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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!

What’s the Word: Swing State

October 26, 2020 by Whats the Word and WORT News Department

Election day is right around the corner and as a swing state, Wisconsin expects to be a deciding voice in the election results. This week on “What’s the Word,” Adam Schuster looks at some of the myths and mystique around swing states in this country, and he explains why our very own state might be […]

Surge in Covid Cases Overwhelm Dane County Health Department

October 22, 2020 by WORT News Department

As COVID-19 cases continue to rise throughout Wisconsin, Public Health Madison and Dane County has announced it will be switching to a crisis model of contact tracing due to the recent surge in cases. At a press conference Thursday morning, Kate Austin Stanford, the Director Of Operations at Public Health-Madison and Dane County, said that […]

COVID cases spike among Wisconsin’s Native Americans

October 22, 2020 by Jonah Chester and WORT News Department

COVID-19 cases amongst Wisconsin’s native peoples have tripled since September first, according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. That rate of increase far outpaces positivity rates amongst any other racial groups in the state. About 2,333 total American Indians have tested positive in Wisconsin, up from 775 at the start of September. To discuss how the […]

The Race for Wisconsin’s Sixth Congressional District

October 22, 2020 by Jonah Chester and WORT News Department

This November, Republican incumbent Glenn Grothman will square off against Democrat Jessica King for the right to represent Wisconsin’s sixth congressional district — which includes communities situated between Green Bay, Madison and Milwaukee. Grothman won the seat in 2014, prior to which he served in both the Wisconsin state senate and house of representatives for […]

No Tailgating, No Food Vendors for Badger Homecoming

October 22, 2020 by WORT News Department and Jade Iseri-Ramos

Friday, the Badgers kickoff for the first time in 2020. Fans won’t be allowed in the stadium, and Tuesday, Madison’s Common Council threw a hail marry to discourage tailgating. After much deliberation and more than 40 players testing positive for Covid-19 last month, the Badgers are still playing 8 games–4 at home. In a live […]

Madison, Oct. 27, 1966 – The Heckling of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy

October 21, 2020 by WORT News Department

At the start of the 1966-67 school year, the Committee to End the War in Vietnam (CEWV) declared it would not allow members of the federal government to speak on the UW campus undisturbed. So when it was announced that President Kennedy’s youngest brother was coming to campus on October 27, 1966 to help the […]

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