Here's our latest Morning Edition cartoon by New Yorker cartoonist Harry Bliss. You'll also find it in this week's Seven Days!Visit our website to see this week's cartoon and to connect with Morning Edition on VPR.This one holds special meaning for me. Before I tore my PCL last fall, I would get up at 6 a.m. several times a week to run. Since my iPod had no FM tuner, I relied on music and ... (read more)
Last weekend I explored Rupert, Vermont’s Merck Forest. The sunny, 40-degree weather made it not only perfect for hiking and camping, but to check out its huge maple sugaring operation in action. You could actually hear the sap rushing through the extensive web of tubing that connects the acres and acres of trees. Imagine my excitement to then learn about more traditional methods of making ... (read more)
VPR engineer Brian Marshal was working on our facilities on Mount Equinox yesterday and sent these photos back to the office.Above is the view of Little Equinox across 'the saddle' from Big Equinox. You can just see the buried guardrail to the right. Brian estimated the snow depth at 4+ feet.The photo below is taken from 'the saddle' looking back at Big Equinox. If you click on the photo to ... (read more)
Over the last few weeks, VPR engineers have been working on Mount Ascutney, attempting to diagnose a problem with our WVPR 89.5 signal. Yesterday, climbers from Prescott Tower of Rutland were on the tower inspecting VPR's antenna. They found no visible problems with the antenna, so the diagnostic work will continue until the problem is found and fixed.In the meantime - enjoy the view! Mount ... (read more)
The second in our series of Morning Edition on VPR cartoons by New Yorker cartoonist Harry Bliss is in this week's Seven Days! For those of you with shower radios (I'll admit it, I have one!), you can probably relate!Visit our website to see this week's cartoon and to connect with Morning Edition on VPR. How do YOU wake up with Morning Edition? Let us know and it might show up in a future ... (read more)
Morning Edition Is Bliss: Part Three
Here's our latest Morning Edition cartoon by New Yorker cartoonist Harry Bliss. You'll also find it in this week's Seven Days!Visit our website to see this week's cartoon and to connect with Morning Edition on VPR.This one holds special meaning for me. Before I tore my PCL last fall, I would get up at 6 a.m. several times a week to run. Since my iPod had no FM tuner, I relied on music and ... (read more)
VPR's PrEview E-Newsletter: March 10, 2010
Last weekend I explored Rupert, Vermont’s Merck Forest. The sunny, 40-degree weather made it not only perfect for hiking and camping, but to check out its huge maple sugaring operation in action. You could actually hear the sap rushing through the extensive web of tubing that connects the acres and acres of trees. Imagine my excitement to then learn about more traditional methods of making ... (read more)
Another Day at the Office.... er, Mountain
VPR engineer Brian Marshal was working on our facilities on Mount Equinox yesterday and sent these photos back to the office.Above is the view of Little Equinox across 'the saddle' from Big Equinox. You can just see the buried guardrail to the right. Brian estimated the snow depth at 4+ feet.The photo below is taken from 'the saddle' looking back at Big Equinox. If you click on the photo to ... (read more)
The View From 3400 Feet
Over the last few weeks, VPR engineers have been working on Mount Ascutney, attempting to diagnose a problem with our WVPR 89.5 signal. Yesterday, climbers from Prescott Tower of Rutland were on the tower inspecting VPR's antenna. They found no visible problems with the antenna, so the diagnostic work will continue until the problem is found and fixed.In the meantime - enjoy the view! Mount ... (read more)
Morning Edition Is Bliss: Week Two
The second in our series of Morning Edition on VPR cartoons by New Yorker cartoonist Harry Bliss is in this week's Seven Days! For those of you with shower radios (I'll admit it, I have one!), you can probably relate!Visit our website to see this week's cartoon and to connect with Morning Edition on VPR. How do YOU wake up with Morning Edition? Let us know and it might show up in a future ... (read more)