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WORT 89.9 FM is Madison's listener-sponsored community radio station, broadcasting from 118 S. Bedford St. in Madison, Wisconsin , USA. WORT offers a whole host of programming made possible by Listener Sponsors . WORT's FM signal reaches a roughly 50-mile radius around Madison, WI. The station recently began webcasting all of its news and public affairs programs in both high quality (96K) and low quality (32K) streams. Listen on the web here . WORT MISSION STATEMENT WORT-FM is a non-commercial, listener sponsored, member controlled community radio station broadcasting to south central Wisconsin. WORT volunteers and staff provide quality programming and services to a broad spectrum of the community through:
WORT is committed to radio programming with a human perspective - respecting all peoples and their environments. PROGRAMMING WORT broadcasts a mix of music and talk programming. All of WORT's music programs are locally produced by local DJs. WORT airs 33 hours of news and public affairs programming, 21.5 of which are locally produced. All of the programmers at the station are volunteers from the community, including DJs, hosts, producers, reporters, and engineers. Music programming The weekday music schedule includes:
The weekend music lineup includes all sorts of genres. Saturdays are divvied up into two-hour shows, beginning with traditional Mexican music at 6am. At 8:00, WORT airs classic R&B, then vintage jazz and swing, then reggae, then music from all around Africa, then salsa and latin jazz, then rock 'n' roll oldies, then blues, then hip-hop all night. Sunday's music has yet more variety, including medieval and renaissance music in the morning, womyn's music in the early afternoon, followed by showtunes. World music in late afternoon, kids music at 6:30, then gospel, electronic, experimental, and avant garde music through the night. Check out the whole schedule. News and public affairs programming
WORT'S STRUCTURE The organizational structure of WORT reflects the station's principles of democratic decision making; the paid and unpaid workers (the volunteers) at the station elect the Board of Directors; the Board sets policy and hires full-time and part-time paid staff. The full-time staff is organized as a collective that operates within sound management practices and written policies established by the Board. The staff collective oversees the day-to-day operations of the station. WORT is nothing without the more than 300 volunteers who walk through the doors each week. Volunteers provide most of the on-air programming. WORT's disctinct programming is the product of the knowledge, hard work, and creativity of the on-air volunteers. In addition, many volunteers contribute to myriad off-air operations. AFFILIATIONS WORT is a member of the National Federation Of Community Broadcasters and the Grassroots Radio Coalition . WORT hosted the GRC-5 Conference in 2000 and is hosting GRC-11 in 2006. WORT is an affiliate of the Pacifica network and AMARC (World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters). WORT is an affiliate of the Public Radio Satellite System, which is how it broadcasts programs like the BBC. The station is also a member of the Wisconsin Broadcasters Association. WORT also has a standing rebroadcast agreement with Madison Indymedia {Link without Title} RECENT AWARDS WORT was voted "Madison's Favorite Radio Station" in the ''Isthmus'' Newspaper's 2005 Annual Manual (readers' poll). EXTERNAL LINKS
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