Vermont Public is independent, community-supported media, serving Vermont with trusted, relevant and essential information. We share stories that bring people together.
We produce independent, local, award-winning news, music and programming that connect our audiences with issues, ideas and each other. We provide access to trusted content from NPR, PBS, and other national producers. And we offer educational programs and resources for educators and families.
Our programming and services are broadly available for free on our statewide radio and television broadcast networks, digital platforms, social media and in communities throughout our region.
Vermont Public was created in 2021 when Vermont Public Radio and Vermont PBS merged into a unified public media organization. We are an independent, locally owned and operated community licensee, which means that our license is owned by the community, not a governmental agency. Our primary source of funding — more than half — comes from more than 40,000 members making donations in all amounts.
If you’re new to Vermont Public, welcome! You can engage with our work in many different ways. Whether you listen live, read online, are a newsletter subscriber or a podcast listener — we're here for you.
Our vision is a Vermont public informed, engaged and inspired to create our future.
Our mission is to broaden and diversify our audience through relevant, trusted information and stories that bring people and communities together.
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Vermont Public has collaborated with the award-winning PBS science series NOVA for a second year to produce and distribute digital-first content as part of the series’ national Science & Society initiative.
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Lately there's been fresh discussion about NPR's editorial integrity and whether it has a liberal bias. At Vermont Public, we see challenging the status quo and "conventional wisdom" as part of our responsibility as a local media organization.
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The three-part series examines contested claims of the legitimacy of Vermont’s four state-recognized tribes: the Abenaki Nation of Missisquoi, the Elnu Abenaki Tribe, the Koasek Traditional Band of the Koas Abenaki Nation and the Nulhegan Band of the Coosuck Abenaki Nation.
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Calling all young musicians! Vermont Public Classical will host From The Top auditions in March 2024Calling all aspiring classical musicians! Vermont Public Classical is thrilled to announce that we’re hosting regional auditions for From the Top in March 2024! We’re looking for young musicians ages 8-18 who are high school juniors or below to try out for a chance to perform on the popular show, which can be heard on over 200 classical music stations nationwide.
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A Made Here Fund project continues to progress towards completion.
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Join us Sept. 18 through 22 for a special series on cybersecurity from WNYC. Click Here brings us stories of the people making and breaking our digital world.
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Made Here Fund projects continue to progress towards completion.
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Ida Mae Specker will host All the Traditions from Sept. 10 - Oct. 8, and Mary McGinness takes the reins from Oct. 15 - November 19.
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This week, Vermont Public will present the Vermont Community Foundation with more than $875,000 raised in its recent flood relief fundraiser to benefit the VT Flood Response and Recovery Fund 2023.
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Vermont Public has announced a new partnership with the Burlington-based nonprofit Good News Garage to administer its vehicle donation program. The program will support public media in Vermont and could provide necessary transportation to families in the state.
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Vermont Public is independent, community-supported media, serving Vermont with trusted, relevant and essential information. We share stories that bring people together.
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In response to catastrophic flooding caused by heavy rainfall last week, Vermont Public and the Vermont Community Foundation have joined forces to raise money for the VT Flood Response & Recovery Fund 2023, beginning today through midnight on Sunday, July 23.