Vermont Viewpoint

9:00 to 9:30

Col Finnagan

Wing Commander

Vermont Air National Guard

9:30-10:15

General Gregory Knight

Vermont Air and National Guard

Updates and looking at 2025

10:15 to 11:00

Matt Cota

Montpelier updates on upcoming vehicle regs.

Starting on January 1, registered EV owners will begin paying an annual fee. Battery electric vehicles will cost an extra $89 annually, and plug-in hybrids will get charged an additional $44.50. Given the number of electric cars on the road, this is expected to raise $1.7 million in 2026. Money from the fees on EVs will be set aside to fund more electric vehicle chargers. None will go to fix Vermont’s roads. At least not until the state creates a Mileage-Based User Fee (MBUF), which won’t happen until at least 2026.

9:15 - homelessness through the eyes of those who had the press conference the other day. Former senators Jim Leddy, Vince Illuzzi and Will Hunter along with current senator Tanya Vyhovsky. 

10 am - Bob Ney. 

10:30 - The year in culture with critic Keenan Ellis. 

Lee Kittel takes your calls as we hear from Vermonters about holidays shenanigans.

Thank you to our listeners for sticking with us these holidays. Hope you all are having a cheerful stretch this snowy time of year.

Wishing you the best from us at WDEV, we can't do radio without you.

Wishing you all the very best from us here at WDEV as Brad Ferland counts down the time until Christmas.

9:00 to 10:00

David Kelly-Remembering and Tribute to David Mallett

10:00 to 11:00

Vermont Musician Jess O’Brien

Bringing in Christmas

9:00 to 10:00

Terry Lovelette

Local Vermont Author new book Down-Back

10:00 to 11:00

Elisabeth Von Trapp

3rd annual Bringing in Christmas

Week in Review

9:30 -  E.B. Flory, our Director of Food Safety and Dairy Section Chief at Vt Agency of Agriculture on the bird flu outbreak. 

10 - Bob Ney

10:30 - the owners of Foxy, the new cafe in Barre. 

Our very own Lee Kittel takes your calls along side BRIAN MCNABB as they discuss how to make your home safer for aging individuals.

Brian is an ally at TRUBLU Home Service which can be reached at:

802-638-0000 

9-9:30am Mayor Mark Taylor, Mayor of Florham Park New Jersey, joins the show to update listeners on the ongoing drone issue in the Garden State.

9:30-10am Isabel Soto, Policy Director for the Libre Initiative, provides insight into immigration policy changes coming with the incoming Trump Administration

10-10:30am Greg Moore, State Director for Americans for Prosperity New Hampshire, updates listeners on key policy changes the Granite State is looking to adopt in 2025

10:30-11am Sofia Hamilton, Policy Analyst for Americans for Prosperity, discusses how to increase healthcare options and lower prices for Vermonters

Vermont Viewpoint with Isaac Evans-Frantz:

Farewell for Now –– In Isaac's final episode hosting Vermont Viewpoint, he brought back a few familiar voices to check in, and a few new voices, too.

9 — Monica Allard - VT Queer Legal Professionals

9:30 — Dr. Julie Lowell and Stephanie Yu, Public Assets Institute

9:45 —  Sen. Anthony Pollina

10 — Treasurer Mike Pieciak

10:30 — Lynn Levine, forester and author

10:45 —  Farewell

9:00 to 9:30

Stephen Heffernan

New elected Senator Addison County

9:30-10:30

Lausanne Allen

Lausanne is a weaver, spinner and dyer who continues to juggle her passion for fiber arts alongside her love of playing & teaching music.

Va-et-vient

Vermont Female Trio – Québecois, French and Cajun tunes!

Lausanne Allen, Suzanne Germain, Carol Reed

10:30 to 11:00

Leslie Wright

Shelburne Museum

Director of Advancement at Shelburne Museum

Shelburne Museum

Winter Lights at Shelburne Museum is a brilliant and beautiful display of colorful light installations with musical moments throughout the Museum’s campus.