Dear WVKR Community, Today, October 6th, Is National College Radio Day, and is also the 47th Anniversary of WVKR beginning our FM broadcast! It is a day of celebration for us on both accounts.  College radio is an unmatched platform–it lifts voices, has arguably the most unique programming on any broadcast medium, and lets students… Read more

Hello loyal WVKR listeners! Tuesday, September 12th marks the start of our annual Pledge Drive, our major yearly fundraiser! Our Pledge Drive provides a major percentage of our annual budget and allows for both the continuation of our station as well as independent radio as a whole. This year, Pledge Drive will take place from… Read more

D.B. Brown’s long-standing Hudson Valley Rag Shop, which has previously aired on Tuesdays from 6-8PM, will now be switching to a podcast-only format. Starting this week, (June 6th, 2023) to hear the weekly podcast of the Rag Shop and its eclectic Americana tracks, send a request to D.B. at folk@wvkr.org!! A big thanks and many… Read more

WVKR IS PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THE GREAT WVKR SCAVENGER HUNT Starting today, November 2, until the end of the month of November, the station will be hosting a scavenger hunt. With prizes.  Here’s to play: listen in to the station every Wednesday, Friday and Sunday for the clue of the day submit your answer to… Read more

Hello WVKR listeners! We are once again gearing up for our favorite part of the year: our annual Pledge Drive! Pledge Drive is your opportunity to give back to WVKR and help keep independent radio alive. Formally, Pledge Drive will take place from Tuesday Sept. 6th through Monday September 12th, however, we also welcome pledges… Read more

Dear WVKR Community, It is with a heavy heart that we deliver news of the passing of Bill Eberle, a dear member of our community and a DJ at our station for almost 30 years. He rebroadcast shows from the Golden Age of Radio as well as classic country music, and will be sorely missed.… Read more

Hello WVKR Community, Recently, a wonderful article was written about our station featuring interviews from our General Manager, Chloe, and student/community DJs such as Pete Clark (The Orphanage of Rock n’ Roll) and DJ Alfred Prufrock (The Treehouse).   Check it out here: https://ourculturemag.com/2022/05/06/wvkr-vassars-sound-garden/  Read more

Dearest WVKR Family, After over 13 years of having the same website look, Exec decided it was time for a change–welcome to the new and improved WVKR.org! Everything is in the same place as it was before, just with updated graphics. We really hope you enjoy this new theme! Reach out to Casey at techdirector@wvkr.org… Read more

Dear listeners, Thank you so much for supporting us this fall semester. Starting December 12, 2021 we will be moving into our winter schedule. Most students will also be on break during this time. Because of this, please be patient in regards to Pledge Drive Premium deliveries and responses to email messages at this time.… Read more

Hello WVKR listeners!   We are once again gearing up for our favorite part of the year: our annual Pledge Drive! Pledge Drive is your opportunity to give back to WVKR and help keep independent radio alive. Formally, Pledge Drive will take place from Tuesday, September 7 to Monday, September 13. However, we welcome pledges… Read more

Dear WVKR listeners,   We want to take a moment to recognize the retirement of Bill Eberle, a cherished member of the WVKR community. For more than 30 years, Bill has entertained listeners with his two beloved programs, Radio Showtime (now hosted by Jeremiah Ventry-McGee on Sunday evenings), and Classic Country on Wednesday mornings. While… Read more

Hello WVKR listeners!   After a brief delay, we are once again gearing up for our favorite part of the year: our annual Pledge Drive! Pledge Drive is your opportunity to give back to WVKR and help keep independent radio alive. Formally, Pledge Drive will take place from Sunday, October 25th to Saturday, October 31st.… Read more

WVKR listeners, Thank you so much for an incredible pledge drive. I am so inspired by the love you all have for this station! We depend on the pledge drive to keep our radio station up and running, Though we no longer will have volunteers answering phones, you can still make a pledge/donate. To make… Read more

HELLO LISTENERS OF WVKR, First and foremost our station would like to recognize the end of one of our longest running shows, ‘Radio Showtime’. For 30 years Bill Eberle has been providing our listeners with old time radio shows from the 40s, 50s and 60s every Sunday evening. For the time being, Bill will continue… Read more

Dear Pledgers near and far, We understand the holidays may have left you wondering if your radio goodies got lost in the post. Fear not! In changing distributors and payment of such, we encountered few obstacles with communication with services on our premiums this year. Our apologies regarding the lateness of premiums mailing, and know that we… Read more

D E A R  WVKR  listeners: Our air studio has been facing hardware issues since last summer’s storms. We’ve been repairing as more hits have been happening and malfunctions arise with our newly installed equipmeny. The recent interruptions in program are a result of this issue. ☔️?⚡️ We’ve currently moved to using our production studio, where… Read more

⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡ WVKR listeners, After a summer of storms, your fav indie radio’s 2018 PLEDGE DRIVE WILL RUN TODAY, SEPT 18 to MONDAY NIGHT, SEPT 24!!! We rely on the pledge drive to make a large portion of our yearly budget–to help pay for annual bills and repairs, and to keep independent radio alive! To make… Read more

Hello WVKR family — WVKR was recently greatly affected by the storms of 08/03 and 08/17. During both of those storms significant portions of Vassar College lost power, thus putting the station off the air overnight. In addition to power outages, there have been other difficulties behind the scenes, further complicating the station’s broadcasting. Specifically,… Read more

Dang, where has the time gone? Summer is nearly half way over,  :-( Still, we have a bit more than a month left with our summer DJs – plenty of time to to tune in. Attached is the 2k18 summer schedule so y’all know what you’re listening to! One love, WVKR Summer Staff UPDATED WVKR… Read more

WVKR and SLD (Student Labor Dialogue) are hosting a big spring/summer blowout sale! WVKR will be selling merch including new dolphin shower radios, t shirts, totes, usb drives, big and small stickers There will also be clothes on sale with proceeds going toward an SLD hardship fund. Hit us up if you want to sell… Read more

WELCOME TO PINK NOISES Pink Noises celebrates femme/nonbinary electronic artists in the music industry. This two-part event begins with a series of workshops led by 4 incredible visiting artists. Later that evening these very same artists will showcase their skills, blessing us with set after live set WORKSHOPS take place in Rocky starting at 5PM.… Read more

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It might not feel like spring and we might have not announced the winter schedule, but that doesn’t mean that the winter schedule hasn’t come and gone and the spring schedule isn’t now here! Tune in today to hear your favorite WVKR shows, some of which were also on air last week, but some weren’t!… Read more

Tune in to Rita Ryan’s LocalMotion on 91.3 WVKR Wednesdays 4-6pm. LocalMotion plays music of the Hudson Valley area inclluding musicians that live here, those coming to perform in our area venues and those coming to our world class area recording studios. LocalMotion almost always has an interview with a guest in studio or on the phone.… Read more

Tune in to Steve Shavkin’s “Mostly Folk” show from 5:30 to 6:30am on Monday and Saturday mornings. He plays mostly folk music with some soft rock and country in the mix. Steve grew up with the music that he play and says that having an opportunity to share it with listeners is “awesome.” Be sure… Read more

Listen to Sunday Mornings With Nate 7-9am Sundays. A mix of music on only vinyl and a few tapes, with Nate. Here’s a playlist from Nate’s last show to get you in the mood for next Sunday: https://www.mixcloud.com/WVKRNate/september-24-2017/ tune in every week!   Read more

Thank you so much to all of our listeners for supporting us in another successful pledge drive! We are incredibly grateful for your generosity, and are really pleased that WVKR has funding for another year!   Independent radio forever, love WVKR Read more

Hi everyone, We’re happy to announce that this year’s pledge drive will be September 12-18! Pledge drive helps us make up about half of our yearly operating budget and we depend on it to keep the station running. Donations of any amount are appreciated! To make a pledge: Dial 845-437-7178 during pledge drive week to… Read more

The online stream is officially up and running. Sorry again to our friends who couldn’t tune in, but we’re back at it! all the best, wvkr summer staff Read more

Heads up that the online steam is down. It will hopefully be up and running in no time. That said, for our close friends, it might be time to whip out the stereo and tune in to 91.3fm ! Distant friends, we really apologize but definitely #stay #tuned for updates. with love, wvkr summer staff Read more

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The rumor is that the WVKR RECORD FAIR IS TOMORROW–Saturday April 8th from 10am to 3pm in the Vassar College Main Building!! The rumor is also that we have 9 vendors AND New Confectioner selling vegan ice cream!! The rumors are true!!! Read more

JUST THREE DAYS BEFORE THE RECORD FAIR!–Come on down to QUINN’s (330 Main st. in Beacon!) on WEDNESDAY APRIL 5th to see some of your FAVORITE WVKR DJs **LIVE** and in person!! The magic will happen between 8pm and midnite–MARK YOUR CALENDARS NOW! A VAN will leave from Vassar’s main circle at 8:30pm to take any VASSAR STUDENTS who want to come out and support!!… Read more

Come out and support the station at the annual WVKR RECORD FAIR on April 8th!! This year we have more vendors than ever–8 selling records/etc and 1 selling vegan frozen desserts!!!! Read more

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        HEADS UP guys and dolls!! You can see the ever-urbane, ever-exceptional JONNY the BOY (of the famous Bachelor Pad @ Colony Three) DJing ***LIVE*** at Quinn‘s (330 Main st. in Beacon) on FRIDAY FEBRUARY 10th!!! The show starts at 9pm and runs till 1am!! Mark your calendars now!!  **************** Read more

Weather too bad–quinn’s nite cancelled tonight–will be rescheduled next month! Stay tuned!! Read more

Come to QUINN’S (330 Main st. in Beacon) on TUESDAY, JANUARY 24th to see some of your favorite VKR DJs performing ****LIVE!!***** Between 8pm and midnight DJs including DAWN from dawn at dawn, FRED and ELI from Activist Radio, and JEREMIAH from Voyage into Vinyl will be spinning records, reciting poetry, and/or playing live music!!!… Read more

Happy new year from THE GREATEST RADIO STATION IN THE WORLD: 91.3fm WVKR! We’re sure this is going to be our best year ever–and yours too! Looking for a new year’s resolution? Here’s the best one ever: tell 5 new friends about WVKR!!!!! Spread the word and help support independent media!!!  ♣♣♣♣♣♣♣♣♣♣♣♣ Here are a… Read more

THIS FRIDAY (Dec 2nd) Jonny the boy will be DJing a **LIVE** version of his BACHELOR PAD at COLONY THREE from 9pm-1am at QUINNS (330 Main st. Beacon)!!! Come out to support VKR’s most inscrutably roguish DJ and hear some groovy space-age lounge music!!! ♣♣♣♣♣♣♣♣♣♣♣♣♣♣♣♣♣♣♣♣ Read more

  This TUESDAY (Nov 22) come see your favorite WVKR DJs playing **LIVE** sets at QUINN’s (330 Main st. in Beacon)   FEATURING: PRIMITIVE GEORGE of The Primitive Show: 8pm-10pm JAY SPICA of the Thin Air Show: 10pm-11pm FOUND OBJECT: 11pm-11:30pm and more surprises all the way till midnight!!!!   Read more

      ◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊ Visit the TIRELESS WVKR ROAD CREW at the BEACON FARMER’s MARKET on Sunday October 30th between 10am and 3pm!!!! We will have on-air talent available to sign autographs ;) and DISCOUNTED MERCH!! Don’t miss out on this spookily cool opportunity to support the mighty 91.3 (thanks George)!! If you already got… Read more

♣Just to give you an idea of the brain trust ;-)  we’ve got here behind the scenes at WVKR—-BILL EBERLE built a RADIO TRANSMITTER into AN OLD REFRIGERATOR!!!!!! WHEN HE WAS 15!!!!! Bill KNOWS radio!!! If you want to hear him in action, tune in to one or BOTH of his two great programs on 91.3fm:  Classic… Read more

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT in this year’s pledge drive!  It was our best pledge drive since 2008 and the second best pledge drive in the history of WVKR!!! We also had a huge increase in number of pledges–so thanks to all our new supporters! This proves, once and for all, that we… Read more

Can you believe it?!!?! The annual WVKR PLEDGE DRIVE starts this TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 6th, and runs till next MONDAY SEPTEMBER 12th!!!! Spread the word and help us keep INDEPENDENT RADIO alive and well! We rely on your support to make necessary repairs/renovations and we appreciate every pledge, no matter how small!!! ♣♣♣♣♣♣♣♣♣♣♣♣♣♣♣♣♣♣♣♣♣♣♣♣♣♣♣♣♣♣♣♣♣♣♣♣♣♣♣♣♣♣ There are TWO different… Read more

The WVKR pledge drive will be held from SEPTEMBER 6TH-12TH!!!!!!!!! Mark it on your calendars, shout it from the rooftops, write it on your forehead and then walk down a busy street!!!!!! Tell everyone you know and then start meeting new people just so you can tell them!!!! ♣♣♣♣♣♣♣♣♣♣♣♣♣♣♣♣♣♣♣♣♣♣♣♣♣♣♣♣♣♣♣♣♣♣♣♣♣♣♣♣♣♣♣♣♣♣♣♣ We rely on the pledge drive… Read more

The tireless WVKR ROAD CREW will be out at the Beacon Farmer’s Market THIS SUNDAY, AUGUST 28th from 10:00am to 3:00pm!!! We’ll have discounted merch (including shirts, tanks, and totes!) and FREE STICKERS! The market is located at: Red Flynn Drive, Beacon, NY 12508–right by the river!! Who knows, you might even see some of your favorite… Read more

WVKR will be hanging out and tabling at the DARKSIDE BAZAAR this Sunday, August 14th, from 11am-6pm! The event will take place at Darkside Records, on 611 Dutchess Turnpike, Poughkeepsie, New York 12603– Stop by and pick up some WVKR MERCH!!   Read more

Tune in to Scott Raymond’s Secret Music show this coming Sunday (August 7th) to hear a performance and interview with guitarist Markus Reuter! Markus has composed and performed music in many different genres, from ambient to classical to progressive rock–both solo and with the band Stick Men. Markus plays a touch guitar of his own invention,… Read more

Tune in  to WVKR tomorrow,  (July 27th) from 5-6 pm, to hear Rita Ryan interview guest Cindy Cashdollar. Cindy  is a renowned non pedal steel guitar and Dobro artist. She has received five Grammy Awards with her band Asleep at the Wheel, and has played with Bob Dylan, Leon Redbone, Rod Stewart, Van Morrison, Ryan Adam as a member of his band The Cardinals. Don’t forget to tune to 91.3 tomorrow to hear Rita Ryan and Cindy… Read more

♣ Listen to THE PRIMITIVE SHOW–“garage rock from the 60s to the new millennium”–every FRIDAY from 12-3 on WVKR, 91.3fm and wvkr.org!! ♣ Read more

Tune in to WVKR this Wednesday (June 22) at 5 to hear Rita Ryan interview The Big Takeover on this week’s edition of LocalMotion. The Big Takeover is a New York based reggae band with over 500 shows under its belt! This high-energery sextet mixes reggae and ska influences to create a unique sound. The band, lead… Read more

15 WVKR seniors. 15,000,000 tears to shed at graduation. 1 week. 35+ HOURS OF FAREWELL SHOWS, MARATHONS, CO-DJ SPECIALS, ET CETERA!!!! You heard that right – to celebrate our eldest student DJs, we’re dedicating all student airtime this week to senior programming! Tune in while you still can and catch: Spring tha Trap: Go hard with all… Read more

      Do any of the above images resonate with you? Can you see yourself in them? Imagine broadcasting the sounds of your heart (and vocal cords) at 3400 watts to 5 states, and also anywhere in the world over the web. Imagine you’re having fun and feeling really proud because that’s what it… Read more

Hello loyal listeners! Whew, it’s been a while… …Time really flies, as they say, especially these few fleeting years we call “The College Years.” As the trees bloom, and then get snowed on, and then (hopefully) bloom again, we’re reminded of our own endings and new beginnings here at WVKR. With that in mind, it’s… Read more

On Friday, April 22nd, 2016, in an effort to amplify voices and identities typically underrepresented in electronic and hip-hop, WVKR presents a series of workshops, a panel, and performances by four talented musicians. We aim to teach, empower, and inspire the Vassar music scene to work towards a more inclusive future. Please note, workshops will… Read more

According to James, Music Director Pinegrove – Cardinal [Run for Cover] Must listen / Perfect songwriting / That is all I will say Lust For Youth ­– Compassion [Sacred Bones] New Order-influenced europop that will make you feel cool perhaps Essaie Pas ­– Demain est une autre nuit [DFA] Francophile minimal goth techno YOU’RE WELCOME… Read more

Saturday, April 23, from 10AM to 3PM, we are hosting our annual Record Fair in Main building on Vassar’s campus! This fair is open to the public and should be a lot of fun. See http://www.wvkr.org/recordfair/ for more information. Read more

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When the numbers on the clock changed to 12:00 and our calendars switched from Monday the 14th to Tuesday the 15th, WVKR’s 2015 Pledge Drive officially came to a close. The students and faculty that make up WVKR’s executive staff just wanted to issue to our listeners an enormous thank you, for all the loyalty you’ve… Read more

Hello Listeners, The most important week of the year is almost here! Pledge Drive 2015 is from Tuesday, September 8th until Monday, September 14th. To make a donation, you may call us at (845) 437-7178, or print out a mail-in form (click here!). Donating to WVKR helps us continue our mission to provide the community… Read more