Glenn Mitroff
It Takes a Community to Run a Pledge Drive
Friday, 10 May 2013
Click here to sign up for phone shifts WORT’s on-air pledge drives are truly amazing events, only possible and successful because of the participation of literally thousands of people from throughout the community. Overall responsibility for organizing the drive is coordinated by WORT staffer Jim Goronson, the station’s Listener Sponsor Development Director who schedules each drive in consultation with the staff and research which includes dates to avoid such as home football games and religious holidays. A theme for each drive is selected from ideas brainstormed by staff. Jim then seeks out a volunteer graphic artist to design art work for the drive. For each drive a limited edition fine art print or poster is created. Jim also researches and orders thank you gifts to offer: t-shirts, hats, pint glasses, mugs, flying discs, digital radios, tuners, etc. WORT program staff help with procuring other pledge premiums. Music Director Sybil Augustine solicits donations of CDs and concert tickets and moves unused CDs from previous drives into the browse shelf. News Facilitator Molly Stentz working with volunteers in her department procures thank you gifts such as magazine subscriptions, books and DVDs relating to issues being covered on-air. We are also contacted by individuals and groups that want to donate goods and services to offer as thank you gifts. All items offered as pledge premiums then need to be entered and/or updated in our pledge premiums database. A month or so prior to the drive we update and post the on-line sign up for our pledge phone volunteers, a joint effort between Volunteer & Outreach Coordinator Glenn Mitroff and Infotech Coordinator Tom Christie. For our biggest drives (fall and winter) we need to fill 216 pledge phone volunteer shifts! Through on-air announcements (produced by the Promos, our promotional announcements volunteer production team and scheduled by Music Director Sybil Augustine) email and social networking we work to fill all of the volunteer shifts during the drive. Volunteers receive an automatic email response when signing up on-line. Then several days prior to their shift, they receive a reminder email or phone call from Glenn. Sign up for pledge phone shifts directly from the home page of WORT’s web site. For the fall and winter drives, Business Foundation Director Maggie Weiser solicits donations from local restaurants and businesses to provide food for volunteers working during the meal times. She schedules the donations, sends out reminder post cards and makes pick-up arrangements. (During our streamlined late spring drive, …. more »
WORT Radio Highlights beginning April 1st, 2013
Monday, 1 April 2013
Compiled by Diapoulos and Mitroff For more information call: (608) 256 -2001 News & Public Affairs Facilitator: Molly Stentz Music Director: Sybil Augustine http://www.wort-fm.org more »
WORT Radio Highlights beginning March 22nd, 2013
Friday, 22 March 2013
Compiled by Diapoulos and Mitroff For more information call: (608) 256 -2001 News & Public Affairs Facilitator: Molly Stentz Music Director: Sybil Augustine http://www.wort-fm.org WORT was voted “Favorite Local Radio Station” in the 2012 “Madison’s Favorites” Isthmus Reader’s Poll (the 16th time that WORT has received this award.) “A Public Affair” was voted #2 as “Favorite Local Radio Call-In Show.” LISTEN LIVE ON THE WEB! Live streaming of all shows, podcasts/archives of our locally produced news & public affairs shows and on-demand archives of music shows are available at: http://www.wort-fm.org A PUBLIC AFFAIR Monday through Friday, Noon-1pm. A Public Affair is WORT’s live call-in interview program. Listeners can call in with questions and comments at: 608-256-2001 or toll free at: 866-899-9678. Tuesday, 3/26 Host Anjuli Brekke speaks with Rickie Solinger about her book, “Reproductive Politics: What Everyone Needs to Know.” Friday, 3/29 Host Esty Dinur speaks with Lakota grandmothers. Tuesday, 4/2 Host Anjuli Brekke speaks with Philip Ackerman-Leist about his book, “Rebuilding the Foodshed.” Friday, 4/5 Host Esty Dinur speaks with Tom Prugh, Co-Director, State of the World 2013 and State of the World 2014 Worldwatch Institute Monday, 4/22 Host Anjuli Brekke speaks with scientist and author, Jared Diamond THE ACCESS HOUR Mondays, 7pm-8pm A different individual or group from the community hosts the program each week! Music, discussion, and lots more! For information about hosting an Access Hour, call 256-2001 on Monday at 8pm immediately following the show or email: accesshour@yahoo.com. 3/25 Special music picked or played by Gabe Clemente to celebrate his eighteenth birthday this year. 4/1 Doo-Wop music 4/8 Post Partum Peers! 4/15 Sean O’Donnell will put together a great oldies radio program, like the old days! 4/22 This is music from Christopher Guest films. 4/29 Savage Class War returns! 5/6 Doctor V returns! 5/20 Norm Stockwell and Joyce Fox host the “Laurie Mlatawou Memorial Show” on the one-year anniversary of her passing. 5/27 This is a preview of an adrenal cancer benefit concert. It will especially benefit “Spencer Bell” who was a local artist and musician. He recently passed away from adrenal cancer. 6/3 Bricks of Truth 6/10 Mourning Dove features her music. 7/1 The Cthulhu Cult 7/8 This is an effort to make young people conscience of social issues and alternative fuels. 7/17 Collaborations: music and words, mainly prose or poetry read aloud in a recorded jazz milieu. …. more »
WORT Radio Highlights beginning March 1st, 2013
Friday, 1 March 2013
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WORT Radio Highlights beginning February 15th, 2013
Friday, 15 February 2013
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