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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!

John Coltrane’s Birthday on SJS

September 22, 2021 by Music Department

This Thursday’s edition of Strictly Jazz Sounds celebrates the 95th birthday of jazz icon John Coltrane. Co-hosts Steve Braunginn and Jane Reynolds will be on board during this pledge drive edition, providing Coltrane sounds with many of his jazz cohorts, including Miles Davis, Cannonball Adderley, Johnny Griffin, Art Blakey, Duke Ellington, Milt Jackson and Red […]

WORT Main Stage Saturday at Willy St Fair!

September 16, 2021 by Sybil Augustine

On Sat. Sept 18 WORT hosts the Main Stage on the 900 Block of Willy St with a bounty of great funk, rock, soul and blues to please your festy-loving ears. In a year of many changes, this one was a huge shift for the station: from Sunday to Saturday, from the 800 block to […]

NATTY NATION to headline WORTstock

September 9, 2021 by WORT 89.9FM

A Musical Celebration of Community Radio September 12th, 11am to 7pm Warner Park, 2930 N. Sherman Ave. Free Admission Main Stage Lineup 12:00 Angela Puerta Band (Colombian Singer-Songwriter) 1:30 The Lower 5th (Americana) 3:00 Adem Tesfaye (Funk, Jazz, Hip Hop, Reggae) 4:30 Don’t Mess With Cupid (Soul) 5:50 NATTY NATION Also featuring local hip hop […]

New Hosts on Sunday Morning!

September 1, 2021 by Musica Antiqua

Anne Olson and Terri Felton will be joining the Musica Antiqua team! Current hosts Carol Moseson and Alan Muirhead are excited to welcome Anne and Terri. You will hear their voices beginning on shows in September, including the upcoming pledge drive, and we all look forward to their first independent shows as they transition into […]

Strictly Jazz Sounds: DownBeat 69th Critics Poll Show Pt. Deux

August 26, 2021 by Music Department

This week’s edition of Strictly Jazz Sounds features Part 2 of the 69th DownBeat Critics Poll Show, playing selections from winners Christian McBride (bass), Thelonious Monk’s “Palo Alto”, winner of the best Historical Album, Regina Carter for best violin and Mary Halvorson as she racks up another win for best guitar. As usual, Steve’s Picks […]

26 Years of Musical Offerings

August 24, 2021 by Sybil Augustine

On Wednesday morning Classical host Ena Foshay reached a new milestone – 26 years on the air at WORT – as of August 25, 2021! This marked a special occasion because she couldn’t celebrate her 25th anniversary live with listeners last year. Ena’s been presenting classical music in the same time slot, 5:00-8:00 am Wednesday mornings, […]

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