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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!

A Nationwide Remembrance of Breonna Taylor on Community Radio

August 12, 2020 by Chali Pittman and WORT 89.9FM

WORT joins WXOX 97.1 FM Louisville and radio stations across the country on Thursday, August 13, at 1 PM, as we unite to commemorate the life of Breonna Taylor and the many Black women who have been the subjects of police brutality. Breonna Taylor’s aunt, Bianca Austin, narrates the remembrance. This special 10 minute broadcast […]

Listen to State Senate candidates debate criminal justice reform

July 26, 2020 by WORT News Department, WORT 89.9FM and Chali Pittman

On Wednesday, July 29, WORT will broadcast a forum on criminal and carceral justice issues with state Senate candidates competing to represent Madison in the upcoming August primary. The forum is presented MOSES, a Madison-based non-partisan interfaith organization that works to promote social justice with a focus on ending mass incarceration. Candidates who will […]

Lorenzo Milam, Community Radio’s “Johnny Appleseed,”...

July 23, 2020 by WORT 89.9FM

Radio activist Lorenzo W. Milam died in Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca, Mexico on July 21, 2020 at the age of 86. He is survived by over 300 community radio stations, including WORT 89.9 FM Madison. Milam was fascinated with radio since his childhood in Jacksonville, Florida where he listened for hours to broadcasts from Nashville, New […]

2020 Board Election Results

June 29, 2020 by WORT 89.9FM

The WORT Annual Meeting was held Sunday, June 28th at 2pm online, and we have elected two new board members. In the Listener-Sponsor category, Rosie Rey, and in the Participating Member category, Megan Flowers. Congratulations to both! Their terms end June of 2023. Dave Devereaux-Weber and Marty Kehrein also retained their seats on the Board. […]

Staff Reports for 2020 Annual Meeting

June 29, 2020 by WORT 89.9FM

MUSIC 2020 is only half over but easily wins the award for the strangest year at WORT, and after 25 years I should know! When we decided to limit access to volunteer DJs, it put us in a completely, pardon the expression, novel situation. We’d been working to have a stash of evergreen programming but […]

WORT Joins Community Radio Nationwide to Honor George Floyd

June 10, 2020 by WORT 89.9FM

George Floyd’s gruesome killing on May 25 has been the focus of international protests. Communities across the country, including in Madison, are struggling to face the issues raised by his death, including racial injustice and police reform. George Floyd was killed as he lay face down on a Minneapolis street, and we must examine the […]

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