WORT 89.9 FM Volunteer-Powered Listener-Sponsored Community Radio WORT Music Hosts Confess Their First

We asked WORT music hosts if they remember the first piece of music they bought. Yes, they do! How well do you know WORT music hosts? See if you can match the host to their first music purchased. Answers on page 6.

1) Rockin John McDonald, A) Annie Musical Soundtrack, cassette I Like It Like That B) The Beatles: Meet the Beatles, LP 2) Dave Watts, Blues Cruise C) Bill Doggett: Honky Tonk, 45 3) Bill, The Walkin’ Doctor, D) Bill Haley and His Comets: Friday on My Mind Shake, Rattle and Roll, 45

Guide 4) Harry Rag, Friday on My Mind E) Buffalo Springfield: Buffalo 5) Vinyl Ritchie, Springfield, LP ’ Vinyl Resting Place F) Clark Sisters: You Brought the 6) Cooper Talbot, Sunshine, LP Her Infinite Variety G) CW McCall: Convoy, 45 7) Bad Sister Heidi, H) Desmond Dekker & the Aces: Psychoacoustics Israelites, 45 8) Rich Samuels, Anything Goes I) Elvis Presley: Hound Dog/Don’t be 9) Bill Clark, Blues Cruise Cruel, 45 10) Bonnie Kalmbach, J) Frank Teschemacher, Chicago–Style Two for the Blues Clarinetist, LP 11) PC Allen, One Fine Morning K) Harry Belafonte: Belafonte at 12) Heather Gerbyshak, Carnegie Hall, LP Other Voices L) The Jackson Five: I Want You 13) Paul Novak, On the Horizon Back, 45 14) Rev D, Best of Gospel M) Mason Jennings: Mason Jennings, 15) Martin Alvarado, LP Global Revolutions N) Michael Jackson: Thriller, LP 16) Ena Foshay, A Musical Offering O) Partridge Family: I Think I Love 17) Ford Blackwell, You, 45 On the Horizon P) Rossini: William Tell Overture 18) Alan Muirhead, Q) Soda Stereo: Nada Personal, LP Musica Antiqua R) The Ventures: Go Go, LP Listeners 19) FRP, Tropical Riddims S) White Lion: White Lion, LP RADIO PILOT Vol. 24 No. 2 Summer 2017 Summer 2017 | WORT 89.9 FM (608) 256-2001 | page 1 WORT 89.9 FM 118 S. Bedford Street • Madison, WI 53703 phone (608) 256-2001 | facsimile (608) 256-3704 | web page www.wortfm.org

WORT Board of Directors Mission Statement President...... David Devereaux-Weber At-Large Members...... Jerry Chernow Vice President...... Stuart Levitan Gil Halsted WORT-FM is a non-commercial, Katherine Hoveland listener-sponsored, member-controlled Treasurer ...... Marty Kehrein Stephen Lord community radio station broadcasting Secretary...... Jane Richard Paul Novak Lincoln Tice to south central Wisconsin. WORT Staff Representative...... Doug Holtz volunteers and staff shall provide quality programming and services to Community Advisory Board a broad spectrum of the community through: Pam Alsum Dawn Egan Grant Samuelsen Victoria Straughn Pam Dempsey Adelaide Fiske Michael Simons • promotion of communication, education, entertainment, and understanding by providing a Paid Staff forum for both the discussion of Music Program Business & Events public issues, and the expansion of Director...... Sybil Augustine Development Director...... Doug Holtz musical and cultural experience; News & Public Assistant News Affairs Director...... Molly Stentz Director...... Nina Kravinsky • facilitation of community Listener Sponsor Development Music Assistant/ expression and provision of Director...... Susan Sheldon Promos Coordinator...... Aaron Scholz community access to the airwaves Volunteer & Outreach Interim IT/Engineering for the purpose of sharing music, Director...... Glenn Mitroff Technician...... Nathan McQuillen culture, news and information; Bookkeeper...... Jerry Chernow Talk Producer...... Sarah Hopefl • challenge of the cultural and Assistant Bookkeeper...... Dan Lippett Development intellectual assumptions of our Assistants...... Kristin Sorrentino listeners through unique and Karen Leamy diverse programming; Board Meetings: • orientation towards the audience Monthly board meetings are usually held on the third Wednesday of every month at with concern for those under- 7 pm at the WORT studios and are open to the public. represented by other media.

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WORT 89.9FM/HD WORT is a 501(c)(3) organization. Your contributions are tax-deductible. page 2 | WORT 89.9 FM (608) 256-2001 | Summer 2017 Partners in WORT History: The Soap Opera

From the day WORT popped some champagne and which we agreed, though our sales were hardly much started broadcasting in 1975, listeners have stopped more than that on some days. by the station to contribute money. In the very early Folks from WORT’s early days say the station owes days on Winnebago Street, people literally opened a huge debt of gratitude to The Soap Opera. How our door and threw money into the tiny room when did you help a struggling community radio station DJs asked for donations. become another community icon? One of the earliest Madison businesses to support The primary way we helped was that our store WORT was The Soap Opera, the brainchild of became the pick-up point for the t-shirts and Chuck Beckwith and Chuck Bauer. WORT asked sweatshirts that WORT gave to donors. Over many Chuck Bauer about those early years. months, and during several marathons each year, WORT listener-sponsors would stop by with their The Soap Opera opened on State Street in 1972. “ticket” to receive a shirt. We made a lot of friends What motivated you to start the business? that way and we saved the tickets to add to our We were too independent to cut our hair, could catalog mailing list, which linked your donor base to not imagine working for anyone else, and were our customer base, and very likely continues today. too young to feel any fear. After graduation we Win-win. sold our handmade crafts on the street. Later we saw a fledgling soap shop in California. That, Now that you have sold The Soap Opera, you have the time to pursue other passions. What are you combined with my growing up in Europe, where tiny working on? perfumeries were common, allowed us to think we Healthy exercise, timely naps, enjoyment of the might add some personal care products to our crafts. arts in Madison, and art—we are both visual The body care items—all-natural, biodegradable, and artists (www.ctbauer.com). We are also restoring an herb-based—took off, and the crafts soon faded away. 82-acre rural New Glarus property to pre-settlement Many local businesses that opened in Madison in conditions (a fire-dependent ecosystem) as a “Noah’s the 70s chose to locate in the many popular malls. Ark” for at-risk species of all kinds, hopefully far into What attracted you to State Street? the future (www.rareearthfarm.org). State Street foot traffic was abundant; we knew traffic would be our oxygen for selling anything in inexpensive units. We also knew State Street building stock permitted very small start-up operations. We never considered any other neighborhood. In fact, in graduate school (M.A., UW, Madison, 1970 Fine Arts) I had done a paper on the sad, disappointing aesthetics of malls.

WORT’s first broadcast was December 1, 1975. When did The Soap Opera first get involved with WORT?

Pretty soon after. We likely sent in a $10 donation, as we frequently did if something came along with The Soap Opera. Photo: Adam Fagen.

Summer 2017 | WORT 89.9 FM (608) 256-2001 | page 3 Hey, WORT!

What happened to Lady P and her Saturday morning our intentional signal stand out from the background show, The Dusties Storm? (Several listeners have asked.) noise. This is called pre-emphasis. During the past decade, Lady P faced many medical Pre-emphasis occurs when the signal we send to issues that she worked hard to overcome so she could the transmitter is put through a filter that boosts return to her show. higher frequencies far above where they would Unfortunately, this year normally be, akin to turning up the high frequency Lady P was confronted faders on a graphic equalizer. The signal we with new challenges and broadcast would sound overly loud and tinny if you she can no longer bring listened to it directly, but you never hear the direct you the show she loves. We broadcast signal—your FM receiver has a filter wish Lady P the best and that de-emphasizes this signal again, bringing these frequencies down to a level where they sound normal, we know you are as grateful but which, in the process, also turns down the high as we are for the 20 years frequency noise she devoted to bringing us Lady P in the WORT studios. (static) to the point great R&B every Saturday where it’s mostly morning. inaudible. Because We also appreciate the fine job our crew of rotating pre-emphasis is music hosts has done bringing you different standard, your interpretations of R&B every Saturday. We have a receiver can run new, permanent host who will start this fall on the every FM station’s show we’ve renamed Soul Expressions. Stay tuned! audio through the same filter with predictable results. What happened? There was a week at the end of July when my WORT reception was pretty scratchy and I had WORT’s pre-emphasis is provided by a sophisticated, to turn my audio way, way up. but aging, digital audio processor called an Orban We received many versions of this question, so OptiMod, which cleans up our audio and makes it we turned to Nathan McQuillen, our Interim ready for broadcast. Technology Director. Here is the information he What would our signal sound like without pre- provided. emphasis? You heard it in July. We were sending First, a little about how FM broadcasts work. The clear, sharp signal to the transmitter, but the Orban’s FM receiver picks up the WORT broadcast signal settings were scrambled during a brief power outage, in the form of radio waves of different wavelengths. so our transmitter was broadcasting the studio signal The frequency of these waves varies depending on with no pre-emphasis. When your receiver ran this the sound we’re broadcasting (FM = Frequency signal through its de-emphasis filter, the audio was Modulation). WORT’s frequency modulation is 89.9. weak, distorted, and full of static. Because the universe is packed full of radio noise Coincidentally, this processor problem cropped (that you hear as static), FM stations use a simple up the same day we serviced a critical transmitter but effective method for reducing noise and making component: the FM exciter, which converts our

page 4 | WORT 89.9 FM (608) 256-2001 | Summer 2017 After looking at new, used, and reconditioned options, we concluded that the best value for reliability, compatibility, and features is the GatesAir FAX50 exciter. This is a modern, digitally controlled, analog FM exciter with a 15-month warranty, long- term technical support, and new features to make it easier to maintain and control, ensuring a more reliable signal. We also investigated updating the Orban processor simultaneously, as technology has greatly improved since our current processor was built. The FAX50 exciter is available with a built-in Orban 5500 audio processor at a substantial discount. The Orban costs $4,000 by itself, so purchasing it as part of the FAX50 exciter would save over $2,000 and eliminate the old Orban as a potential point of failure. In addition to the immediate upgrade in broadcast quality, the new Orban would add live, web-based remote control of itself to the web control panel of the new exciter.

Nathan repairing the exciter, July 20, 2017. Photo: Jon Miner. We could then recondition and use the older Orban to improve the sound quality of our web stream and digital audio signal to FM radio waves. The exciter archives. had been problematic for over a month, reducing For a total of $7,575, the cost of the FAX50 exciter our power and taking us off the air several times. with a built-in Orban processor card, WORT can When the signal still sounded weak after we serviced significantly improve our broadcast sound and the exciter, we assumed this meant the repairs reliability over the air, on our web stream, and on our were unsuccessful. It was not until we operated all archives. weekend without seeing the usual exciter issues that we suspected something else was to blame and traced Help keep WORT’s signal secure, reliable, and it back to the processor. clearer by contributing to the WORT Exciter Fund. Contact Susan at [email protected] or The good news: the repairs we made to the exciter 608-321-9579 for more information, or use the are holding for now; we are back to full power and enclosed envelope and check the box indicating clarity and the fix for the pre-emphasis problem you would like your donation to be used for the turned out to be a simple matter. We’ve added Exciter Fund. If we receive more than what we battery backup to the audio processor to minimize need to purchase the exciter and processor, we will damage by future power outages as much as possible. use donations to replace and repair other station The bad news: close inspection of the exciter revealed equipment. Thank you for contributing to the that time and rough operating conditions have taken Exciter Fund! their toll. We can no longer rely on the current exciter and must replace it as soon as possible.

Summer 2017 | WORT 89.9 FM (608) 256-2001 | page 5 84—New WORT Record!

During the Summer 2017 pledge drive, you and Our non-monthly donors are generous, averaging other WORT listeners set a record for becoming new $82.71 each in 2016, but because monthly donors Automatic Monthly Donors—84. Thank you! spread out their gift over 12 months, they give more in a You might be thinking, “84, is that a lot?” Here’s year. The average monthly donation is $15.07, a total of some context: $180.84 annually. This average covers a broad range— from $5-a-month donors to 600 those who give much more.

500 If we could double our current number of monthly 400 donors, pledge drives could be lessened from six weeks a 300 year to three weeks a year. We can’t eliminate them entirely 200 because they remain the most cost-effective way to gain new 100 donors, but only one week of

0 specially planned pledge shows Jan Jan Jan Jan Feb Mar Apr May June July Aug every four months sounds 2014 2015 2016 2017 2017 2017 2017 2017 2017 2017 2017 downright pleasant. Signing up for monthly donations is easy! Go to Why are we so excited about this increasing trend in wortfm.org and click How to Help. Under Support the Automatic Monthly donors? Station, choose Automatic Monthly Donations. You can Monthly donors continue their donations year-to-year sign up there or print the form and mail it to WORT. at higher percentages than other donors, providing You can also call Susan’s direct line, (608) 321-9579, consistent income that WORT depends on. Compare: to have a form and return envelope mailed to you. Say yes to fewer pledge drive days and to a more 98% of 2015 Monthly Donors also gave in 2016 secure future for WORT—sign up today! 58% of 2015 non-monthly donors gave in 2016* *3592 listeners donated in 2015; 2088 of those same listeners Monthly donations don’t require much staff time; the donated in 2016. bank transfers are made electronically and the donations are batched into our donor database. The staff time saved might seem insignificant, but consider just one part of the time required to process a donation: data entry. On average, it takes 50 seconds to look up a donor, confirm that the correct donor has been selected, and enter the information (address changes, amount, how and when the donation was made) to complete one entry. WORT is grateful for each and every one of the 5053 non-monthly donations we received in 2015. It takes over a week and a half to enter that many. That’s a lot of Music Hosts’ Album Quiz Answers computer time! 1 D, 2 L, 3 B, 4 R, 5 O, 6 A, 7 G, 8 J, 9 I, 10 P, 11 M, 12 S, 13 C, 14 F, 15 Q, 16 N, 17 E, 18 K, 19 H

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REV DAVE REV DAVE & Baroque G.O.T.T.O. RADIO DESTRUCTO World Music World HMONG SALAMAT Sunday VARIETY HER TURN WEEKLY WEEKLY GREG TAYLOR JOHN BARKER, JOHN BARKER, on the web R.T.Q.E. ALAN MUIRHEAD ALAN MUIRHEAD LIFE MUSIC BENT LEE WEST & FORD BLACKWELL, WORLD VIEW CAROL MOSESON, CAROL MOSESON, pm Adventurous Adventurous sounds IN ONE END

ARGONIAN PRINCESS Medieval, Renaissance Medieval, Renaissance HER INFINITE HER INFINITE Electronic, Electronic, experimental 4 WORLD NOISE ON THE HORIZON Experimental & avant garde BEST OF GOSPEL PACHYDERM PARADE PACHYDERM MUSICA ANTIQUA PAUL NOVAK, HELENA NOVAK, WHITE PAUL TIM SAUERS, MEGHAN KIRK RANDOLPH STANTIS, BETTER LIVING THROUGH SHOWTUNES STEPH STRINGER, COOPER TALBOT at

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Reggae Hip Hop | SOUL SOUL G.O.T.T.O. BLUES

BO$$ LADY ART ART SCHUNA F.R.P. & J.A.M. F.R.P. Music of Africa RIDDIMS JOHN KRANIAK Rock’n’roll Rock’n’roll oldies Saturday ALHAJI, DJ LINDA MR DANCE, MR G LA JUNTA Salsa & Latin Jazz TROPICAL TROPICAL LIFE MUSIC am Conscious Hip Hop BONNIE KALMBACH PANAFRICA UNIVERSAL UNIVERSAL EXPLOSION ALTERNATING HOSTS ALTERNATING available on all radios and available on all radios and SMOKEY’S JOINT ALFREDO RODRIGUEZ ALFREDO RODRIGUEZ Vintage Vintage jazz and swing TWO FOR THE TWO FOR THE CIPRIANO HERNANDEZ web page ENTERTAINMENT SOUL SESSIONS SATURDAY NIGHT AT NIGHT AT SATURDAY R&B from 50s to the Present MR DANCE AND JOE JAMM ROCKIN’ JOHN MCDONALD

I LIKE IT THAT LOS MADRUGADORES | AGUSTÍN OLVERA, DJ AGUSTÍN OLVERA, Música y conversación en español 5 6 7 8 9 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1 2 3 4 5 10 11 12 10 11 12 Fiction Jones, Gregg Williard Gregg Jones, Fiction

weekdays at 10:30 at weekdays (608) 256-3704 (608) JONATHAN JONATHAN ZAROV Hip Hop ESTY DINUR Friday FRIDAY FRIDAY DJ BIG JUICE DAVE WATTS DAVE PERRY PERRY ALLAIRE CHRIS POWERS FANTASIA FOR YOU? THE EI8HT THE REAL JAGUAR AND TED OFFENSIVE New & archival rock LABOR RADIO Bluegrass & acoustic Classical on a theme 3 shows—see below MUD ACRES WHO COOKS THE WALKIN’ THE DOCTOR, WALKIN’ ON MY MIND MEL & FLOYD THE MUSIC SHOP Tasty music for all Tasty palates! facsimile BLUES CRUISE BELOW THE RADAR DEMOCRACY NOW!

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TERRY TERRY O’ , and 2:00 and , ALLEN RUFF THINGS VINYL RICHIE PRAISE “BOB” 1st Thursdays SOUNDS (608) 256-2001 (608) CARDINAL DIN RICH SAMUELS Classical variety PNM–SCIENCE TONY CASTAÑEDA JANE REYNOLDS JANE REYNOLDS other Thursdays am Thursday BAD SISTER HEIDI DIASPORA DJ EL SERPENTINE Folk & international STEVE BRAUNGINN REV. VELVETEEN AND AND VELVETEEN REV. HOUR OF SLACK Creative, Creative, improvised music RADIO LITERATURE STRICTLY JAZZ JAZZ STRICTLY RATTLESNAKE SHAKE RATTLESNAKE PSYCHOACOUSTICS VINYL RESTING PLACE FEED ME WEIRD FEED ME WEIRD ANYTHING GOES Head trip through the decades phone

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2nd Friday, ROCK ROCK LILADA GEE CASEY FOX Vinyl Vinyl gestalt GUILTY GUILTY JAN MIYASAKI ENA FOSHAY BILL MALONE ska and hip hop COUNTRY OFFERING GARY GARY ALDERMAN Vocal/choral music Vocal/choral INTO JAZZ JOURNEYS JOURNEYS A MUSICAL A MUSICAL ALTERNATING WITH ALTERNATING PLEASURES THIS WAY OUT THIS WAY Latin and Iberian rock, BOBBY LITE & FAMILY EN ESPAÑOL Wednesday TBA; BACK TO THE BACK TO THE Swinging mainstream jazz Country music on a theme CAPITOL BOOMBOX PHIL LIVE ON THE AIR QUEERY QUEERY – LOCAL L/G/B/T

weekdays at 5:00, 6:30 and 9:00 and 6:30 5:00, at weekdays TBA PC ALLEN A PUBLIC AFFAIR DAVE 3000 DAVE PETER HANEY WILSON WILSON IN SPANISH other Tuesdays Tuesday earth and others CAROUSEL BAYRD New release rock ONE FINE ONE FINE MORNING JOANNE POW!ERS SERENADE BROTHERS JIM & TED WILSON 118 S. Bedford St., Madison, WI 53703 WI Madison, St., Bedford S. 118 Chamber music & more YOUR HOSTESS, JENNI BACK PORCH BACK PORCH Creative Creative music from this KOSMIK RADIATION THE ORIGINAL THE ORIGINAL FIRE WORSHIP! EN NUESTRO PATIO 1st, 3rd and 5th Tuesdays LEOPARD PRINT LOUNGE LEOPARD Acoustic, indie-folk, Americana HAYWOOD SIMMONS & MICHELLE NAFF MICHELLE & SIMMONS HAYWOOD Below the Radar – 1st Friday, EIGHT O’CLOCK BUZZ DEMOCRACY NOW! WORT FM

WORT LOCAL NEWS The Insurgent Radio Kiosk LETTERS & POLITICS Metal THE EMU RYAN PARKS RYAN GLOBAL GLOBAL PELTEKOS PATTY BRIAN STANDING Monday Headspace Radio Wide-ranging Wide-ranging jazz MOSH PIT SCISSORS AND DAN TALMO World music uprising World MARTIN ALVARADO MARTIN ALVARADO SOMETHING SOMETHING WONDERFUL Electronic Electronic dance music HEATHER GERBYSHAK HEATHER ALEX WILDING-WHITE Women in Women world classical REVOLUTIONS ACCESS HOUR ROLLING WITH ROLLING WITH OTHER VOICES MATT MYERS AND MATT MIKE HINZ WORT 89.9FM PROGRAM SCHEDULE ALL AROUND JAZZ

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Summer 2017 | WORT 89.9 FM (608) 256-2001 | page 7 This Way Out Mel and Floyd News and Wednesday 7:30–8pm Friday 1–2pm International lesbian and gay radio It’s monkey time with hosts Mel and Public Affairs magazine. Mr. Smartypants (Floyd is on assignment). Two wacky guys discuss news, views, and Insurgent Radio Kiosk Perpetual Notion Machine things you need to know. Mon–Fri 5, 6:30, 9am, and 2pm Thursdays 7–7:30pm Five-minute segment of commentary Science made understandable and Fiction Jones and community events calendar. fun for the rest of us. Interviews, 3rd, 4th, 5th Friday 11pm–midnight Geek-of-the-Week quiz, and more. Complex metafictional novels in serialized WIN form read by author Gregg Williard. Mon-Fri 8–8:03am Labor Radio Three-minute headline news from the Friday 5:30–6pm Hmong Radio Workers Independent News Service. Locally produced headline news on issues Sunday 6–8am affecting working people in Dane County Hmong-language music and talk by 8 O’Clock Buzz with interviews and announcements. and for the Hmong community. Mon–Fri 8–9am Interviews, music, and lots of local Her Turn Salamat current events, culture and people. Sunday 11–11:30am Sunday 6–6:30pm News and information by and about Salamat brings Arab-American voices to A Public Affair women from a feminist perspective. the air, providing listeners with a window Mon–Fri noon–1pm to the issues of a vastly varied segment of our planet’s population – Arabs. Live call–in interview program. Listener World View questions and comments encouraged at Sunday 5–6pm 256-2001. News and analysis about the world from a Pachyderm Parade critical left, anti-imperialist perspective. Sunday 6:30–7pm Letters & Politics Madison’s only kids’ radio show, Mon–Thu 1–2pm Pachyderm Parade is for pre-teen kids and their families, fostering family time, Explore today’s major global and fireplace time, and rocking chair time. national news stories with host Mitch Cultural Kids can call in their requests and have Jeserich and guests. Syndicated by their voices on the air. KPFA, Berkeley, CA. Programming Democracy Now! Access Hour Mon–Thurs 5–6pm, Friday 4:30–5:30pm Monday 7–8pm Music Award-winning investigative news A different host from the community each program hosted by Amy Goodman. week. Music, discussion, and lots more. Sign up for an Access Hour by calling Programming WORT Local News 256-2001 for an application, or e-mail [email protected] BLUES/GOSPEL/R&B Mon–Thurs 6–7pm Volunteer-produced alternative local Blues Cruise news. Radio Literature Friday 6–8pm Thursday 7:30–8pm Weekend-commencing electric blues En Nuestro Patio Locally produced program featuring local and international authors, children’s from the 50s to the present and the Tuesday 7–8pm literature, spoken-word poetry, and more. occasional touch of zydeco and R&B, Produccíon voluntario de notícias local with host Dave Watts. en español. Hour of Slack Soul Sessions Thursday 10–11pm Queery Saturday 8–10am Wednesday 7–7:30pm The radio ministry of the Church of the SubGenius. Sinners, be justified and A mix of R&B music from the 50s to Locally produced lesbian, gay, Praise “Bob” (www.subgenius.com). today. Alternating hosts, Mr Dance and bisexual and transgender news and Joe Jamm issues program. Mad City Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence host the first show of each month.

page 8 | WORT 89.9 FM (608) 256-2001 | Summer 2017 Two for the Blues Los Madrugadores Saturday 8–10pm EXPERIMENTAL Saturday 5–8am Blues from the 1920s to the present Música y conversación en español con with a little zydeco and southern soul R.T.Q.E. Cipriano Hernandez. added to the mix, hosted by Art Schuna Sunday 9–11pm and Bonnie Kalmbach. Electronic, experimental, classical, Tropical Riddims ethnoidal, and improvised music with Saturday noon–2pm host Gregory Taylor. Saturday Night at Smokey’s Joint Roots, rock steady, reggae, ska and Saturday 10pm–Midnite conscious dancehall. Hosts F.R.P. and Mr. G and Mr. Dance spin the platters Weekly World Noise J.A.M. teachin’ the youts ’bout roots and that matter. Sunday 11pm–2am kulcha! Experimental and avant garde with your Best of Gospel host Destructo. PanAfrica Sunday 7–9pm Saturday 2–4pm Rev Dave brings gospel music, requests, In One End Popular and traditional music of Africa announcements and news pertaining to Monday 2–5am and the Caribbean with hosts Alhaji the African American community. Adventurous sounds, hosted by Argonian N’jai and DJ Linda. New releases from Princess and Bent Lee West. throughout Africa are featured in an effort CLASSICAL to bring African music into the American Feed Me Weird Things mainstream. Musica Antiqua Thursday 2-5am La Junta Sunday 8–11am Weekly dose of sound nutrition with host Cardinal Din! Saturday 4–6pm Medieval, Renaissance, early Baroque and related styles from 1100 to 1650 Salsa and Latin Jazz with hosts with hosts Alan Muirhead, John Barker FOLK Agustín Olvera, Alfredo Rodriguez and and Carol Moseson. DJ Rumba. One Fine Morning Other Voices Tuesday 9am–noon On the Horizon Monday 5–8am Acoustic, indie, folk, Americana with Sunday 3–5pm Music from world classical traditions in PC Allen. International/world/ethnic music of all a wide range of styles and eras and sorts: contemporary/historical; pop/ focusing on women composers, Back to the Country classical/folk/rock; studio/field/festival; traditional/fusion, etc. with hosts performers and conductors. Hosted by Wednesday 9am–noon Heather Gerbyshak. Ford Blackwell, Paul Novak, and Helena With themes such as politics, work, home White. or around the music of a particular person, Back Porch Serenade host Bill Malone puts emphasis on “classic” Tuesday 5–8am and “alternative” country music—what you HIP HOP/RAP Western classical music with a focus on can’t hear on Top 40 radio. instrumental and chamber music, with The EI8HT host Peter Haney. Mud Acres Saturday 2–5am Friday 9am–noon Host DJ Big Juice provides great A Musical Offering underground hip hop with a focus on Bluegrass and acoustic music with host local and regional artists. Wednesday 5–8am Chris Powers. Vocal and choral music with host Universal Soul Explosion Ena Foshay. INTERNATIONAL Sunday, 12–3am Anything Goes Global Revolutions Rap and soul with Bo$$ Lady. Thursday 5–8am Monday 9am–noon Classical music with host Rich Samuels. Life Music World music uprising with hosts Martin Alvarado and Dan Talmo. Sunday, 3–6am Fantasia Conscious Hip Hop with G.O.T.T.O. Friday 5–8am Rock en Español Classical music on a theme with host Wednesday 11pm–2am Perry Allaire. Latin and Iberian rock, ska, and hip hop.

Diaspora Thursday 9am–noon Music from the uncharted regions of the record library, with host Terry O’.

Summer 2017 | WORT 89.9 FM (608) 256-2001 | page 9 JAZZ Original Wilson Brothers The Vinyl Resting Place Tuesday 8–11pm 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Thursdays 11pm–2am All Around Jazz New release indie and import rock. Rock’n’roll, blues and R&B obscurities Monday 2–5pm Also some older alternative rock and from the wrong side of the tracks, with A diverse collection of jazz specials, occasional theme shows, with hosts host Vinyl Richie. features, and festivals from around the Jim and Ted Wilson. world with host Alex Wilding-White. Who Cooks for You? Kosmik Radiation Friday 2–4:30pm Fire Worship! 2nd and 4th Tuesdays 11pm–2am Tasty music for all palates. Hosted by DJ The Real Jaguar. Tuesday 2–5pm Psychedelic and progressive sounds Creative music in the jazz tradition from with host Dave 3000. this earth and others with host JoAnne Friday on My Mind Pow!ers. Leopard Print Lounge Friday 8–11pm 1st, 3rd and 5th Tuesdays 11pm–2am New and archival rock with hosts Journeys into Jazz Primitive Rock ‘n’ Roll with your Bill the Walkin’ Doctor, Harry Rag, Ted Offensive, and DJ El Serpentine. Wednesday 2–5pm hostess, Jenni. Swinging mainstream jazz from the 1940s and onward with host Guilty Pleasures I Like it Like That Gary Alderman. Wednesday 8–11pm Saturday 6–8pm Vinyl gestalt with host Casey Fox. Rock’n’roll mostly from the 50s and 60s Strictly Jazz Sounds with host Rockin’ John McDonald. Hits, b-sides, alternate takes, unreleased cuts, Thursday 2–5pm Rock en Español tracks out of print, rockabilly, surf music; Avant garde, adventurous jazz, and an Wednesday 11pm–2am also music from the 80s, 90s, and eclectic mix of other styles, with hosts Latin and Iberian rock, ska, and hip hop. 2000s that “fits the format.” Jane Reynolds and Steve Braunginn. Phil Live on the Air MIXED GENRE Entertainment Thursdays 2–5am, alternates weekly with Saturday 10am–noon Capitol Boombox Her Infinite Variety Classic jazz and swing from the 1920s Live concerts and recorded rarities with Sunday 11:30am–2pm to the 1950s—recordings by big bands, host Phil Davis. vocalists and small combos, with host Women in music, all genres and styles. John Kraniak. Interviews, live guests and announcements Capitol Boombox for the womyn’s community, with hosts Thursdays 2–5am, alternates weekly with Steph Stringer and Cooper Talbot. ROCK Phil Live on the Air A late night music show based on genre Better Living through Show Tunes or theme, spanning the continuum of Sunday 2–3pm New Disc at Nine available sounds. Musicals old and new, with hosts Mon–Thurs 9pm Kirk Stantis, Meghan Randolph, and Selections from the newest music Psychoacoustics Tim Sauers. available. Thursdays 8–11pm New and unusual music with hosts Live and Local Something Wonderful Reverend Velveteen and Bad Sister Heidi. 2nd Friday 11pm–midnight Monday 8–11pm 10–11pm: “The Hour of Slack”, radio ministry of the Church of the SubGenius. Recordings of live performances by local Techno, ambient, industrial and more, musicians in a variety of genres. with host Ryan Parks. Rattlesnake Shake Mosh Pit 1st Thursdays 11pm–2am, 5th Fridays, Monday 11pm–2am 8–11pm Metal with hosts Matt Myers and Host D.J. el Serpentine explores the Mike Hinz. wildest kingdoms of all untamed rock music. Rolling with Scissors Tuesday 2–5am Headspace radio with host The Emu.

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September 11 The Collaboration October 16 Wisconsin Coalition about—and plays—avant-garde for Good hosts representatives Against Sexual Assault members electronica, modern jazz and hip from Madison nonprofits to discuss their anti-oppression work hop, and singer-songwriters like discuss what they do better than and related issues. Father John Misty. for-profit organizations, where October 23 Gregg Potter of November 13 Don K reads they can improve, and what Project Kinect interviews the from the works of social critic/ to expect from the Madison organizers of local sustainability philosopher Bob Black, focusing Nonprofit Day Conference on innovators Badger Bioneers on on his “The Abolition of Work.” October 11. their work and this year’s theme, He also spins music related to September 18 Brian and Matt Humanity. Black’s essays. appear for the tenth edition October 30 WORT listeners Jim J November 20 Aza Muzorewa of their annual Jimi Hendrix and his wife travel from Wayne, interviews young adults caring retrospective on the anniversary Michigan to present their annual for minority children, asking how of the death of the master music program. This year it’s a police shootings, Black Lives guitarist. Halloween Spooktacular! Matter media coverage, and racial September 25 Karen covers as tensions in the school system November 6 Dalton regales many of March, 1967’s top-40 affect the minority children they listeners with jokes and stories songs as she can. work with.

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