I like It Like That
And The Winner Is…
The 2017 Madison Area Music Association awards were on Sunday June 18 and your favorite community radio station took home two trophies! WORT won Best Local Radio Station and our very own Rockin’ John McDonald won Best Local Music Radio Personality. We want to extend a special thank you to the voters who supported us […]
Rockin’ John Wins Making A Difference Award!
In case you missed the TV segment, on-air mentions and social media features, last Saturday night a big fan of I Like It Like That stopped down to the station to do some live filming and chat with WORT’s own Rockin’ John. He also surprised John by giving him this month’s “Making a Difference” award […]
A Life In The Death Of The Legendary Joe Meek
Friday On My Mind had a very special show last Friday, Feb. 3rd. For a cosmic, cowboy, and creepy experience, pull up the audio archive and join guest show hosts Joanie Baker and Gary Feest for a tribute to Joe Meek, England’s premier pop record producer of the early to mid 1960s, on the 50th anniversary of […]
Rockin’ John hosts World Radio Day show at Next Door Brewing Co....
WORT celebrates World Radio Day (Feb. 13th) with a live remote broadcast of I Like It Like That! Join us Saturday from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at Next Door Brewing Company, located at 2439 Atwood Avenue on Madison’s east side for an in-person edition of Rockin’ John McDonald’s oldies show. Admission is free and all […]
Jimmy Gilmer And The Fireballs Featured On Tonight’s Program
I’ll be featuring Jimmy Gilmer and the Fireballs on tonight’s program. Jimmy Gilmer turns 75 on September 15th. I’ll be scattering 20 Fireballs tracks throughout the program.The Fireballs are best known for the hits “Sugar Shack” and “Bottle Of Wine”, but they recorded lots of different kinds of rock’n’roll in the ’60’s, Tune in tonight […]
July 18th “I Like It Like That” On The Archive
If you missed my tributes to Ernie Maresca and Joe Bennett, you can listen on the Wort archive. Next week, I’ll be paying tribute to the late David Somerville from The Diamonds and I’ll be spinning tracks by Dick Dale and The Kevin Fayte Rock’n’RollTrio. They’ll be tearing up the High Noon Saloon on July […]