Vermont’s oldest radio station, WVMT-AM, is celebrating 100 years of radio broadcasting today! Known then as WCAX-AM and owned by the University of Vermont, this station has seen a century of changes including watt increases, tower /transmitter sites, ownership transfers, formats and dozens of legendary personalities, most notably Ernie Farrar* who was on the air for over 50 years!

Current hosts of WVMT’s Morning Show, “The Morning Drive”, Anthoni Neri and Kurt Wright hosted a dozen special guests including former air personalities George Goldring, Gary Wheelock, Mark Esberg, Charlie Papillo, Eric Michaels*, Crazy K, Marcus Certa and Joe Tymecki as well as former owner Paul Goldman* and current owner Ken Barlow*. Listeners were treated to hearing vintage jingles, air checks, stories and memories as only an AM talk station can do!

WVMT-AM has such a long history, it’s impossible to sum it up here, but we want to pay tribute to some of the other broadcasters that helped make WVMT what it is (that were not already mentioned above), including former owners George Cameron* and Si Goldman; air personalities Jack Barry*, Ken Greene*, Dean Slack* Rod Hill*, Jim Donovan, Bob Sherman, Bill Arnold, Chip Hobarts, Thom Richards, Brett Jarvis, Lisa Nagel, Dave McGowen, Jim Knight, Chris LeBlanc, Eric St. James and Jay Roberts as well as support staff Tom Cheek*, John Hill, Kay Cromie, Wayne Barrows, Larry Brett, Margie Stern, Ed Stone, Bruce Parmenter, Mike Seguin and Jean Walsh* (*denotes member of the VAB Hall of Fame.)

Watch the WCAX-TV Story Here