WGDR Radio (91.1 FM, Plainfield, Vermont) plans to preempt their usual programming in the afternoon on Wednesday (February 23rd) for some local coverage concerning homelessness and related matters within Vermont.

Live blog coverage, via CoverItLive, is scheduled to begin when WGDR does so at or around 2:30 PM (EST) and is planned to go until 6:00 PM (EST), which should be available on the WGDR Website and is also posted on Vermont Watch, here (Update: due to technical difficulties, the live blog player could not be directly embedded on the WGDR Website).

Word is Governor Peter Shumlin is planning on calling into WGDR sometime around or after 2:30 PM or so 3:05 PM (Updated).

It is also reported that Agency of Human Services (AHS) Secretary Doug Racine will be at the WGDR studio sometime during the day as well.

In addition, information has it that state Senator Anthony Pollina also plans to call into WGDR during its homelessness related broadcast.

Excerpts of information from sidebar of WGDR Website:

The Homelessness Marathon is an annual 14-hour radio broadcast featuring the voices and stories of homeless people from around the United States. The Homelessness Marathon features live call-ins all night long via a national toll-free number. WGDR invites everyone to come down to the station during the marathon. We are a “listening station” where people can gather in solidarity around the issue of homelessness. The station is on the Campus of Goddard College, Plainfield, Vermont.

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Call Ruth Wilder at the station for more information about the special program, or if you want to participate. 802-322-1720

Listen to WGDR in the Central Vermont area on 91.1 FM or stream the station live, here.

Afterwards, live blogging of WGDR’s coverage during the 2011 Homelessness Marathon broadcast originating from Kansas City, Missouri will begin at 7:00 PM (EST) on Wednesday, February 23rd and, barring any technical difficulties or falling asleep, will continue until 9:00 AM (EST) on Thursday, February 24th, 2011.

The Homelessness Marathon’s mission is to raise consciousness about homelessness and poverty in America and around the world. We operate on a shoestring budget and the dedication of volunteers, so your contribution will really make a difference.

Elsewhere within Vermont, WVEW – 107.7 FM – Brattleboro Community Radio will also be airing the Homelessness Marathon as well as preempting their usual programming to provide hour-long local coverage beginning at 6:00 PM (EST).

Read an article about it (via The Commons), here.

One can also view the entire broadcast of the Homelessness Marathon, whose Website will have an embedded player streaming live video feed via Free Speech TV.

In the meantime, to learn more about this consciousness raising event, view a brief promo, here and, a short clip from a 2009 interview of Jeremy Alderson aka Nobody, here (via YouTube).