WORT 89.9 FM is Madison's local volunteer-powered community radio station. Our mission is to promote communication, education, entertainment, and understanding by providing a forum for both the discussion of public issues and the expansion of musical and cultural experience; the facilitation of community expression and provision of community access to the airwaves for the purpose of sharing music, culture, news, and information; and to challenge of the cultural and intellectual assumptions of our listeners through unique and diverse programming; with an orientation towards the audience with concern for those underrepresented by other media.