| On November 15, 2004, WEVT FM, 98.1 on your radio dial
began broadcasting from its state of the art radio studio located in the
Dr. B. J. Kendall Center for Rural Technology and Environmental Studies. WEVT, 98.1 FM is a non-profit low power community oriented station designed to create a communication infrastructure to entertain and educate the citizens in the communities of northeast Franklin County. The FM Radio Station is the first phase of a telecommunication and education network that will service the multi-generational needs of the community. Facilities and programming will include:
The technological and educational components of the Kendall Center will be complemented by higher education partnerships with the Vermont State Colleges and the development of an agricultural research center. The focus of the research center will be the study of best farm management practices and the elimination of phosphorus stream and lake pollution by the non-chemical treatment of agricultural waste products at the source. |