Listen to the WORT Election Night Special

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!

Listen to the WORT election night special, originally broadcast November 3, 2020, from 8pm to midnight. Join us as we speak with journalists, political operatives, and experts as the results roll in.

WORT 89.9FM Madison · It’s a 2020 Election Night Special

About the guests

Thanks to our guests: Abigail Becker from The Capital Times, Katie Thoreson from WXPR radio, Patrick Marley from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, the Rev. Greg Lewis from Souls to the Polls, Law Forward attorneys Jeff Mandell and Doug Poland, UW-Madison journalism professor Michael Wagner, Isthmus reporter Dylan Brogan, Melissa Heinritz from the Foundation for Madison’s Public Schools and student Julianna Baldo from YES2Invest, journalist and electoral college scholar Jesse Wegman, and influence watchdog Lisa Graves.

About the hosts

WORT 89.9FM Madison · Join WORT on election night

Dr. Damita Brown is the host of the Eight O’Clock Buzz on Tuesdays.

Kristian Knutsen is the co-host of the WORT Local News on Tuesdays.

Mel and Mr. Smarty Pants are the popular comedic duo behind Mel & Floyd on Fridays.

Jonah Chester, the local news producer at WORT, provided live local, state, and nation election results. He was aided by local news reporters Joe States, Ryan Wollersheim, and Paul Hermann.

This special was produced and engineered by Chali Pittman, WORT News and Public Affairs Director, with help from Jonah Chester.