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Ongoing Volunteer Opportunities

Volunteer at WORT

To volunteer, contact Glenn by email: volcoord(at)wort-fm.org or call: 256-2001

In Our Backyard

Local/State News, Monday thru Thursday 6:30-7pm

Production begins by 4pm or earlier. Breaking news and feature reporters are needed for all days, especially Monday and Tuesday. Co-producers and substitute engineers needed for all days.

En Nuestro Patio

Locally produced Spanish language news, Tuesday 7-8pm.

Collective members, especially women are needed for news writing, reporting, producing, and engineering.

Receptionists

Thursdays 4-5pm

Tuesdays, Noon-4pm, January 9th thru March 26th

Substitute receptionists with some weekday availability between 8am & 8pm

Health Writers

Health Care & Politics

Health Writers airs alternate 2nd & 4th Thursdays 7:30-8pm, with weekly meetings, Mondays at 7pm at the station. Health Writers needs collective members to produce features and host call-in shows.

Insurgent Radio Kiosk Readers

A pre-recorded 5 minute segment airing four times each weekday

Readers (by appointment), 1-2 times/month, Sunday, 12-1pm; Wednesday, 7-8pm

Her Turn

News and features by and about women from a feminist perspective airing each Sunday from 11-11:30am. Application for new collective members are currently being accepted. A commitment of one year is required.

Third World View

Critical, anti-imperialist coverage of world news and features; broadcast Sundays 5-6pm. Production takes place on the weekend. News writer/reader and feature producer tasks are rotated among collective members. An engineer and news writers/feature producers are needed.

Perpetual Notion Machine

Science show 1st, 3rd & 5th Thursdays 7:30-8pm.

Collective members are needed for on-air hosting and to engineer, interview guests, compile science news and produce features.

Labor Radio

Airs news by, for, and about working people each Friday, 5:30-6pm.

Production meetings, Tuesday, 7am at Willaby’s Café, 1351 Williamson St. Collective members are needed to do reporting, engineering, on-air hosting and producing.

Radio Literature

Airs Thursday, 7-7:30pm, featuring poetry, fiction, and non-fiction from Wisconsin and beyond. Radio Lit needs 1-2 new volunteers to host one show every 4-6 weeks. All are welcome, but a Spanish-speaking host would be especially appreciated.

Music Department Assistants

Weekday, daytime tasks working with local music promoters & record labels

Library Crew Fill-In Coordinator (Mentor on Wednesdays, Noon-4pm with current coordinator. Fill-in for 3-4 week stretches several times per year.)

The Promos

Tuesdays 7-10pm Get on-air and production experience with a multi-disciplinary team incorporating musical knowledge and skills in research, script writing, music selection, voice-over, engineering and audio editing with computer software. (The Promos are especially in need of women to record voice overs!)

Outreach Tabling

2-3 hour shifts at numerous events, particularly during the Summer, including farmers markets, neighborhood festivals, etc.

Committee Participation

Programming; Engineering; Events; PROM (Public Relations, Outreach & Marketing); Community Advisory Board; Sister Radio (Radio Victoria in El Salvador)