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:

Insurgent Radio Kiosk for Week of August 16

August 15, 2021 by Kiosk Scriptwriter

This is the insurgent radio kiosk for Monday, August 16 Music: Rapid Roy On this day in 1900, Racine hosted its first automobile race. The course was through fourteen unpaved miles to Western Union Junction and back to Racine. The racers were A.J. Horlick and Robert W. Hindley. Horlick started the race in the lead […]

Insurgent Radio Kiosk for Week of August 9

August 8, 2021 by Kiosk Scriptwriter

This is the insurgent radio kiosk for Monday, August 9 On this day in 1930, animated character Betty Boop made her debut. She first appeared in the cartoon Dizzy Dishes, which was produced by Max Fleischer. Fleischer is the founder of Fleischer Studios and creator of several beloved animated characters, including Betty Boop, Popeye, and […]

Insurgent Radio Kiosk for Week of July 12

July 11, 2021 by Kiosk Scriptwriter

This is the insurgent radio kiosk for Monday, July 12 Music: The World Was Wide Enough [or another song you might find appropriate given the trivia of the day] On this day in 1804, former United States Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton died in a duel with Vice President Aaron Burr. The event, along […]

Insurgent Radio Kiosk for Week of July 5

July 4, 2021 by Kiosk Scriptwriter

This is the insurgent radio kiosk for Monday, July 5 Music: What to the Slave is the Fourth of July? Today, in 1852, Frederick Douglass gave his speech ‘What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?’ to the Ladies’ Anti-Slavery Society in Rochester. The speech condemns the celebration of Independence day as a hypocritical […]

Insurgent Radio Kiosk for Week of June 28

June 27, 2021 by Kiosk Scriptwriter

This is the insurgent radio kiosk for Monday, June 28th Today in 1838, Queen Victoria was crowned queen of the United Kingdom. Her coronation took place in Westminster Abbey, London. Queen Victoria’s reign lasted 63 years until 1901. She holds the second-longest reign of the United Kingdom in recorded history, surpassed by the current monarch, […]

Insurgent Radio Kiosk For Week of June 7

June 7, 2021 by Kiosk Scriptwriter

This is the insurgent radio kiosk for Monday, June 7 Today in 1926, the first airmail service flew from Milwaukee County Airport. The mail was delivered along the Dickinson Line, which operated from Chicago to St. Paul with stops at Milwaukee and LaCrosse. Airmail remains the most effective method of mail delivery. Tonight at six […]

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