How to listen to WORT

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.

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, )

Digital Production Director: Aaron Scholz – aaron@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!

1. On the radio, of course! If you live within our broadcast range, tune to 89.9 on your FM dial.

2. Via the WORT website. Listen live by clicking here, or listen to archived shows here.

3. Via our WORT app, now available for smartphones and tablets, where you can listen live, listen to archived shows, and even fall asleep with the handy sleep clock. If you have an Android phone or tablet, just go to the Playstore to install it. On an Apple iPad or iPhone, go to the App Store to install it.

4. To listen anywhere while driving, connect to our app via Bluetooth to play on your modern automobile media center.

5. Listen via your Alexa or Echo virtual assistant. Here’s how to set that up:

Simply say, “Alexa, play W O R T on TuneIn.” Sometimes, “Alexa play W O R T” will work great. Please be sure to spell out WORT, rather than saying it as one word.
Or, you can enable Simple Radio on your Alexa device. Just say, “Alexa, enable Simple Radio.” Then say, “Alexa, play W-O-R-T on Simple Radio.
NEW! Enable playing WORT as a skill on your Alexa device. Enable the skill, then use it to play out livestream or our podcasts. Just say “Alexa, enable W O R T.” Then to listen to our live stream, say, “Alexa, ask W O R T to play live.” Or, to listen to one of our podcasts, say “Alexa, ask W O R T to play [podcast name].” Say “Alexa, next” to skip to the next episode of that podcast. Our current podcast lineup is the 8 O’Clock Buzz, A Public Affair, Perpetual Notion Machine, Madison Book Beat, 6pm Local News, and Mel & Floyd. To manually enable this skill, click here.

6. Via third-party mobile app. There are many apps that will play radio stations, including WORT. Popular options include Simple Radio, MyTuner, TuneIn Radio, MyRadio (for Android), Internet Radio, and NextRadio (on Android). Just head to the Google Play Store if you own an Android, or head to the App Store if you own an Apple device. Once your app of choice is installed, search for WORT and start streaming.

7. Via any streaming software like VLC, Sonos, Winamp, and the like by supplying this URL: https://stream.wortfm.org:8443/high.mp3