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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!

Foxconn plant to produce ventilator units

April 8, 2020 by Jonah Chester

In a press conference last month, Department of Health Services Secretary Designee Andrea Palm confirmed that the state is working to determine exactly how many ventilators are currently available. “We are continuing to work with our partners to get exact numbers, and we can provide that when we have it,” she said. Now, In an […]

Quarantine Measures Negatively Impacting Prison Population

April 8, 2020 by WORT News Department

James Morgan spent more than a decade in prison. He is now the lead peer support specialist at the Madison Urban Ministry where he helps formerly incarcerated people re-integrate into the community. Since the COVID-19 outbreak began, he’s been getting emails and phone calls from people serving time in state prisons. Here’s a recent one. […]

Artist & Public Speaker Gaelynn Lea on Who Cooks For You?

March 20, 2020 by Music Director

She’s been described as “Velvet Underground meets Little House on the Prairie.” The Real Jaguar talks with musician & disability rights activist Gaelynn Lea on Who Cooks For You? Gaelynn Lea won NPR Music’s Tiny Desk Contest in 2016, and she’s been on the road ever since playing her unique mix of haunting original songs […]

Vice President Pence Visits Wisconsin for National School Choice Week

January 28, 2020 by WORT News Department and Martin Rakacolli

US Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos and Vice President Mike Pence visited the State Capitol today to signal their support for school voucher programs. Secretary DeVos, a long-time advocate for school voucher systems, spoke to a gathered crowd of supporters an d students wearing yellow sashes in support of National School Choice Week. She […]

Royal Wedding Ahead: Resistance is Feudal

May 18, 2018 by To Be Honest

Prince Henry of Wales, better known as Prince Harry and American actress Meghan Markle are set to tie the knot this Saturday. In anticipation of the day, Sarah Hopefl and Eli Radtke preview the wedding of the year.

Yassss Screen

May 15, 2018 by To Be Honest

Raise your hand if you’ve ever been personally victimized by the sun! Many Wisconsinites enjoyed the beautiful sunny weather a little too much this weekend and started their week applying a thick layer of aloe to their shoulders. We explore what the sun does to your skin when you get sunburn — and what […]

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