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The Access Hour is WORT's commitment to community access to the airwaves. For one out of every 168 broadcast hours each week, we turn the airwaves over to a member of the public to program on their own. That hour is every Monday night from 7 to 8pm.

The views expressed on the Access Hour do not represent the views of the station, its staff, programmers, or the Board of Directors.  

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, please fill out our online form. You can reach Access Hour producer Ken Rineer at (608) 256-2001 on Monday evenings or by email at: accesshour@wortfm.org. 

Dock 51 Live Performance

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Dock 51 is a rock band made up of young people from South Central Wisconsin and the Rio area. They play a lot of punk and indie music, in a style similar to The Frights or Emily’s Army. They want to share their music with this beautiful isthmus that is Madison. Members include Spencer and […]

The Songs That Remind Us

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  Alan, Chris, and Nate play a selection of recorded songs across genres before closing with a live in-studio performance by Katrina Harms of the band Six Gun Seven. The concept is playing a bunch of covers of the song “Tubthumping” as originally performed by the band Chumbawumba. However, the hosts never acknowledge that they are just playing […]

Hemp Solo Talks Cannabis for Vets

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Hemp Cannabis Solo puts forward that there are eight hundred Vets’ suicides a month in “Americoma,” and no one talks about it. In those states where Cannabis has been medically or recreationally approved by enlightened citizens, the suicide rate is cut in half . There is a connection that he thinks should be explored by […]

PhotoMidwest Festival and Photography

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A few of the officers and educators at PhotoMidwest talk about the organization and about photography in general, including discussion of the history of photography and photojournalism, tips and techniques, tools, appreciation and maybe answer a few questions from listeners. The biennial PhotoMidwest Festival will be held in September and October 2018, and they would […]

Access Hour from March 19, 2018: letters to the Board of Directors in ...

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On March 19, 2018, Thistle Petterson hosted an Access Hour (“Women’s Liberation Radio News’ Thistle Pettersen Interviews Meghan Murphy And Julie Bindel“) which included a discussion about transgender people. It drew strong reactions from listeners and volunteers, both in support and in opposition. The WORT Board of Directors is presenting the letters received, with the […]