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WORT (89.9 FM) is a listener-sponsored community radio station, broadcasting from 118 S. Bedford St. in Madison, Wisconsin, United States. WORT offers a range of programming.

WORT's FM signal reaches a roughly 50-mile radius around Madison. In early 2006, the station began webcasting all of its programming in both high-quality (96k) and low-quality (32k) streams. WORT also maintains an archive of recent news and public affairs programs available for podcast, download, or stream.

WORT broadcasts a mix of music news and talk programming. All of WORT's music programs are produced by local DJs. WORT airs 30 hours of news and public affairs programming per week, 21.5 hours of which are reported and hosted by volunteers. All of the programmers at the station are volunteers from the community, including DJs, hosts, reporters, and engineers.

The weekday music schedule includes:

The weekend music lineup includes a range of genres. Saturday's programming is divided into two-hour shows, including:

Sunday's music includes:

The organizational structure of WORT reflects the station's principles of democratic decision making; the staff and volunteers at the station elect the board of directors; the Board sets policy and hires full-time and part-time paid staff. The full-time staff is organized as a collective that oversees the day-to-day operations of the station.

Volunteers provide most of the on-air programming. In addition, many volunteers contribute to off-air operations.

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