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!

The Insurgent Radio Kiosk

The Insurgent Radio Kiosk airs weekdays at 5AM, 6:30AM, 9AM and 2PM. It is a four-minute prerecorded segment featuring a commentary and calendar events for the day.

To submit an event for the kiosk, fill out our announcements page at least ten days in advance of the event. Events must be free or low-cost and relevant to those in WORT's broadcast range.

The kiosk is open to you. You can record your thoughts in a two-minute commentary that will then air on the kiosk. Please note there a few things we can't air (commercials, candidates, hate speech). Submit your commentary here.

We also air commentaries from the following sources:

Week of March 22, 2021

March 24, 2021 by Insurgent Radio Kiosk

This is the insurgent radio kiosk for Monday, March 22 Today marks the passing of emcee Phife Dawg five years ago, member of seminal hip-hop group A Tribe Called Quest. He spent the four months before his death working on the group’s first album in eighteen years, which was released several days after the November […]

Kiosk for Friday, January 17

January 17, 2020 by Insurgent Radio Kiosk

This is the Insurgent Radio Kiosk for Monday, January 6th Hightower Commentary Action Calendar ****** The other Mexican migration You probably haven’t heard about it, but there’s another mass migration coming across the US-Mexico border. However, these are not Central American families fleeing horrific conditions back home – only to be separated, incarcerated, traumatized, and […]

Kiosk for Thursday, January 16

January 16, 2020 by Insurgent Radio Kiosk

This is the Insurgent Radio Kiosk for Thursday, January 16th Hightower Commentary Action Calendar ****** America’s healthcare border raiders While Donald Trump fans the embers of xenophobia in our country by demonizing caravans of desperate Latinos headed north from Central America, there are other northern-bound caravans he doesn’t mention. These are US citizens crossing our […]

Kiosk for Wednesday, January 15

January 15, 2020 by Insurgent Radio Kiosk

This is the Insurgent Radio Kiosk for Wednesday, January 15th Hightower Commentary Action Calendar ****** How do the rich become über-rich? As Ray Charles wailed in a song of true-life blues: “Them that’s got is them that gets/And I ain’t got nothin’ yet.” While the workaday majority of Americans continue to be mired in our […]

Kiosk for Tuesday, January 14

January 14, 2020 by Insurgent Radio Kiosk

This is the Insurgent Radio Kiosk for Tuesday, January 14th Hightower Commentary Action Calendar ****** What car do billionaires ride in? I’m guessing that being rich is a comfortable feeling – no money worries, you’re set for life! But is it possible that too rich can be too much, even discombobulating? Imagine being Mark Zuckerberg, […]

Kiosk for Monday, January 13

January 13, 2020 by Insurgent Radio Kiosk

This is the Insurgent Radio Kiosk for Monday, January 13th Action Calendar Today’s Kiosk starts with a Civil Liberties Minute from the American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts. Trump, Iran and the AUMF The Kiosk brings you commentaries from members of the public. All opinions expressed are those of the speakers. Have an idea for your own […]

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