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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!

You vote for WORT when you listen to us over-the-air or online and we are grateful! You’ve told us many reasons you choose WORT (listed below). We now ask that you also cast your financial ballot for WORT. Voting for WORT means economic support for what you value. Thank you!

The diversity and breadth of the music we play. Because of your support, we are able to break the usual radio rule that you must only play one type of music (country, classical, top 40). You support WORT’s line-up of over 35 genres and sub-genres of music. Each volunteer host is an expert in their genre; they don’t play the same songs week after week, but introduce you to brand new performers as well some that have been forgotten.

News and talk shows brought to you by volunteers who reflect our community. Our coverage of news and talk is informed by the reporters and hosts who live in our community. Our talk show guests can dive deep into subjects that interest you. Our news reporters ask the questions you want answered and talk to stake-holders neglected by other media.

No commercials. Because of your support we have no commercials. You don’t want to hear them, we don’t want to broadcast them. You might hear a spot where we thank a local business for their support and provide a brief (15 or 30 second) message about what they do and how to reach them. But those messages are facts only, with no push to buy.

Please see the How to Help tab at the top of the page for other ways to support WORT, including car donations, stock donations, and contributions from your IRA.

Listener Shoutouts!

We miss hearing your comments, especially during pledge drives. Our hosts love hearing them, it makes pledge drives more interesting for all our listeners, and it’s great feedback.

We would like to hear why you support WORT, in your own voice, and we want to share it with our listeners. Here’s another way to make a big difference during our pledge drive.

1) Call 608-321-9594.
2) You’ll be asked to leave a message with your first name, where you are calling from, and why you support WORT (or a particular show or genre of shows–totally up to you!).
3) We will be editing the messages–not to make you sound goofy, but to take out any ‘umms’, long pauses, personal information (like your phone number), or just in case you swear because something fell on your toe. So don’t worry about making your message perfect and don’t worry about the length. We’ll trim it if we have to.
4) Spontaneous messages are the best! If you write down what you want to say it sounds scripted and that’s not as appealing.

5) Don’t be afraid of being off-the-wall, or too “normal”, or whatever. We’re WORT and we welcome YOUR reason for supporting community radio.

Thank you!

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WORT’s Legal Name: Back Porch Radio Broadcasting Inc
Federal Identification Number: 23-7328965
Official Address: 118 South Bedford Street, Madison WI, 53703