WORT

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WORT
Frequency89.9 MHz
Branding
  • Eighty Nine.Nine FM
  • Community Radio
Programming
Formatcommunity radio
Affiliations
Ownership
OwnerBack Porch Radio Broadcasting, Inc.
History
First air date
December 1, 1975 (1975-12-01)
Call sign meaning
The third choice after original choice WOMB was turned down at an early station meeting and second choice WART was unavailable.[1]
Technical information[2]
Licensing authority
FCC
3596
ClassB1
ERP2,000 watts
HAAT286 meters (938 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
43°3′3.0″N 89°29′13.4″W / 43.050833°N 89.487056°W / 43.050833; -89.487056
Links
Public license information
Websitewww.wortfm.org

WORT (89.9 MHz) is a listener-sponsored community radio station in Madison, Wisconsin.

The exterior of the WORT studio building.
John Kraniak at the controls during his show, "Entertainment", in WORT's main studio.

History

WORT went on the air on December 1, 1975, broadcasting at 89.7 FM from Winnebago Avenue. The station later moved to Bedford Street, and the frequency was later changed to 89.9 FM.

Radio host Michael Feldman became a volunteer in 1977, broadcasting "The Breakfast Special" from a diner on Madison's east side every morning for several years before joining Wisconsin Public Radio.[3]

2018 studio shooting

Early in the morning of August 5, 2018, a masked suspect entered the station's studios and began shooting.[4] Five shots were fired at three hosts, with on-air personality Eugene Crisler'EL taking a shot in his right buttock; he was treated and released from the hospital quickly after the incident, and some minor studio damage occurred. The station remained in dead air for 6½ hours until Madison Police finished their evidence gathering procedures and allowed broadcasting to resume, and have said the incident was not random, but targeted at the station.[5][6][7]

Affiliations

WORT is a member of the National Federation of Community Broadcasters and the Grassroots Radio Coalition. The station hosted the GRC-5 Conference in 2000 and GRC-11 in 2006.

WORT is an affiliate of Pacifica Radio, the World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters (AMARC), and the Public Radio Satellite System, which is how it broadcasts programs like the BBC, supplied in the U.S. by American Public Media. The station is also a member of the Wisconsin Broadcasters Association.

Awards

WORT has been voted "Madison's Favorite Radio Station" in the Isthmus Annual Manual (readers' poll) sixteen times.[8] Several of its programs have made the top three list of favorite radio shows, including Mel & Floyd (multiple years), Back to the Country, and Pan-Africa.

WORT's news department frequently wins awards from the Wisconsin Broadcasters Association as well as the Milwaukee Press Club.

WORT received two Wisconsin Broadcasters Association Merit Awards for its 2006 documentary on Uganda's "invisible children" and its 2005 documentary on the Hurricane Katrina aftermath. It won best documentary in 2005 from Public Radio News Directors Incorporated for its investigation of pollution at the Madison Kipp factory. It also received a WBA Merit Award for its 2005 election lead-up coverage. In 2016, it received three Milwaukee Press Club awards, including a first-place award for coverage of the 2015 shooting of Tony Robinson.[9] In 2020, it received two Milwaukee Press Club awards for best news coverage, for stories on protests after the firing of a local school security guard and a local community grocery store.[10]

In 2021, the station received five Wisconsin Broadcaster's Association awards, including a first-place award for a report on the removal of a neighborhood's postal services.[11][12] It also won five awards from the Milwaukee Press Club, including a gold award for a report on the Dow Chemical Company protests in 1967, and a gold award for reporting on disparate medical treatment and outcomes for Black women in Dane County.[13][14]

See also

References

  1. ^ "WORT's History," from wortfm.org (accessed September 7, 2020)
  2. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WORT". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  3. ^ "Michael Feldman | Whad'ya Know?". Retrieved January 23, 2014.
  4. ^ "Announcement Regarding 8/5/18 Shooting - WORT 89.9 FM". WORT 89.9 FM. August 5, 2018. Retrieved August 7, 2018.
  5. ^ Brogan, Dylan (August 9, 2018). "WORT DJs vow to continue show after shooting". Isthmus. Retrieved August 10, 2018.
  6. ^ "Masked man enters radio station studio and shoots DJ in Wisconsin". CNN. August 6, 2018. Retrieved August 7, 2018.
  7. ^ "DJ shot by masked gunman inside Madison, Wisconsin radio station". CBS News. August 6, 2018. Retrieved August 7, 2018.
  8. ^ "Madison, Wisconsin: Isthmus Annual Manual : Madison City Guide". thedailypage. Retrieved January 23, 2014.
  9. ^ "WORT News Department Goes 3 for 3". May 23, 2016. Retrieved June 5, 2021.
  10. ^ "2019 Excellence in Journalism Awardees | Milwaukee Press Club". milwaukeepressclub.org. May 26, 2020. Retrieved June 5, 2021.
  11. ^ "WORT Takes Home the Gold (and More) in WBA Awards". WORT 89.9 FM. May 5, 2021. Retrieved June 5, 2021.
  12. ^ "Awards for Excellence Winners List 2020" (PDF). Wisconsin Broadcasters Association. Retrieved June 5, 2021.
  13. ^ "WORT News Department Wins 5 Milwaukee Press Club Awards". WORT 89.9 FM. May 25, 2021. Retrieved June 5, 2021.
  14. ^ "Milwaukee Press Club 2021 Awards list" (PDF). Milwaukee Press Club.

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