One Day Birthday Pledge Drive
On Thursday, September 17th, WDRT will be turning ten years old. To celebrate a decade on the air, we’ll be having a One Day Birthday Pledge Drive, with the goal of raising $10,000 in 12 hours to support the station.
Programming Schedule for the Day:
6AM: Driftless Morning with Jim Hallberg – Live in Studio A
8AM: Second Cup of Coffee – Special Guests and Features
9AM: Conversations – Ed Holahan looks back on ten years of community radio
10AM: Que Sera Sera with Sarah Caldwell – Live remote from her kitchen table
11AM: Mr. Koppa’s Neighborhood – Remote Broadcast & Video Livestream
12PM: Democracy Now, The War & Peace Report
1PM: M’Lou’s Shoes with M’Lou Wilkie – Curbside Radio w/PMS Patti
2PM: Country Meets the Blues with Doc Roddy – Remote Call-In Edition
3PM: Slydeman’s Drivetime Chill with Micah Robinson – Live in Studio A
4PM: Global Beat with Chris Dunn & Kirsten Layer – Tag Team Curbside Radio
5PM: Closeout Hour – Live Music from The Sapsuckers and others & Video Livestream
You can catch all the livestreams on WDRT’s Facebook page.
This will be our only fall fundraising event, so be sure to tune-in and show your love for the station. You can donate all day on Thursday, September 17th by calling 608-638-9378, or donate online here.
Happy Birthday, WDRT. Here’s to many more great years!
Conspiracy of Goodness
WDRT will be launching a new weekly program entitled Conspiracy of Goodness with Troubadour Larry Long & Storyteller Tom Thibodeau. Both Tom & Larry are citizens of our beloved ‘Driftless Community’.
Their program will be aired every Monday morning at 8:30 AM. Conspiracy of Goodness first Episode is entitled: Work. To be aired: Monday | September 7, 2020 | Labor Day | 8:30 AM
Tom & Larry, hosts of ‘Conspiracy of Goodness.’
Monthly Review, June 2020
Catch the latest edition of the Monthly Review. Dan Peak and Mark Taylor bring knowledge and perspective to the months’s news.
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Poems Aloud: Riot Poetry
Join host Ben Prostine as he shares an hour of music, poetry and analysis that explores the long history of political struggle around anti-racist justice in the US and beyond.
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Justice for George Floyd Demonstration in Viroqua
Photo Credit: Micah Robinson
Approximately 250 area residents held a demonstration on June 1st on Main Street in Viroqua. The ‘Nearly Noon News’ was there, and spoke with some demonstrators.
Home Broadcasting Fun
Check out Mike Sydnor of ‘Saturdays with Syd’ rockin’ the home studio:
I'm so Down.wmv from woodtick@mwt.net on Vimeo.
