Jen Rubin grew up in her father’s electronics store on Manhattan’s Upper West Side. In 1977, the largest blackout in U.S. history plunged all of New York City into darkness. Looters ran rampant, smashing Leon Rubin’s window and stealing most of his merchandise. The next day, Leon put up a sign, reading “We Are Staying.” […]
Wausau Wendy’s Workers Stage Walk Out
Original air date: June 8, 2018 Isis Hunter was like other high school seniors, except she worked at Wendy’s for 50 hours a week. The Wasau native worked at a branch that couldn’t keep new hires because of its lack of a living wage — a full dollar short compared to similar jobs. After months […]
Radio is YOU: WORT World Radio Day Party!
Calling all radio volunteers, listeners and fans! We’re having a “confab” to celebrate World Radio Day and would love to see you there. There’s NO admission charge, and our friends at Next Door Brewing have extended their Happy Hour pricing all night so everyone can get $1 off the beverages of your choice. They’re also […]
Pledge Drive: Connecting Community Radio
To kick off our winter pledge drive, we’re going meta with today’s topic of radio and news literacy. Patty is joined by Joel Glaser, chief executive officer of the Association of Minnesota Public Educational Radio Stations (Ampers). Ampers is a collection of 18 independent community radio stations Minnesota. Ampers stations have long been airing the […]
Alejandro Escovedo is coming to WORT!
Exciting news! The legendary Alejandro Escovedo will swing by WORT FM and strum a few acoustic songs to be featured on the next One Fine Morning [Tues 9a-Noon] prior to his show this Thursday night at the High Noon Saloon. If you haven’t heard it yet, Escovedo’s new record “Burn Something Beautiful” is a scorcher […]
PNM’s 20th Anniversary
The very first PNM show aired on Oct. 3, 1996. It’s been a long journey from then to now, 20 years, but we’re still on-the-air! We’ve gone through a few transformations over the years, primarily due to the up and down number of our volunteers and their unique outlook to producing shows. But one thing […]