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WORT Music Playlists

What was that song I heard? Who was the artist, what is the album title, where can I get it? Where can I find the entire playlist for a show?

Click on the Playlists button to bring up a calendar where you can choose any date to find the playlists for that day. If you can’t find the right playlist or the song you’re looking for, your best bet is to call the station the next time that program’s on and ask the host yourself. If that’s not possible we may be able to help you, but please have as much information as possible at hand when you contact us, such as: approximate day and time the music was played, what type or genre of music it was, who hosted the show and any other information you remember about the selection and we’ll do our best to track it down.

Once you figure it out, there’s a “Buy It!” link next to each track in online playlists that leads you to a place where you can buy songs and albums, and by doing it that way a small portion of each purchase goes to support WORT.

Contact Information

Music Director: Sybil Augustine – musicdirector@wortfm.org (for music submissions, charts and tracking, promotional exchanges for music events and following up on volunteer applications or other requests. Please include specifics in your subject line, such as “Hiphop Music Submission” etc, )

Music Assistant: Aaron Scholz – musicass@wortfm.org (for record donations and sales, promos recording volunteers, etc.)

Music Calendars: Submit your events online here or send by email to calendar@wortfm.org

How do I get my music played on WORT?

We accept submissions in most genres and styles of music, focusing on noncommercial, out-of-the-mainstream, independent releases (check out our playlists and music charts for more information.) It may take up to a few weeks for us to review and process your submission so we appreciate your patience, and feel free to contact us to follow up. Please send your music, indicating any tracks with language that needs to be aired after 10 pm and including a one-sheet description and any biographical and tour information, to WORT Music Director, 118 S. Bedford St, Madison, WI 53703 and/or to musicdirector@wortfm.org.

We do accept digital files on .wav or mp3, but currently we still prefer CDs to digital submissions because it’s the quickest way to get it into the hands of our programmers and onto the airwaves, though we have a growing digital library. Digital submissions should be .wav or other lossless files, or high quality mp3s [128-320 kbps.]

You can follow up or “track” your submissions by email, or call 608-256-2001 on Wednesdays between 1-4 pm CST to ask if we received it, has it been reviewed, has it been added to our library, and what kind of airplay it’s getting—e.g. light, medium, heavy or charting. Thanks and we look forward to hearing your music!

CSW Collaboration Award recognizes support for BLM

September 22, 2021 by 8 O'Clock Buzz

Part two of the award winners for the Community Shares of Wisconsin (CSW) introduces a special first-time award — the Collaboration Award — to organizations who worked together to support the 2020 Black Lives Matter uprising. Discussing their activities and those of their organizations are Brandi Grayson from Urban Triage, M. Adams from Freedom, Inc., […]

Supporting our Kids Futures!

September 21, 2021 by 8 O'Clock Buzz

Today on the Pledge Drive Tuesday 8:00 Buzz with Marcus Slaton sitting in for Dr. Damita Brown… Michael Johnson is the President and CEO of Boys and Girls Club of Dane County. He joins us to talk about their current work in the community on the Vel Phillips memorial, supporting kids in the pandemic, internship […]

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September 21, 2021 by 8 O'Clock Buzz

Today on the Pledge Drive Tuesday 8:00 Buzz with Marcus Slaton sitting in for Dr. Damita Brown… Joe Mingle is the volunteer coordinator for Healthy Food for All, a project of the Northside Planning Council. He joins us to talk about reducing waste, the state of healthy food in our community, food deserts, and the […]

Rooted In The Land Art Exhibition

September 19, 2021 by 8 O'Clock Buzz

WORT 89.9FM Madison · Rooted In The Land Art Exhibition Rooted in the Land is The Farley Center’s celebration of the Natural Path Sanctuary’s 10th anniversary. They’ve invited local artists to fill the woods with art using only materials that can safely decompose back into the ground. Angela Richardson and Paul Andrews are two of […]

YWCA CEO Vanessa McDowell on Madison’s Affordable Housing Crisis...

September 19, 2021 by 8 O'Clock Buzz

WORT 89.9FM Madison · YWCA CEO Vanessa McDowell on Madison’s Affordable Housing Crisis The Cap Times Idea Fest kicked off on Monday offering sessions covering a variety of topics under the umbrella “Reckoning with Change.” On Tuesday, they held a session focused on Madison’s housing crisis, discussing how to add housing to keep pace with […]

2021 CSW Change-Maker award recipients

September 15, 2021 by 8 O'Clock Buzz

At this time of year, Community Shares of Wisconsin (CSW) celebrates its “Change-Makers Awardees”, three individuals in the community who have “made a difference”. This year is special because it’s the 50th anniversary of CSW, which was started in 1971 as a fund to bail out Madison protestors of the Vietnam War. This year’s award […]

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