WMRW-LP, (94.5 FM) is a 100-watt (low power) all-volunteer, noncommercial, community-access FCC licensed radio station broadcasting 24 hours/day over the airwaves to the Mad River Valley, and to the outside world via the internet at wmrw.org. Our annual budget is currently around $13,000 and is entirely funded by donations and underwriting from our local business partners. WMRW is a project of the 501c3 non-profit Rootswork Inc., ?Making Space for Community to Happen?. Check out all that Rootswork does in our community at rootswork.org

The mission of WMRW-LP is :

To inform, entertain, involve, and connect the diverse community of the Mad River Valley, with non commercial, volunteer radio programming

Our Objectives Are:

1) To establish and nurture WMRW as a 100 Watt LPFM broadcasting facility which will serve, in accordance with Federal Communications Commission Rules and Regulations, the public interest, convenience, and necessity.

2) To broadcast sounds and ideas that are not generally available in other media; to serve our community with distinctly non commercial1, diverse programming that does not necessarily attempt to imitate other commercial and public radio formats.

3) To observe the principles outlined in the Fairness Doctrine2.

4)  To facilitate respectful, constructive interaction and communication on all topics, through: live and taped interviews, field recordings, talk shows, discussions, debates, music, drama, and more.

5) To provide the easiest possible access to our airwaves, to the most people within the community, with the least interference.3

Core values of WMRW include the  following :

1) Equal Access to the Airwaves by individuals is essential for the preservation of our right of free speech.

2) A well functioning democracy needs an informed citizenry. ,

3) Justice for all, is furthered by the broad dissemination of information and knowledge.