Each Monday a different community group or individual hosts the show. Assistance is provided with recording a promotional announcement to be aired the week prior to the show and with sound board engineering the night of the show. In order to keep the show accessible, any individual or group is limited to one show per year. The Access Hour is often booked several months in advance. To sign up to host an Access Hour show, call Ken Rineer at 256-2001 on Monday evenings or e-mail accesshour@wort-fm.org.
Access Hour
Monday, April 8 — Madison Postpartum Peers
04/2/13 10:55 AM | Access Hour
Madison Postpartum Peers provides information on its peer groups and demystifies (and destigmatizes!) postpartum mental health challenges like depression or anxiety. There could be an interview with a mom who’s gone through postpartum depression and also with a local therapist specializing in perinatal mental health. For more information, contact Ann Jamison at madisonpostpartumpeers@gmail.com.
read article »Monday, April 1 — Melissa S plays do-wop
03/26/13 11:00 AM | Access Hour
April Fool! No really. She will. Do-wop music is great stuff — in the car, in the shower, around the kitchen with friends…great stuff! Melissa will be bringing some recorded do-wop songs to play for us all, and the baby’s not due til later in April or May so, although she’s expecting, we’re expecting her to provide a great evening for the listeners!
read article »Monday, March 25 — Gabe Clemente’s 18th Celebration
03/19/13 8:56 AM | Access Hour
Madison West High School student Gabriel Clemente celebrates his 18th birthday by giving! He celebrates the gifts, talents and skills of local area high school aged musicians, including local rock, jazz, indie and folk performers. He provides recordings of all of these kids to showcase them on the WORT Access Hour!
read article »Monday, March 18 — Midwest Severe Storm Tracking and Response Center
03/12/13 10:34 AM | Access Hour
Steve Fitzsimmons and Chad Woodward from the Midwest Severe Storm Tracking & Response Center talk about tornado spotters, the coming tornado season, severe weather issues, differences between watches and warnings, answers to frequent questions like, “Do tornados avoid lakes?” and training opportunities for anyone interested in becoming a tornado spotter (as opposed to an untrained tornado spotter chaser). Sessions are being held around the listening area right now. Steve can be reached also at Steve Fitzsimmons MidWest SSTRC, Inc. Media Liaison/Tracker Newsletter Editor KC9IAR MidWest 136 http://www.midwestsstrc.org/
read article »Monday, March 11 — The Access Hour Farm Report
03/5/13 12:47 PM | Access Hour
A Farm Report Access Hour: Delia Gallo, head farmer lady at King’s Hill Farm, plays songs about farming, gardening and dirt. A variety of genres from classic country or 70s punk rock will flavor the mix and the discussion will include sustainable agriculture opportunities in our community.
read article »Monday, March4th — A Look at Project Home
02/26/13 10:52 AM | Access Hour
Project Home focuses on improving the quality and affordability of housing for low-to-moderate income residents in Dane and Green Counties. Coordinator Jason Hafeman and folks from Project Home will talk on the air about its work and its people! Project Home’s programs include “Hammer with a Heart,” a local program to do major home repairs at no cost for low-income homeowners. There’s also a weatherization program and a “Paint-a thon” to assist residents whose homes are in desperate need of exterior mpain but whose owners are unable to pay for the work or do it themselves. Listeners’ calls will be welcome, but the program will be broken up and bent around the WORT winter-spring pledge drive so WORT’d like callers to stay on focus with their questions and comments so we can learn about the wonderful work that Project Home does. You can leave your phone numbers at the station, and the Project Home folks can contact you after the show as well.
read article »Monday, February 25 — Sara and Stephanie’s “The Nothing Show”
02/20/13 12:20 PM | Access Hour
The Nothing Show – Sara and Steph will talk and converse and rant and wonder about a variety of things like…what are those white pimples on your tongue? what do they do? can they be ignored?…who names nail polishes and other beauty products? will these ideas work?…is watching a movie that is a book in closed caption considered “reading the book?” and can you get college credit for it?…kids versus pets?…library book anxieties…the scary world of leftovers… and how they might get their laundry dry after it’s been frozen in the back of the car…
read article »Monday, February 18 — June and Sandy Talk Taxes
02/12/13 9:04 AM | Access Hour
June and Sandy, H&R Block tax preparers and WORT listener sponsors, will talk taxes and answer questions that might come in while they’re on the air. A bit about the Health Care mandates, the IRS delay of some forms for electronic filing, the tax credits and deductions that were extended at the very end of 2012, and some assorted filing tips for Wisconsin tax returns. Just in time…
read article »Monday February 11 — Dr. Jody, holistic veterinarian
02/5/13 9:26 AM | Access Hour
Dr. Jody Bearman, a locally practicing veterinarian, helps us see how Chinese medicine, homeopathy, T-Touch, Reiki, and other healing modalities help our animal friends too. She’ll take calls also at 608-256-2001 or 866-899-W-O-R-T.
read article »Monday February 4 — The 11X15 Campaign for Justice
01/29/13 9:38 AM | Access Hour
Members of WISDOM and individuals associated with the Wisconsin prison systems discuss the 11X15 Campaign for Justice to decrease the number of incarcerated people in Wisconsin and promote alternatives to incarceration in the state by 2015. The program features discussion, contact information, what listeners to the program can do, and responses to listener phone calls. To prepare for the program or to follow up afterward, more information about the Campaign can be found in the internet at http://prayforjusticeinwi.org/.
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