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WORT 89.9FM Madison

WORT 89.9FM Madison

Listener-sponsored, volunteer-powered, noncommercial community radio broadcasting to south-central Wisconsin at 89.9 FM and online at wortfm.org via our studios in Madison. We provide an outlet for communication, education, free expression, entertainment, training and access for the purpose of sharing music, information, news, and cultural experiences, and strive to give people underrepresented elsewhere in traditional media a voice. NOTE: Most of the content posted at this time are news stories

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00:07:44

Isiah Holmes Outlines Milwaukee’s Secretive...

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2024/06/27

Four years ago, the city of Milwaukee was slated to host the Democratic National Convention. Like many things in 2020, their plans largely went out the window and the majority of the convention was held virtually. But the Milwaukee Police Department had already amassed a ton of new gear and upgraded their surveillance system in preparation for the event. The Wisconsin Examiner, via an open records request, gained a massive amount of insight into those upgrades. And Isiah Holmes, a reporter with

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00:05:04

"Oscar Mayer" Apartments Going up; Environmental...

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2024/06/27

553 affordable apartments are going up on a post-industrial site at Oscar Mayer complex. 250 units are for seniors and 303 are for families and individuals. Many local residents have raised important environmental concerns that they believe have not been addressed.

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00:04:40

Madison’s Metro Helps Riders With Their Questions...

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2024/06/27

Have questions about Bus Rapid Transit? A new program hosted at Madison libraries aims to deliver answers directly from Madison Metro employees. Earlier this week, W-O-R-T Reporter James Tishler headed to a “Go by Metro” event at Pinney (pin-eee) Library.

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00:13:44

Badgering Wisconsin Clerks

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2024/06/27

Elections in Wisconsin are conducted by more than 1,800 local clerks at the town, village, city, and county levels, some of whom only work a minimum number of hours a week and don’t have the resources to respond to frivolous lawsuits regarding the administration of elections. Scott McDonell, Dane County Clerk, joins the 8 O’Clock Buzz to talk about the recent attempt by a 2020 election-denier to make it much more difficult to vote by absentee ballot in the State of Wisconsin. Josh Kaul,

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00:20:23

Tending the Garden of Fair Elections

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2024/06/27

There’s an adage, “making the billy goat the gardener” that may apply to a member of the Wisconsin Elections Commission (WEC), the organization entrusted with making sure the State’s elections are fairly run. Bob Spindell, a Republican-Party appointment to the Commission, and one of the fake electors who attempted to overturn the 2020 Presidential election, remains a member of the Commission even after his involvement in throwing out the popular vote of the people of Wisconsin. Nicholas Ramos,

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00:53:30

Guns Fuel Domestic Violence with Mariel Barnes

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2024/06/27

Last week, the US Supreme Court voted 8-1 to keep guns out of the hands of domestic abusers. In United States v. Rahimi the justices found that the federal law prohibiting domestic abusers subject to protective orders from possessing guns is constitutional under the Second Amendment. The Court’s decision affirms that individuals who pose a credible threat to the safety of another person should not be able to buy or possess a gun. The sole justice to vote against came from Justice Clarence Thomas

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00:17:09

Madison Labor Radio Demo - May 9, 1995

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2024/06/27

Madison Labor Radio broadcasts labor news by and about working people for over 25 years. Co-founder and executive producer Frank Emspak produced Madison Labor Radio from its founding to his death, joined by the co-founder and co-producer Ellen LaLuzerne until her passing in 2023.

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00:06:34

Forecast For Wednesday 6 - 26 - 24

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2024/06/27

Photo by David Devereaux-Weber

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00:02:50

Anti-War Demonstrators Stage Die-In Outside Downtown...

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2024/06/26

Tens of thousands of people are expected to gather in downtown Madison tonight for the first Concerts on the Square of the summer.Meanwhile, a convention of arms manufacturers is just down the street at Monona Terrace. And a coalition of local, anti-war orgs are staging a die-in outside the convention, saying the attendees are responsible for the rising death toll in Gaza. Image courtesy: Kit Moore / WORT News.

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00:09:40

Scott Gordon Says New State Law Undermines Purpose of...

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2024/06/26

Law enforcement agencies across the state are now allowed to charge redaction fees when fulfilling open records requests for body-worn footage. That’s thanks to Act 253, which Governor Evers signed into law earlier this year. And the UW-Madison Police Department has already put the new law into practice, as culture outlet Tone Madison discovered late last month. Scott Gordon, editor in chief of Tone Madison, published his in-depth analysis of Act 253’s impact yesterday. He tells WORT News Producer

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00:10:17

Madison Labor Radio Programmers Remember Frank Emspak

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2024/06/26

Frank Emspak was the co-founder and executive producer of Madison Labor Radio, with the late Ellen LaLuzerne. After his passing on June 14, Madison Labor Radio programmers remembered Frank for his guidance, empathy, commitment to organizing, and deep knowledge of labor strategies.

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00:53:18

Celebrating LGBTQ Rights in Wisconsin

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2024/06/26

June is Pride Month and on today’s show we celebrate the legal and social advancements made for LGBTQ Wisconsinites. In 1982 Wisconsin was the first state to make it illegal to discriminate based on sexual orientation in employment and housing. Host Ali Muldrow is joined by Governor Tony Evers who talks about allyship from public officials, Judy Davidoff who reflects on the 2014 overturning of Wisconsin’s same-sex marriage ban (the year before the US Supreme Court’s marriage equality decision in

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00:28:53

Buzz - 6-26 - 24 - Nick - Wurst

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2024/06/26

As freight railroads continue to consolidate and propose single-operator trains, two unions -- one for the engineers and another for conductors -- are at each others' throats to see which will be the last man standing. Nick Wurst, General Secretary for Rail Workers United, is attempting to unify the two unions to give workers stronger bargaining power to control work schedules, promote safety, and bring innovation to rail in the U.S.

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00:19:44

Buzz - 6-26 - 24 - Jose - Santos - Moreno

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2024/06/26

In his June 18, 2024 article "Four Years After George Floyd’s Murder, Congress Has Unfinished Work to Bring Needed Change", Director of Justice Reform at the Friends Committee on National Legislation, Jose Santos Moreno talks about how national legislature "George Floyd Justice in Policing Act" regarding the use by police of choke holds, racial profiling, and creation of a national registry for abusive police has stalled in Congress. He expands on those issues in his conversation with Jan

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00:10:01

Working as a Solar Installer (Part 2)

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2024/06/26

Nelson and Riley continue discussing working as a solar installer for Madison. Riley and Nelson dive deep into the technological side of solar panels, "There is a lot of work that goes into even a single solar installation, and I am a small part of that. But also, we have done a lot of work. We just surpassed two megawatts of energy installed. You know, it does add up, it does make a difference," states Nelson. Nelson reveals the best way to get involved in Madison's GreenPower Program: Be yourself,

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00:48:48

The Black People Rule

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2024/06/26

Today on the Too Turnt Up Tuesday 8:00 Buzz with Tara Wilhelmi and RR Moore featuring Miss Herb, checking in on what’s going on, talking about the event safety failure and stampede at Vegandale Fest this weekend in Chicago, and, as a bonus, talking about love and music with Tara Wilhelmi III.Music from today’s show: https://spinitron.com/WORT/pl/19156124/Tuesday-8-O-Clock-Buzz Listen in Madison at 89.9FM or online anywhere at wortfm.org. Support your community radio with a donation online at

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00:09:13

UW-Madison’s Steven Wright Calls for Federal...

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2024/06/25

All eyes are on Wisconsin’s state prisons, after the Dodge County Sheriff’s office charged Waupun’s former warden and eight other staff members with felonies earlier this month. Those charges follow an investigation into four deaths at the prison over the last year. Meanwhile, the state’s Department of Corrections and the United States Department of Justice are conducting their own investigations at the facility. Last Friday, Steven Wright, a clinical professor at UW-Madison’s Law School,

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00:03:58

Madison School Board Signs Off On Funding Referendums

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2024/06/25

This November, Madison voters will approve or reject a proposed budget increase for the Madison Metropolitan School District. W-O-R-T reporter Jonas Tijerino has more.

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00:03:41

Call for Action: Food Pantry Shortages in Dane County

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2024/06/25

This morning, a coalition of three dozen Dane County food pantries published a full-page letter in the Wisconsin State Journal. It begins, “Dane County, we need your help.” Photo courtesy of Aaron Doucett

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00:25:26

Moving Forward with Open Doors for Refugees

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2024/06/25

World View was delighted to welcome Open Doors for Refugees Executive Director, Cecilia Gillhouse to the studio on June 23rd. Cecilia is ODFR’s first employee as the organically-grown organization had been headed by and staffed by volunteers since its inception in 2016. With the retirement of esteemed co-founder, Ken Baun, ODFR hired Cecilia to lead the organization in January and we invited her to come and tell us about herself and what’s happening and what’s ahead for Open Doors. Open Doors

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