Where to Find Vermont PBS Programming and What Vermont Public Offers

Updated

Vermont PBS programming now lives at vermontpublic.org, the website of Vermont Public — the unified source for NPR and PBS programming in Vermont. If you searched for "Vermont PBS," that's the site you want: it combines the former Vermont PBS television service and VPR radio into one organization, with local news, TV episodes, podcasts, and live listening in one place.

What Vermont Public Is

Vermont Public describes itself as "Vermont's unified source for NPR and PBS programming and local, award-winning news, education, events, music, arts, and entertainment." In practice, that means the Vermont PBS and VPR brands you may remember now sit under a single banner. The site's own keywords list "vermont," "vermont pbs," and "vpr" together, confirming the three names point to the same destination.

Where to Watch PBS and Local Shows

The homepage surfaces video content in two main places:

  • Latest Episodes — a feed of recent local shows, each with a title and runtime (for example, "The removal of a historic dam," 6:14, or "Vermont author Dana Mashoian Walrath on her unflinching disaster comic 'The Book of Genocides'," 14:43).
  • All Local Shows — a fuller index of Vermont Public's local programming, listed alongside the Latest Episodes section.
  • Watch more videos from Vermont Public — a link near the video area that leads to the broader video collection.

If you're looking for a specific PBS program rather than local shows, start from the video/watch links on the homepage; the page evidence shows the site organizes video by show and episode rather than by a separate "PBS" menu.

Where to Find News, Podcasts, and Election Resources

The homepage mixes written news with audio:

Content type Where it appears Example from the site
Local news "Local News" items in the main feed Horse logging tradition; kale varieties for cool-weather gardens; fire tower restoration on Spruce and Elmore mountains
Daily news podcast "The Frequency: Daily Vermont News" "The removal of a historic dam" (6:14)
Newscast "Latest Newscast" Local Morning Newscast for Sun, Oct 18 (1:51)
Long-form conversation "Vermont Edition" Author interview (14:43); local government oddities (27:55)
Weekly review "Vermont This Week" Heating oil, housing market, affordability (26:46)
Election coverage Dedicated election section 2026 Candidate Guide, Vermont Public 2026 Poll, debate schedule at vermontpublic.org/election

The election block is a useful example of how the site bundles resources: it points to a candidate guide for looking up who's on your ballot and where to vote, a poll tracking voter sentiment, and a debate series (including an Oct. 21 gubernatorial debate).

How to Listen and Connect

  • Listen live / on demand: Episodes carry "Listen" buttons with runtimes, so you can play newscasts, The Frequency, Vermont Edition, and Vermont This Week directly from the page.
  • Connect: The homepage includes a "Let's Connect" section for staying in touch with Vermont Public.
  • Browse everything: A "Browse All News" link collects the full news feed beyond the homepage highlights.

Vermont PBS vs. Vermont Public vs. VPR

These aren't three separate services anymore. Vermont Public is the single organization; "Vermont PBS" refers to its television/PBS side and "VPR" to its radio/NPR side. For practical purposes, one website — vermontpublic.org — covers both, so you don't need to hunt for a separate Vermont PBS site.