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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!

Madison’s Live Comedy Comeback

March 24, 2021 by Ryan Wollersheim and WORT News Department

The Comedy on State is what it says – a stand-up comedy club on State Street, and a cornerstone of the Madison comedy scene. It reopened its doors two weeks ago, at least for its weekly open mic night on Wednesdays. Recent changes to the county’s COVID-19 protocols have allowed the club, which is considered […]

Area Lawmakers Show Support for Meriter Nurses Strike

March 16, 2021 by WORT News Department and Martin Rakacolli

Photos by WORT News Director Chali Pittman. State Democratic lawmakers showed their support for nurses at UnityPoint Health-Meriter Hospital on Tuesday morning. The press conference came two days after Meriter Hospital nurses delivered a notice of strike to the hospital. The nurses at UnityPoint Health-Meriter Hospital are represented by the Service Employees International Union, or […]

Dane County Rental Assistance Program Now has Website

February 18, 2021 by WORT News Department and Martin Rakacolli

Photo by Photomix-Company on Pixabay. Dane County residents are now able to apply for emergency rental assistance through a program called Dane CORE. That’s a collaborative effort between Dane County, the city of Madison, and the Tenant Resource Center, a nonprofit dedicated to helping tenants and landlords keep their housing affordable. The program, which […]

Wisconsin Getting Hotter: 17 Environmental Human Rights & Dr. Ata...

December 29, 2020 by WORT News Department and Wisconsin Getting Hotter

There are many internationally recognized human rights: civil and political rights like the right to vote, social rights like the right to stay alive and access food and water. There are also group and individual rights, like the right to a clean and healthy environment. It’s that last one that we’re going to look at […]

Wisconsin Getting Hotter: Episode 16 Tree eating insects

November 20, 2020 by Wisconsin Getting Hotter and WORT News Department

We depend on trees to provide us with oxygen and to soak up the carbon dioxide we produce. So what will happen if trees struggle to stay healthy on our warming planet? Helena White speaks with Dr. Rick Lindroth in the next installment of the climate crisis series Wisconsin Getting Hotter.

Public Health Madison and Dane County declares new emergency order

November 17, 2020 by Nate Carlin

In anticipation of Thanksgiving, Public Health Madison and Dane County announced today a new public health order. The order restricts outdoor mass gatherings down to 10 people maximum, and prohibits all indoor mass gatherings, including multi-household gatherings for Thanksgiving. Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway acknowledged the difficult sacrifice she was asking of residents, but underlined its necessity. […]

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