Community Radio for Rutland County and the Killington Valley

"So often, radio stations are manned from far away, with no local personalities or connection with the audience," Tibbs said in an interview. "Ours will be independent and public, meaning Rutland County won't get lost in the mix as they do on many other Vermont radio stations.

"We will offer a variety of music, labeled as triple A - adult album alternative - and Americana. That means good old rock 'n' roll, blues, jazz, and country - a variety suited to give the listeners of Rutland County the music they love but has been unavailable on the air."

He plans to use the station as a sounding board for the full gamut of nonprofit and community-based organizations in the county, as a partner with the Rutland school system in terms of offering student internships in broadcasting, and in collaboration with the Rutland County Farmers Market, from which he will broadcast live each Saturday.

-"We're not reinventing the wheel-, but our station is going to do a kind of radio not done in Vermont - we'll have live performances, local acts, lots of input from the rich array of community partners in the region. Local is key," he said.

Other offerings will include local recreation, sports and concert calendars; interviews with local business, arts, and sports figures; interviews with local and well-known performers appearing locally; regional news and weather reports, and a farm report. The station will host a You Tube channel for video and sound recordings of local performers. Tibbs even dreams of presenting radio theater and sponsoring a monthly book club.

There will be some Grateful Dead, too, as Tibbs has broadcast a national Dead show for 28 years. And, of course, there will be that voice - still with a trace of southern accent and the inimitable announcement -"It's your Uncle Dave"