Monday, October 30, 2006
WORT 89.9 FM WELCOMES CHRIS DOLS AS MIDDAY HOST
Community & campus activist joins lineup of hosts for "A Public Affair" call-in program
MADISON – The radio station that provides community access to the airwaves has just added another voice from the community.
WORT 89.9 FM has chosen community and campus activist Chris Dols as a volunteer host for "A Public Affair," WORT's midday call-in program. Dols will be heard every other Tuesday, 12:00-1:00 PM on Madison’s listener-sponsored community radio.
"A Public Affair" aims to engage listeners in a conversation on issues of international, national, & local importance. The hosts alternate throughout the week as do the foci and topics. Dols says his shows will provide a stage for activists to share their stories and will demonstrate that "another media, to take a line from the Social Forum movement, is possible."
"I'm excited about facilitating these conversations and giving opportunities for the community to hear and discuss ideas with the activists in our community who are organizing for social justice," said Dols.
"I am particularly interested in having on students who are organizing on their campuses. Students in and around Madison are organizing to make change, whether it's to demand the UW divest from war-profiteering companies, or to fight the state's union-busting, or to make our campuses 'ICE-free zones' where undocumented workers are safe from the harassment of immigration police."
In addition to WORT, Dols is involved in several independent media projects, including serving as the Director for the Madison Campaign for Free Speech on Television. A University of Wisconsin student himself, Dols has frequently been on the other side of the interview table on WORT's airwaves. He has been a guest on "In Our Backyard," "A Public Affair," and the "Eight O'clock Buzz," discussing media reform, anti-Nazi counter-demonstrations, anti-war organizing, and more.
Dols will host his first hour as a regular programmer on Tuesday, October 31.
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MADISON – The radio station that provides community access to the airwaves has just added another voice from the community.
WORT 89.9 FM has chosen community and campus activist Chris Dols as a volunteer host for "A Public Affair," WORT's midday call-in program. Dols will be heard every other Tuesday, 12:00-1:00 PM on Madison’s listener-sponsored community radio.
"A Public Affair" aims to engage listeners in a conversation on issues of international, national, & local importance. The hosts alternate throughout the week as do the foci and topics. Dols says his shows will provide a stage for activists to share their stories and will demonstrate that "another media, to take a line from the Social Forum movement, is possible."
"I'm excited about facilitating these conversations and giving opportunities for the community to hear and discuss ideas with the activists in our community who are organizing for social justice," said Dols.
"I am particularly interested in having on students who are organizing on their campuses. Students in and around Madison are organizing to make change, whether it's to demand the UW divest from war-profiteering companies, or to fight the state's union-busting, or to make our campuses 'ICE-free zones' where undocumented workers are safe from the harassment of immigration police."
In addition to WORT, Dols is involved in several independent media projects, including serving as the Director for the Madison Campaign for Free Speech on Television. A University of Wisconsin student himself, Dols has frequently been on the other side of the interview table on WORT's airwaves. He has been a guest on "In Our Backyard," "A Public Affair," and the "Eight O'clock Buzz," discussing media reform, anti-Nazi counter-demonstrations, anti-war organizing, and more.
Dols will host his first hour as a regular programmer on Tuesday, October 31.
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