The VOICE of the VALLEY
WMRW was started in 2003 when the FCC awarded Rootswork a permit to build a low-powered FM (LPFM) station at the old East Warren Schoolhouse. Rootswork is a local grassroots non-profit organization devoted to promoting sustainable agriculture and community. The schoolhouse is located at the East Warren Four Corners, the intersection of East Warren Road and the Roxbury Mountain Road.
WMRW's 2012
Fund Drive
(now in slow mode)
is still underway
until we reach our goal of $10,800
to cover our 2012 operating expenses!
If you can help meet this challenge, please click the pig to make a paypal or credit card donation, or, send a check to
WMRW, PO Box 95, Warren, VT 05674
all donations are tax deductible
Latest fundraiser update on 4/28/12 is aprox $7500
with 72 generous people donating
This Spring's Poetry Slam
co-sponsored by: The Warren Public Library, Rootswork, & WMRW
Was a huge success, with around 40 people in attendance. Great food and poetry was enjoyed by all and many people generously donated money to keep WMRW on he air!
Thanks to everyone for their support!
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Are you tired of scripted jingoistic smooth talking radio?
Do you love feral free form radio put together
by people that could be your friends, family and neighbors, and perhaps are?
Then you've come to the right community station!
The fact that we're not beholden to the government or commercial sponsors is what puts the "free" in free form community radio. Very simply, we don't have big brother supporting us, feeding us the big bucks and the scripted news and programming that comes with it. Everyone at WMRW is a volunteer (all 52 of us), so every dollar you give goes directly to pay our annual operating expenses which are budgeted for 2012 at to be $10,800. We think that's a bargain.
But for WMRW to survive and pay those bills, we need financial support of all of you that love non-commercial radio and independent media!
Please visit wmrw.org and click on the pig to make a credit card or paypal donation. If you'd rather write a check, make it out and send it to
WMRW, PO Box 95, Warren, VT 05674.
All donations are tax deductible, and will help ensure that WMRW will stay on the air at 95.1 FM, streaming at wmrw.org, and continue to be "Independent as a Hog on Ice".
In WMRWs 'Brand New Show' Department, check out:
"Live N' Well" with returning programmer Chris Mayone just starting up again as of December 2011 on Thursday evenings from 7:30 to 9:00PM. Tune in for great live music, every Thursday evening from 7:30 pm to 9 pm.
Harken to the Howl with Paul Luciano on Wednesday Mornings at 8:30AM. The Howl brings us a wild mix of theater, poetry and music to our airwaves.
The Howl is an exploration into the psyche of exuberance and the weird. Oscillating between readings from 1950's handbooks of behavorial medicine to Blake to local authors between tracks ranging from surf rock, 80's and 90's brood pop to both modern and vintage metal. The sub-plot of the show consistently inspires to not only live our lives out but to love our lives out. The show's mantra is "Espresso for the cochlear branch of the Vestibulocohclear nerve!!"
"That's when they get kinda hysterical...that's really cute ain't it?...William Carlos Williams." (J. Kerouac)
And Keeping Up with Jones, is back!
and now on Friday evenings from 7:30 to 9PM with great music and wonderfully entertaining commentary by Kelli Ecroth and Jesse Lavoie.
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STREAMING NOTE:
If you are interested in streaming WMRW with your
apple iphone, ipad, ipod touch, Blackberry, Android, Palm, or Windows Phone,
we have received high recommendations for the application
"TuneIn Radio"
http://tunein.com/
This app makes for extremely easy setup and streaming of WMRW
or any other radio station on your mobile device iphone.
During 2011, WMRW has continued to percolate with local talent from central Vermont and beyond, producing many original homegrown shows, plus our usual mix of impromptu events and conversations.
We also continue to air "alternative" news and information shows. Over this last year, we have picked up some more interesting shows. For example, "The Pollution Free Revolution", with host Don Hassig originates from upstate New York. By speaking at length to the scientists and activists that are personally working to protect our environment, Don comprehensively covers many important environmental issues, which are hardly mentioned by our mainstream news. These have so far included dioxin emissions, Canadian tar sands pollution, Marcellus Shale oil 'fracking' and more.
A licensee of Rootswork, WMRW is located on the second floor of the East Warren Schoolhouse at the corner of the Roxbury Mountain Gap and the East Warren Rd. To find out more, please call 496-4951, email us at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or visit WMRW.org and discover how you can get involved with the Mad River Valley’s only non-commercial radio station: WMRW; "independent as a hog on ice".
From the 2010 Archive.........
On 2/10/2010 at 2:10 PM
The WMRW 2010 "Hear it if You Can" fundraiser kick off.
WMRW began it's stream to the World!
,,,and yes, it was true! Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Patti Smith
did grace our airwaves on the 10th of February,with Oliver Ray
(host of “Either/Or” 2pm to 4pm on Wednesdays)
who interviewed his former band mate during his show.
Listen to the podcast of the interview.......
