manchester, Vermont|Manchester, VT]] || 30 || 189112 || 0.796&nbsp;kW || {{convert|702|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} || {{coord|43|09|57.2|N|73|06|55.3|W|region:US-VT_type:landmark_scale:2000|name=W30DM-D}}
|}

==== Subchannels ====
All transmitters broadcast the same four subchannels.

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Vermont Public television subchannels<ref>{{cite web|website=[[RabbitEars]]|url=https://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=WETK#station|title=RabbitEars TV Query for WETK|access-date=November 23, 2022|archive-date=November 23, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221123210819/https://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=WETK#station|url-status=live}}
*{{cite web|website=[[RabbitEars]]|url=https://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=WVER#station|title=RabbitEars TV Query for WVER|access-date=November 23, 2022|archive-date=November 23, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221123210815/https://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=WVER#station|url-status=live}}
*{{cite web|website=[[RabbitEars]]|url=https://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=WVTB#station|title=RabbitEars TV Query for WVTB|access-date=November 23, 2022|archive-date=November 23, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221123210817/https://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=WVTB#station|url-status=live}}</ref>
! scope = "col" | [[Digital subchannel#United States|Channel]]
! scope = "col" | [[Display resolution|Res.]]
! scope = "col" | [[Aspect ratio (image)|Aspect]]
! scope = "col" | Short name
! scope = "col" | Programming
|-
! scope = "row" | xx.1 
| rowspan=2| [[1080i]] || rowspan=4| [[16:9]] || VPBS || Main programming / [[PBS]] 
|-
! scope = "row" | xx.2 
| VPBS+ || PBS Plus/[[World Channel|World]]
|-
! scope = "row" | xx.3 
| rowspan=2| [[480i]] || CREATE || [[Create (TV network)|Create]]
|-
! scope = "row" | xx.4 
| KIDS || [[PBS Kids]]
|}

==== Network map ====
{{Location map+|Vermont|caption={{ubl|Vermont Public television transmitters|[[Image:Location dot green.svg|8px]] Full-power stations &nbsp; [[Image:Location dot light green, green ring.png|8px]] Low-power translators}}|float=none|places={{Location map~|Vermont|mark=Location dot light green, green ring.png|coordinates={{coord|42|51|49.8|N|73|13|57.1|W}}|label={{small|W20EH-D}}|position=top|background=#fff}}
{{Location map~|Vermont|mark=Location dot light green, green ring.png|coordinates={{coord|43|09|57.2|N|73|06|55.3|W}}|label={{small|W30DM-D}}|position=top|background=#fff}}
{{Location map~|Vermont|mark=Location dot green.svg|coordinates={{coord|44|31|32|N|72|48|51|W}}|label=WETK|position=top|background=#fff}}
{{Location map~|Vermont|mark=Location dot green.svg|coordinates={{coord|43|39|31|N|73|6|25|W}}|label=WVER-1|position=bottom|background=#fff}}
{{Location map~|Vermont|mark=Location dot green.svg|coordinates={{coord|43|26|15|N|72|27|6|W}}|label=WVER-2|position=top|background=#fff}}
{{Location map~|Vermont|mark=Location dot green.svg|coordinates={{coord|42|51|6.1|N|72|33|38.8|W}}|label=WVER-4|position=top|background=#fff}}
{{Location map~|Vermont|mark=Location dot green.svg|coordinates={{coord|44|7|28.7|N|72|28|52.2|W}}|label=WVER-5|position=top|background=#fff}}
{{Location map~|Vermont|mark=Location dot green.svg|coordinates={{coord|44|34|16|N|71|53|39|W}}|label=WVTB|position=top|background=#fff}}|width=275}}

== Radio ==
=== History ===
In 1975, two groups—the Champlain Valley Educational Radio Association and Vermont Public Radio—were formed by local residents to seek funds to plan a new non-commercial radio station for Vermont. The Champlain Valley group proposed starting with one station in Burlington, while the Vermont Public Radio application focused on statewide coverage, in order to meet requirements from the [[Corporation for Public Broadcasting]] (CPB) for minimum population thresholds.<ref name="Burl750716">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/113533866/group-seeks-cpb-funds-to-establish-nonco/|date=July 16, 1975|page=19|title=Group Seeks CPB Funds To Establish Noncommercial FM Station in Area|newspaper=The Burlington Free Press|location=|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=November 23, 2022|archive-date=January 10, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230110051052/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/113533866/group-seeks-cpb-funds-to-establish/|url-status=live}}</ref><!-- Wed --><ref name="Burl750823">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/113534072/public-radio-broadcast-grant-needs-expla/|date=August 23, 1975|page=6|title=Public Radio Broadcast Grant Needs Explained|newspaper=The Burlington Free Press|location=|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=November 23, 2022|archive-date=January 10, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230110051039/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/113534072/public-radio-broadcast-grant-needs/|url-status=live}}</ref><!-- Sat --> In October, Vermont Public Radio received a $25,000 CPB grant,<ref name="Burl751014">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/113533985/public-radio-station-gets-25000-grant/|date=October 14, 1975|page=14|title=Public Radio Station Gets $25,000 Grant|newspaper=The Burlington Free Press|location=|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=November 23, 2022|archive-date=November 23, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221123205141/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/113533985/public-radio-station-gets-25000-grant/|url-status=live}}</ref><!-- Tue --> and two months later, the University of Vermont, which at the time administered Vermont ETV, approved the group to share some of its facilities.<ref name="Burl751218">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/113534255/public-radio-station-could-be-on-the-air/|date=December 18, 1975|page=24|title=Public Radio Station Could Be on the Air by September|newspaper=The Burlington Free Press|location=|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=November 23, 2022|archive-date=January 10, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230110051022/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/113534255/public-radio-station-could-be-on-the/|url-status=live}}</ref><!-- Thu --> The existing public television system also shared a founder with the radio network: Raymond V. Phillips, who was considered "the father of public television in Vermont".<ref name="Burl760125">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/113534317/father-of-vermonts-public-airwaves/|date=January 25, 1976|page=Vermont This Week 1, [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/113534694/vermont-public-radio-prospects-very-goo/ 3]|first=Bish|last=Bishop|title=Father of Vermont's Public Airwaves|newspaper=The Burlington Free Press|location=|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=November 23, 2022|archive-date=November 23, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221123205141/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/113534317/father-of-vermonts-public-airwaves/|url-status=live}}</ref><!-- Sun --> While Phillips had long expressed interest in public radio, funding did not come until three local ministers objected to a local station's switch to a rock format; one of them later joined the Vermont Public Radio board.<ref name="Burl780816">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/113535735/vermont-public-radio-celebrates-its-firs/|date=August 16, 1978|page=1D, [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/113535759/vt-public-radio-marks-1st-year/ 2D]|first=Mark|last=Pendergrast|title=Vermont Public Radio Celebrates Its First Year on the Air|newspaper=The Burlington Free Press|location=|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=November 23, 2022|archive-date=January 10, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230110051105/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/113535735/vermont-public-radio-celebrates-its/|url-status=live}}</ref><!-- Wed -->

The first transmitter to go on air was WVPA-FM 89.5,{{efn|Call sign changed to WVPR on February 6, 1978.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov/dataentry/api/download/attachment/24d5669e-650f-19dd-7221-500adefb78f6|title=FCC History Cards for WVPR|publisher=[[Federal Communications Commission]]|access-date=November 23, 2022|archive-date=January 10, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230110050952/https://enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov/dataentry/api/download/attachment/24d5669e-650f-19dd-7221-500adefb78f6|url-status=live}}</ref>}} licensed to [[Windsor, Vermont|Windsor]] and broadcasting from [[Mount Ascutney]], on August 13, 1977.<ref name="Burl770815">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/113535343/vermont-public-radio-goes-on-air/|date=August 15, 1977|page=3B|title=Vermont Public Radio Goes on Air|newspaper=The Burlington Free Press|location=|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=November 23, 2022|archive-date=November 23, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221123205146/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/113535343/vermont-public-radio-goes-on-air/|url-status=live}}</ref><!-- Mon --> Serving northern Vermont took longer because Vermont Public Radio's application was placed into [[comparative hearing]] with several commercial applicants, having filed for the non-reserved frequency of 107.9 MHz.<ref name="Burl770418">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/113535122/fcc-to-decide-fate-of-vt-public-radio/|date=April 18, 1977|page=3B|first=John|last=Maher|title=FCC To Decide Fate of Vt. Public Radio|newspaper=The Burlington Free Press|location=|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=November 23, 2022|archive-date=November 23, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221123205140/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/113535122/fcc-to-decide-fate-of-vt-public-radio/|url-status=live}}</ref><!-- Mon --><ref name="Burl770731">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/113535195/three-groups-vie-for-vacant-fm-radio-cha/|date=July 31, 1977|page=4B|first=Colin|last=Nickerson|title=Three Groups Vie for Vacant FM Radio Channel|newspaper=The Burlington Free Press|location=|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=November 23, 2022|archive-date=January 10, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230110051106/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/113535195/three-groups-vie-for-vacant-fm-radio/|url-status=live}}</ref><!-- Sun --> The FCC approved VPR's request to move the frequency from [[Newport, Vermont (city)|Newport]] to Burlington despite opposition from a commercial broadcaster in Newport,<ref name="Burl780326">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/113535625/public-radio-proposal-advances/|date=March 26, 1978|page=2B|first=Rob|last=Eley|title=Public Radio Proposal Advances|newspaper=The Burlington Free Press|location=|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=November 23, 2022|archive-date=November 23, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221123205143/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/113535625/public-radio-proposal-advances/|url-status=live}}</ref><!-- Sun --><ref name="Burl790421">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/113535918/vt-public-radio-frequency-announced/|date=April 21, 1979|page=19|title=Vt. Public Radio Frequency Announced|newspaper=The Burlington Free Press|location=|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=November 23, 2022|archive-date=November 23, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221123205149/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/113535918/vt-public-radio-frequency-announced/|url-status=live}}</ref><!-- Sat --><ref name="Burl800603">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/113536096/fcc-upholds-decision-to-reserve-fm-frequ/|date=June 3, 1980|page=10A|agency=Associated Press|title=FCC Upholds Decision to Reserve FM Frequency for Public Radio|newspaper=The Burlington Free Press|location=|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=November 23, 2022|archive-date=January 10, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230110051107/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/113536096/fcc-upholds-decision-to-reserve-fm/|url-status=live}}</ref><!-- Tue --> and WVPS atop [[Mount Mansfield]] was activated on October 31, 1980.<ref name="Burl801031">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/113536159/public-radio-station-given-broadcast-ok/|date=October 31, 1980|page=1A|title=Public Radio Station Given Broadcast OK|newspaper=The Burlington Free Press|location=|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=November 23, 2022|archive-date=November 23, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221123205138/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/113536159/public-radio-station-given-broadcast-ok/|url-status=live}}</ref><!-- Fri --> The Mount Ascutney and Mount Mansfield transmitters gave VPR coverage of 92 percent of the population—greater than Vermont ETV's reach at the time—as well as in northeastern New York, New Hampshire, and [[Montreal]].<ref name="Burl801107">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/113536216/public-radio-station-provides-thoughtful/|date=November 7, 1980|pages=1D, [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/113536312/station-offers-thoughtful-shows/ 6D]|first=James|last=Lister Smith|title=Public Radio Station Provides Thoughtful Programs|newspaper=The Burlington Free Press|location=|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=November 23, 2022|archive-date=January 10, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230110051111/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/113536216/public-radio-station-provides/|url-status=live}}</ref><!-- Fri -->

Over the years, Vermont Public Radio added transmitters by construction as well as purchases of former commercial stations. [[WBTN-FM]] in [[Bennington, Vermont|Bennington]] was acquired as part of a package with its AM counterpart, [[WBTN (AM)|WBTN]], in 2000; the AM station briefly simulcast VPR programming with local news inserts and death notices until being sold and returned to commercial use.<ref>{{cite news|first=Scott|last=Fybush|url=https://www.bostonradio.org/nerw//nerw-000731.html|title=Of WBTN(AM) and Big Blue Bags...|work=North East RadioWatch|date=July 31, 2000|access-date=November 24, 2022|archive-date=November 24, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221124041328/https://www.bostonradio.org/nerw//nerw-000731.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2006, VPR purchased the former WJAN in [[Sunderland, Vermont|Sunderland]], transmitting from Mount Equinox; it is now [[WVTQ]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.fybush.com/NERW/2006/061204/nerw.html|first=Scott|last=Fybush|date=December 4, 2006|title=WCRB, WKLB Make the Big Switch|work=North East RadioWatch|access-date=November 24, 2022|archive-date=November 24, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221124041318/https://www.fybush.com/NERW/2006/061204/nerw.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2004, VPR started WNCH in [[Norwich, Vermont|Norwich]], its first dedicated classical music station, and in 2007, it completed its split into two program services.<ref name="Burl070206">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/113556542/vpr-to-offer-all-classical-station/|date=February 6, 2007|page=7A|first=Leslie|last=Wright|title=VPR to offer all-classical station|newspaper=The Burlington Free Press|location=|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=November 24, 2022|archive-date=November 24, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221124042547/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/113556542/vpr-to-offer-all-classical-station/|url-status=live}}</ref><!-- Tue --> After VPR entered into discussions to purchase [[WVTX (FM)|WWPV-FM]] in Colchester from [[Saint Michael's College]] in 2007, resistance from student and community groups led to the college refusing to sell.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/52029176/|date=March 9, 2007|first=Tim|last=Johnson|newspaper=[[The Burlington Free Press]]|title=College signal fading? St. Michael's considers selling student station to VPR|pages=1A, [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/52029246/ 8A]|access-date=May 24, 2020|archive-date=January 10, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230110051111/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/52029176/college-signal-fading/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/52029351/|access-date=May 24, 2020|date=March 22, 2007|newspaper=[[The Burlington Free Press]]|title=WWPV staying on the air|first=Tim|last=Johnson|page=5A|archive-date=January 10, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230110051102/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/52029351/wwpv-staying-on-the-air/|url-status=live}}</ref> Instead, VPR purchased WAVX, a Christian radio station licensed to [[Schuyler Falls, New York]],<ref name="nerw-saletovpr">{{cite news|url=http://www.fybush.com/NERW/2007/070618/nerw.html|title=Barnicle Out at Boston's WTKK|last=Fybush|first=Scott|date=June 18, 2007|work=NorthEast Radio Watch|access-date=April 27, 2010|archive-date=May 14, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090514024239/http://www.fybush.com/NERW/2007/070618/nerw.html|url-status=live}}</ref> and relaunched it as WOXR.<ref name="nerw-wavxrelaunch">{{cite news|url=http://www.fybush.com/NERW/2007/070827/nerw.html|title=VPR Doubles Up in Burlington Market|last=Fybush|first=Scott|date=August 27, 2007|work=NorthEast Radio Watch|access-date=April 27, 2010|archive-date=May 20, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110520160806/http://www.fybush.com/NERW/2007/070827/nerw.html|url-status=live}}</ref>{{efn|The call sign for WOXR is an homage to New York City classical music station [[WXNY-FM|WQXR]].{{r|nerw-wavxrelaunch}} }} When Saint Michael's obtained a low-power station construction permit in 2015, it then sold the high-power WWPV-FM facility to VPR for integration into the classical network as [[WVTX (FM)|WVTX]].<ref name="td-wwpvto925">{{cite news|last=Shetter|first=Karianne|title=WWPV The Mike: Same Sound, New Frequency|url=http://defender.smcvt.edu/?p=3675|access-date=October 10, 2015|work=The Defender|publisher=[[Saint Michael's College]]|date=September 24, 2015|archive-date=March 5, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305032431/http://defender.smcvt.edu/?p=3675|url-status=live}}</ref>

The VPR studios at Fort Ethan Allen in Colchester were expanded in 2015, nearly doubling the size of the facility. $8 million was raised to finance the addition, which included a newsroom three times the size of the previous space—a converted storage attic—and a studio large enough to accommodate an audience.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://vtdigger.org/2015/09/22/vpr-to-spend-10-million-on-facility-and-programming-expansion/|work=VTDigger|date=September 22, 2015|title=VPR to spend $10 million on facility and programming expansion|first=Erin|last=Mansfield|access-date=November 24, 2022|archive-date=November 24, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221124051517/https://vtdigger.org/2015/09/22/vpr-to-spend-10-million-on-facility-and-programming-expansion/|url-status=live}}</ref>

In December 2022, Vermont Public announced it would acquire WWLR, which had been the student-run station at [[Northern Vermont University]]'s [[Lyndonville, Vermont|Lyndonville]] campus, for integration into the classical network. Trustees of the university had been attempting to sell the license for months and nearly surrendered it in 2021.<ref name="vtd-saletovpr">{{cite news |last1=D'Auria |first1=Peter |title=Northern Vermont University to sell campus radio station to Vermont Public |url=https://vtdigger.org/2022/12/20/northern-vermont-university-to-sell-campus-radio-station-to-vermont-public/ |access-date=December 20, 2022 |work=[[VTDigger]] |date=December 20, 2022 |archive-date=December 20, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221220122405/https://vtdigger.org/2022/12/20/northern-vermont-university-to-sell-campus-radio-station-to-vermont-public/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The purchase, at a price of $80,000, was consummated on April 25, 2023, and the station was taken silent; Vermont Public would rename the station [[WVLR-FM]].<ref name="fcc-wwlrtowvlr">{{cite web |last1=Tymecki |first1=Joseph |title=Form 380 – Change Request |url=https://enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov/dataentry/views/public/fmDraftCopy?displayType=html&appKey=25076ff388029c1401880b561bab0870&id=25076ff388029c1401880b561bab0870&goBack=N |website=Licensing and Management System |publisher=[[Federal Communications Commission]] |access-date=October 30, 2023 |date=October 24, 2023}}</ref> A report by [[VTDigger]] suggested that the university may not have been legally empowered to sell WWLR without General Assembly consent.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://vtdigger.org/2023/05/22/a-bid-by-the-vermont-state-colleges-to-sell-a-radio-station-may-raise-legal-questions/|date=May 22, 2023|title=A bid by the Vermont State Colleges to sell a radio station may raise legal questions|first=Peter|last=D'Auria|work=[[VTDigger]]}}</ref> The statute in question was repealed weeks later by governor [[Phil Scott]]; in early August, the assembly's Joint Fiscal Committee granted the Vermont State Colleges system, to which Northern Vermont University belonged, retroactive approval to sell WWLR and for the 2019 closure of [[WIUV]] at [[Castleton University]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://vtdigger.org/2023/08/01/pd-radio/|date=August 1, 2023|title=Vermont State Colleges get retroactive approval to give up 2 radio licenses, consider selling a 3rd|first=Peter|last=D'Auria|work=[[VTDigger]]}}</ref>

=== Programs ===
The news service airs major public radio news programs from NPR and other producers, including ''[[All Things Considered]]'', ''[[Morning Edition]]'', ''[[Here and Now (Boston)|Here & Now]]'', and ''[[Marketplace (radio program)|Marketplace]]''. Four days a week, Vermont Public produces its flagship radio program, ''[[Vermont Edition]]''; currently hosted by Connor Cyrus and Mikaela Lefrak, the show was hosted by [[Jane Lindholm]] from 2007 to 2021.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://vtdigger.org/2021/02/25/vpr-hires-two-new-co-hosts-to-helm-revamped-vermont-edition/|work=VTDigger|first=Lola|last=Duffort|date=February 25, 2021|title=VPR hires two new co-hosts to helm revamped 'Vermont Edition'|access-date=November 24, 2022|archive-date=November 24, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221124051124/https://vtdigger.org/2021/02/25/vpr-hires-two-new-co-hosts-to-helm-revamped-vermont-edition/|url-status=live}}</ref>

The classical service offers blocks of classical music, some with local hosts and others from [[Classical 24]].<ref name="sched">{{Cite web|url=https://www.vermontpublic.org/schedules|title=Schedules|website=Vermont Public|access-date=November 23, 2022|archive-date=November 23, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221123222053/https://www.vermontpublic.org/schedules|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Transmitters ===
Transmitters are arranged alphabetically by call sign. All full-power transmitters broadcast in [[HD Radio]], carrying the News and Classical services and the [[BBC World Service]] as subchannels.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vermontpublic.org/hd-hybrid-digital-radio|title=HD (Hybrid Digital) Radio|website=Vermont Public|access-date=November 23, 2022|archive-date=November 24, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221124045739/https://www.vermontpublic.org/hd-hybrid-digital-radio|url-status=live}}</ref> <span style="background:#DFEBF6;border:2px solid #DFEBF6">A blue background</span> indicates a low-power [[broadcast relay station|translator]] of the full-power transmitter preceding it or, at the end of the table, an HD Radio subchannel of a transmitter in the other network.

==== Vermont Public News ====
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+{{sronly|Vermont Public News transmitters}}
! scope="col" | [[Call signs in North America|Call sign]]
! scope="col" data-sort-type="number" | [[Center frequency|Frequency]]
! scope="col" | [[City of license]]
! scope="col" data-sort-type="number" | [[Facility ID]]
! scope="col" data-sort-type="number" | [[Effective radiated power|ERP]] ([[Watt|W]])
! scope="col" data-sort-type="number" | [[height above average terrain|HAAT]]
! scope="col" | [[List of North American broadcast station classes|Class]]
! scope = "col" class="unsortable" | Transmitter coordinates
! scope="col" data-sort-type="number" | Founded
|-
! scope="row" | [[WBTN-FM]]
| 94.3 FM || [[Bennington (CDP), Vermont|Bennington, VT]] || style="text-align:right;" | {{FID|9310}} || style="text-align:right;" | 3,000 || style="text-align:right;" | {{convert|34|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} || A || {{coord|42|56|53.2|N|73|10|32.3|W|region:US-VT_type:landmark_scale:2000|name=WBTN-FM}} || {{dts|1978|10|2}}<ref name="Benn781002">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/113556263/editors-note/|date=October 2, 1978|page=4|title=Editor's Note|newspaper=[[Bennington Banner]]|location=|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=November 24, 2022|archive-date=November 24, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221124041315/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/113556263/editors-note/|url-status=live}}</ref><!-- Mon -->
|-
! scope="row" | WRVT
| 88.7 FM || [[Rutland (city), Vermont|Rutland, VT]] || style="text-align:right;" | {{FID|69953}} || style="text-align:right;" | 5,600 || style="text-align:right;" | {{convert|412|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} || C2 || {{coord|43|39|31.2|N|73|6|23.4|W|region:US-VT_type:landmark_scale:2000|name=WRVT}} || {{dts|1989|1|10}}<ref name="Rutl8901282">{{Cite news |last=Barna |first=Ed |date=January 28, 1989 |title=FCC Clarification Sought on VPR Interference Woes |page=17, [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/113557756/vpr/ 32] |newspaper=[[Rutland Herald|Rutland Daily Herald]] |location= |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/113557737/fcc-clarification-sought-on-vpr-interfer/ |access-date=November 24, 2022 |via=Newspapers.com |archive-date=January 10, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230110051605/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/113557737/fcc-clarification-sought-on-vpr/ |url-status=live }}</ref><!-- Sat -->
|- style="background-color:#DFEBF6;"
! scope="row" | W258AW
| 99.5 FM || [[Middlebury, Vermont|Middlebury, VT]] || style="text-align:right;" | {{FID|139966}} || style="text-align:right;" | 38 || style="text-align:right;" | {{convert|-16.5|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} || D || {{coord|44|0|25.2|N|73|10|38.4|W|region:US-VT_type:landmark_scale:2000|name=W258AW}} || {{sdash}}
|- style="background-color:#DFEBF6;"
! scope="row" | W266AK
| 101.1 FM || [[Rupert, Vermont|Rupert, VT]] || style="text-align:right;" | {{FID|140100}} || style="text-align:right;" | 10 || style="text-align:right;" | {{convert|129|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} || D || {{coord|43|16|52.2|N|73|10|13.4|W|region:US-VT_type:landmark_scale:2000|name=W266AK}} || {{sdash}}
|-
! scope="row" | WVBA
| 88.9 FM || [[Brattleboro, Vermont|Brattleboro, VT]] || style="text-align:right;" | {{FID|175088}} || style="text-align:right;" | 6,200 || style="text-align:right;" | {{convert|54|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} || B1 || {{coord|42|49|42.4|N|72|35|58.6|W|region:US-VT_type:landmark_scale:2000|name=WVBA}} || {{dts|2012|9|24}}<ref name="nerw-wvbastart">{{cite news |last=Fybush |first=Scott |title=Boston TV Picks A "Plum" |url=https://www.fybush.com/nerw-1012012-boston-tv-picks-a-plum/ |access-date=November 25, 2022 |work=NorthEast Radio Watch |date=October 1, 2012 |archive-date=November 25, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221125045414/https://www.fybush.com/nerw-1012012-boston-tv-picks-a-plum/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | WVPA
| 88.5 FM || [[St. Johnsbury, Vermont|St. Johnsbury, VT]] || style="text-align:right;" | {{FID|85029}} || style="text-align:right;" | 850 || style="text-align:right;" | {{convert|569.2|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} || C2 || {{coord|44|34|15.1|N|71|53|36.3|W|region:US-VT_type:landmark_scale:2000|name=WVPA}} || {{dts|1999|7|21}}<ref>{{cite news|title=Whither Pulse?|url=https://www.fybush.com/NERW/2009/090727/nerw.html|first=Scott|last=Fybush|date=July 27, 2009|work=North East RadioWatch|access-date=November 24, 2022|archive-date=November 24, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221124075930/https://www.fybush.com/NERW/2009/090727/nerw.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | WVPR
| 89.5 FM || [[Windsor, Vermont|Windsor, VT]] || style="text-align:right;" | {{FID|69951}} || style="text-align:right;" | 1,700 || style="text-align:right;" | {{convert|694|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} || B || {{coord|43|26|15.3|N|72|27|6.3|W|region:US-VT_type:landmark_scale:2000|name=WVPR}} || {{dts|1977|8|13}}{{r|Burl770815}}
|- style="background-color:#DFEBF6;"
! scope="row" | W295AU<!--WVTQ-HD2-->
| 106.9 FM || [[Manchester, Vermont|Manchester, VT]] || style="text-align:right;" | {{FID|88164}} || style="text-align:right;" | 51 || style="text-align:right;" | {{convert|135.5|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} || D || {{coord|43|14|12.3|N|73|1|42.4|W|region:US-VT_type:landmark_scale:2000|name=W295AU}} || {{sdash}}
|-
! scope="row" | WVPS
| 107.9 FM || [[Burlington, Vermont|Burlington, VT]] || style="text-align:right;" | {{FID|69952}} || style="text-align:right;" | 48,800 || style="text-align:right;" | {{convert|828|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} || C || {{coord|44|31|32.1|N|72|48|56.4|W|region:US-VT_type:landmark_scale:2000|name=WVPS}} || {{dts|1980|10|30}}{{r|Burl801031}}
|- style="background-color:#DFEBF6;"
! scope="row" | W231BQ
| 94.1 FM || [[Montpelier, Vermont|Montpelier, VT]] || style="text-align:right;" | {{FID|139908}} || style="text-align:right;" | 200 || {{sdash}} || D || {{coord|44|15|22.1|N|72|35|4.1|W|region:US-VT_type:landmark_scale:2000|name=W231BQ}} || {{sdash}}
|- style="background-color:#DFEBF6;"
! scope="row" | W298DD
| 107.5 FM || [[Burlington, Vermont|Burlington, VT]] || style="text-align:right;" | {{FID|139952}} || style="text-align:right;" | 250 || {{sdash}} || D || {{coord|44|30|28.4|N|73|9|3.2|W|region:US-VT_type:landmark_scale:2000|name=W298DD}} || {{sdash}}
|}

==== Vermont Public Classical ====
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+{{sronly|Vermont Public Classical transmitters}}
! scope="col" | [[Call signs in North America|Call sign]]
! scope="col" data-sort-type="number" | [[Center frequency|Frequency]]
! scope="col" | [[City of license]]
! scope="col" data-sort-type="number" | [[Facility ID]]
! scope="col" data-sort-type="number" | [[Effective radiated power|ERP]] ([[Watt|W]])
! scope="col" data-sort-type="number" | [[height above average terrain|HAAT]]
! scope="col" | [[List of North American broadcast station classes|Class]]
! scope = "col" class="unsortable" | Transmitter coordinates
! scope="col" data-sort-type="number" | Founded
|-
! scope="row" | WNCH
| 88.1 FM || [[Norwich, Vermont|Norwich, VT]] || style="text-align:right;" | {{FID|84441}} || style="text-align:right;" | 1,550 || style="text-align:right;" | {{convert|686.2|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} || B || {{coord|43|26|15.3|N|72|27|6.3|W|region:US-VT_type:landmark_scale:2000|name=WNCH}} || {{dts|2004|07|20}}<ref name="Vall040718">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/113556459/new-vpr-station-offers-constant-classica/|date=July 18, 2004|page=A1, [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/113556496/new-vpr-station-to-offer-classical-music/ A7]|first=John P.|last=Gregg|title=New VPR Station Offers Constant Classical|newspaper=[[Valley News]]|location=|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=November 24, 2022|archive-date=January 10, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230110051111/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/113556459/new-vpr-station-offers-constant/|url-status=live}}</ref><!-- Sun -->
|- style="background-color:#DFEBF6;"
! scope="row" | W280CS
| 103.9 FM || [[Hanover, New Hampshire|Hanover, NH]] || style="text-align:right;" | {{FID|31111}} || style="text-align:right;" | 250 || style="text-align:right;" | {{convert|-122.5|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} || D || {{coord|43|43|52.2|N|72|16|2.3|W|region:US-NH_type:landmark_scale:2000|name=W280CS}} || {{sdash}}
|- style="background-color:#DFEBF6;"
! scope="row" | W295AL
| 106.9 FM || [[Woodstock, Vermont|Woodstock, VT]] || style="text-align:right;" | {{FID|140067}} || style="text-align:right;" | 100 || {{sdash}} || D || {{coord|43|37|53|N|72|30|47.1|W|region:US-VT_type:landmark_scale:2000|name=W295AL}} || {{sdash}}
|-
! scope="row" | [[WOXM (FM)|WOXM]]
| 90.1 FM{{efn|In 2014, WOXM moved to 89.1 MHz;<ref name="vpr-woxm891">{{cite news |last=Owens |first=Michelle |title=VPR Classical In Middlebury Moves From 90.1 to 89.1, Doubles Reach |url=https://www.vpr.org/post/vpr-classical-middlebury-moves-901-891-doubles-reach |access-date=July 21, 2019 |work=Vermont Public Radio |date=March 31, 2014 |language=en |archive-date=January 10, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230110051602/https://www.vermontpublic.org/inside-vpr/2014-03-31/vpr-classical-in-middlebury-moves-from-90-1-to-89-1-doubles-reach |url-status=live }}</ref> interference with the Vermont Electric Power Company's emergency response radio system led VPR to reverse the move on October 12, 2015.<ref name="vpr-backto90.1">{{cite news |last=Mathews |first=Sarah |title=VPR Classical In Middlebury Moving To 90.1 FM |url=https://www.vpr.org/post/vpr-classical-middlebury-moving-901-fm |access-date=July 21, 2019 |work=Vermont Public Radio |date=October 8, 2015 |language=en |archive-date=July 21, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190721231504/https://www.vpr.org/post/vpr-classical-middlebury-moving-901-fm |url-status=live }}</ref>}} || [[Middlebury, Vermont|Middlebury, VT]] || style="text-align:right;" | {{FID|174578}} || style="text-align:right;" | 1,200 || style="text-align:right;" | {{convert|95.3|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} || A || {{coord|44|1|34.2|N|73|9|42.4|W|region:US-VT_type:landmark_scale:2000|name=WOXM}} || {{dts|2010|6|8}}<ref>{{cite news|url=https://current.org/2010/06/woxm-classical-90-1-in-vermont-takes-to-the-airwaves/|work=[[Current (newspaper)|Current]]|title=WOXM, Classical 90.1 in Vermont, takes to the airwaves|date=June 8, 2010|access-date=November 24, 2022|archive-date=November 24, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221124050205/https://current.org/2010/06/woxm-classical-90-1-in-vermont-takes-to-the-airwaves/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | [[WOXR]]
| 90.9 FM || [[Schuyler Falls, New York|Schuyler Falls, NY]] || style="text-align:right;" | {{FID|78628}} || style="text-align:right;" | 2,700 || style="text-align:right;" | {{convert|327.2|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} || C2 || {{coord|44|34|24.2|N|73|40|29.5|W|region:US-NY_type:landmark_scale:2000|name=WOXR}} || {{dts|2004|11}}<ref name="Burl050127">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/113557225/christian-rock-station-begins-broadcasti/|date=January 27, 2005|page=4A|first=Shawn|last=Turner|title=Christian rock station begins broadcasting in Champlain Valley|newspaper=The Burlington Free Press|location=|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=November 24, 2022|archive-date=January 10, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230110051611/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/113557225/christian-rock-station-begins/|url-status=live}}</ref><!-- Thu -->
|-
! scope="row" | WVER-FM
| 107.5 FM || [[West Rutland, Vermont|West Rutland, VT]] || style="text-align:right;" | {{FID|762173}} || style="text-align:right;" | 450 || style="text-align:right;" | {{convert|363|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} || A || {{coord|43|39|31.5|N|73|6|23.6|W|region:US-VT_type:landmark_scale:2000|name=WVER-FM}} || {{dts|2023|08|10}}
|-
! scope="row" | WVNK
| 91.1 FM || [[Manchester, Vermont|Manchester, VT]] || style="text-align:right;" | {{FID|175524}} || style="text-align:right;" | 115 || style="text-align:right;" | {{convert|96.5|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} || A || {{coord|43|14|12.3|N|73|1|42.4|W|region:US-VT_type:landmark_scale:2000|name=WVNK}} || {{dts|2011|9}}<ref name="nerw-wvnkstart">{{cite news |last=Fybush |first=Scott |title=Citadel Becomes Cumulus |url=https://www.fybush.com/NERW/2011/110919/nerw.html |access-date=November 24, 2022 |work=NorthEast Radio Watch |date=September 19, 2011 |archive-date=November 24, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221124073321/https://www.fybush.com/NERW/2011/110919/nerw.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | WVTI
| 106.9 FM || [[Brighton, Vermont|Brighton, VT]] || style="text-align:right;" | {{FID|165996}} || style="text-align:right;" | 1,420 || style="text-align:right;" | {{convert|211.5|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} || A || {{coord|44|47|2.1|N|71|53|11.3|W|region:US-VT_type:landmark_scale:2000|name=WVTI}} || {{dts|2008}}<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.fybush.com/NERW/2008/081006/nerw.html|first=Scott|last=Fybush|work=North East RadioWatch|date=October 6, 2008|title=WCOJ's Gone...Is Nassau Next?|access-date=November 24, 2022|archive-date=November 24, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221124045732/https://www.fybush.com/NERW/2008/081006/nerw.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | [[WVTQ]]
| 95.1 FM || [[Sunderland, Vermont|Sunderland, VT]] || style="text-align:right;" | {{FID|54687}} || style="text-align:right;" | 105 || style="text-align:right;" | {{convert|718.9|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} || A || {{coord|43|9|56|N|73|7|11.9|W|region:US-VT_type:landmark_scale:2000|name=WVTQ}} || {{dts|1991|5|1}}<ref name="Benn910502">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/113557989/music-of-america-comes-home-to-mt-equin/|date=May 2, 1991|page=10|first=Brian|last=Maffly|title=Music of America comes home to Mt. Equinox and WJAN-FM|newspaper=Bennington Banner|location=|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=November 24, 2022|archive-date=January 10, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230110051114/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/113557989/music-of-america-comes-home-to-mt/|url-status=live}}</ref><!-- Thu -->
|-
! scope="row" | [[WVXR]]
| 102.1 FM || [[Randolph, Vermont|Randolph, VT]] || style="text-align:right;" | {{FID|63473}} || style="text-align:right;" | 11,000 || style="text-align:right;" | {{convert|133|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} || C3 || {{coord|43|57|20.2|N|72|36|13.9|W|region:US-VT_type:landmark_scale:2000|name=WVXR}} || {{dts|1982|10|25}}<ref name="by1989">{{cite book|chapter=WCVR-FM|title=Broadcasting/Cablecasting Yearbook '89|via=World Radio History|year=1989|page=B-305|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/1989/1989-BC-YB.pdf|access-date=April 10, 2010|archive-date=November 24, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221124050204/https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/1989/1989-BC-YB.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | [[WVLR-FM]]
| 91.5 FM || [[Lyndonville, Vermont|Lyndonville, VT]] || style="text-align:right;" | {{FID|6123}} || style="text-align:right;" | 3,000 || style="text-align:right;" | {{convert|-23|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} || A || {{coord|44|32|2.1|N|72|1|43.3|W|region:US-VT_type:landmark_scale:2000|name=WVLR-FM}} || {{dts|1977|2|4}}<ref name="by1999">{{cite book|title=Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 1999|year=1999|page=D-457|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/1999/D-Radio-NE-Ter-BC-YB-1999..pdf|access-date=April 23, 2017}}</ref>
|- style="background-color:#DFEBF6;"
! scope="row" | W227CA
| 93.3 FM || [[Rupert, Vermont|Rupert, VT]] || style="text-align:right;" | {{FID|140093}} || style="text-align:right;" | 10 || style="text-align:right;" | {{convert|129|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} || D || {{coord|43|16|52.2|N|73|10|13.3|W|region:US-VT_type:landmark_scale:2000|name=W227CA}} || {{sdash}}
|- style="background-color:#DFEBF6;"
! scope="row" | W232CG
| 94.3 FM || [[Brattleboro, Vermont|Brattleboro, VT]] || style="text-align:right;" | {{FID|139889}} || style="text-align:right;" | 150 || {{sdash}} || D || {{coord|42|49|42.4|N|72|35|58.6|W|region:US-VT_type:landmark_scale:2000|name=W232CG}} || {{sdash}}
|- style="background-color:#DFEBF6;"
! scope="row" | W233BD
| 94.5 FM || [[Burlington, Vermont|Burlington, VT]]{{efn|The translator serves [[Shelburne, Vermont|Shelburne]] but not Burlington.}} || style="text-align:right;" | {{FID|139944}} || style="text-align:right;" | 27 || style="text-align:right;" | {{convert|42.7|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} || D || {{coord|44|21|29.3|N|73|14|48.1|W|region:US-VT_type:landmark_scale:2000|name=W233BD}} || {{sdash}}
|- style="background-color:#DFEBF6;"
! scope="row" | W243DT
| 96.5 FM || [[Waterbury, Vermont|Waterbury, VT]] || style="text-align:right;" | {{FID|139911}} || style="text-align:right;" | 250 || {{sdash}} || D || {{coord|44|27|49.7|N|72|44|41.8|W|region:US-VT_type:landmark_scale:2000|name=W243DT}} || {{sdash}}
|- style="background-color:#DFEBF6;"
! scope="row" | W250CZ
| 97.9 FM || [[Bennington, Vermont|South Bennington, VT]] || style="text-align:right;" | {{FID|140091}} || style="text-align:right;" | 120 || style="text-align:right;" | {{convert|1.7|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} || D || {{coord|42|56|53.2|N|73|10|32.3|W|region:US-VT_type:landmark_scale:2000|name=W250CZ}} || {{sdash}}
|- style="background-color:#DFEBF6;"
! scope="row" | W256CW
| 99.1 FM || [[Rutland (city), Vermont|Rutland, VT]] || style="text-align:right;" | {{FID|139970}} || style="text-align:right;" | 180 || {{sdash}} || D || {{coord|43|39|31.2|N|73|6|23.4|W|region:US-VT_type:landmark_scale:2000|name=W256CW}} || {{sdash}}
|- style="background-color:#DFEBF6;"
! scope="row" | W258AZ
| 99.5 FM || [[Newbury (town), Vermont|Newbury, VT]] || style="text-align:right;" | {{FID|155335}} || style="text-align:right;" | 10 || style="text-align:right;" | {{convert|114.5|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} || D || {{coord|44|3|13.2|N|72|8|25.3|W|region:US-VT_type:landmark_scale:2000|name=W258AZ}} || {{sdash}}
|- style="background-color:#DFEBF6;"
! scope="row" | W258BZ
| 99.5 FM || [[Montpelier, Vermont|Montpelier, VT]] || style="text-align:right;" | {{FID|139919}} || style="text-align:right;" | 200 || {{sdash}} || D || {{coord|44|15|22.1|N|72|35|4.1|W|region:US-VT_type:landmark_scale:2000|name=W258BZ}} || {{sdash}}
|}

==== Network maps ====
{|
|{{Location map+|Vermont|caption={{ubl|Vermont Public News transmitters|[[Image:Location dot green.svg|8px]] Full-power stations &nbsp; [[Image:Location dot light green, green ring.png|8px]] Low-power translators}}|float=none|places={{Location map~|Vermont|mark=Location dot light green, green ring.png|coordinates={{coord|44|15|22.1|N|72|35|4.1|W}}|label={{small|W231BQ}}|position=top|background=#fff}}
{{Location map~|Vermont|mark=Location dot light green, green ring.png|coordinates={{coord|44|0|25.2|N|73|10|38.4|W}}|label={{small|W258AW}}|position=top|background=#fff}}
{{Location map~|Vermont|mark=Location dot light green, green ring.png|coordinates={{coord|43|16|52.2|N|73|10|13.3|W}}|label={{small|W266AK}}|position=top|background=#fff}}
{{Location map~|Vermont|mark=Location dot light green, green ring.png|coordinates={{coord|43|14|12.3|N|73|1|42.4|W}}|label={{small|W295AU}}|position=right|background=#fff}}
{{Location map~|Vermont|mark=Location dot light green, green ring.png|coordinates={{coord|44|30|28.4|N|73|9|3.2|W}}|label={{small|W298DD}}|position=top|background=#fff}}
{{Location map~|Vermont|mark=Location dot green.svg|coordinates={{coord|42|56|53.2|N|73|10|32.3|W}}|label=[[WBTN-FM]]|position=top|background=#fff}}
{{Location map~|Vermont|mark=Location dot green.svg|coordinates={{coord|43|39|31.2|N|73|6|23.4|W}}|label=WRVT|position=top|background=#fff}}
{{Location map~|Vermont|mark=Location dot green.svg|coordinates={{coord|42|49|42.4|N|72|35|58.6|W}}|label=WVBA|position=top|background=#fff}}
{{Location map~|Vermont|mark=Location dot green.svg|coordinates={{coord|44|34|15.1|N|71|53|36.3|W}}|label=WVPA|position=top|background=#fff}}
{{Location map~|Vermont|mark=Location dot green.svg|coordinates={{coord|43|26|15.3|N|72|27|6.3|W}}|label=WVPR|position=top|background=#fff}}
{{Location map~|Vermont|mark=Location dot green.svg|coordinates={{coord|44|31|32.1|N|72|48|56.4|W}}|label=WVPS|position=right|background=#fff}}|width=275}}
|{{Location map+|Vermont|caption={{ubl|Vermont Public Classical transmitters|[[Image:Location dot green.svg|8px]] Full-power stations &nbsp; [[Image:Location dot light green, green ring.png|8px]] Low-power translators}}|float=none|places={{Location map~|Vermont|mark=Location dot light green, green ring.png|coordinates={{coord|43|16|52.2|N|73|10|13.3|W}}|label={{small|W227CA}}|position=top|background=#fff}}
{{Location map~|Vermont|mark=Location dot light green, green ring.png|coordinates={{coord|42|49|42.4|N|72|35|58.6|W}}|label={{small|W232CG}}|position=right|background=#fff}}
{{Location map~|Vermont|mark=Location dot light green, green ring.png|coordinates={{coord|44|21|29.3|N|73|14|48.1|W}}|label={{small|W233BD}}|position=right|background=#fff}}
{{Location map~|Vermont|mark=Location dot light green, green ring.png|coordinates={{coord|44|27|49.7|N|72|44|41.8|W}}|label={{small|W243DT}}|position=right|background=#fff}}
{{Location map~|Vermont|mark=Location dot light green, green ring.png|coordinates={{coord|42|56|53.2|N|73|10|32.3|W}}|label={{small|W250CZ}}|position=left|background=#fff}}
{{Location map~|Vermont|mark=Location dot light green, green ring.png|coordinates={{coord|43|39|31.2|N|73|6|23.4|W}}|label={{small|W256CW}}|position=bottom|background=#fff}}
{{Location map~|Vermont|mark=Location dot light green, green ring.png|coordinates={{coord|44|3|13.2|N|72|8|25.3|W}}|label={{small|W258AZ}}|position=right|background=#fff}}
{{Location map~|Vermont|mark=Location dot light green, green ring.png|coordinates={{coord|44|15|22.1|N|72|35|4.1|W}}|label={{small|W258BZ}}|position=right|background=#fff}}
{{Location map~|Vermont|mark=Location dot light green, green ring.png|coordinates={{coord|43|43|52.2|N|72|16|2.3|W}}|label={{small|W280CS}}|position=right|background=#fff}}
{{Location map~|Vermont|mark=Location dot light green, green ring.png|coordinates={{coord|43|37|53|N|72|30|47.1|W}}|label={{small|W295AL}}|position=top|background=#fff}}
{{Location map~|Vermont|mark=Location dot green.svg|coordinates={{coord|43|26|15.3|N|72|27|6.3|W}}|label=WNCH|position=right|background=#fff}}
{{Location map~|Vermont|mark=Location dot green.svg|coordinates={{coord|44|1|34.2|N|73|9|42.4|W}}|label=[[WOXM (FM)|WOXM]]|position=top|background=#fff}}
{{Location map~|Vermont|mark=Location dot green.svg|coordinates={{coord|44|34|24.2|N|73|40|29.5|W}}|label={{space|13}}[[WOXR]]|position=top|background=#fff}}
{{Location map~|Vermont|mark=Location dot green.svg|coordinates={{coord|43|39|31.5|N|73|6|23.6|W}}|label=WVER-FM|position=top|background=#fff}}
{{Location map~|Vermont|mark=Location dot green.svg|coordinates={{coord|43|14|12.3|N|73|1|42.4|W}}|label=WVNK|position=right|background=#fff}}
{{Location map~|Vermont|mark=Location dot green.svg|coordinates={{coord|44|47|2.1|N|71|53|11.3|W}}|label=WVTI|position=top|background=#fff}}
{{Location map~|Vermont|mark=Location dot green.svg|coordinates={{coord|43|9|56|N|73|7|11.9|W}}|label=[[WVTQ]]|position=left|background=#fff}}
{{Location map~|Vermont|mark=Location dot green.svg|coordinates={{coord|43|57|20.2|N|72|36|13.9|W}}|label=[[WVXR]]|position=top|background=#fff}}
{{Location map~|Vermont|mark=Location dot green.svg|coordinates={{coord|44|32|2.1|N|72|1|43.3|W}}|label=[[WVLR-FM]]|position=top|background=#fff}}|width=275}}
|}

== Notes ==
{{notelist}}

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{official website|https://www.vermontpublic.org/}}

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