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!

WORT Local News

Our team of reporters, feature producers, hosts, and engineers bring you an hour of news Monday through Thursday at 6pm. We aim to give underrepresented people a voice in the sources we use and the stories we cover. Follow us on Twitter and subscribe to the broadcast.

Madison Public Library to host Medallion Hunt

November 30, 2021 by Nate Wegehaupt and WORT News Department

The weather outside is not quite frightful, which means that it is the perfect time to get outside and explore Madison’s Parks. The Madison Public Library is holding a medallion hunt, which starts tomorrow, December 1st, and runs until December 10th, or until someone finds the medallions. You can find clues for the scavenger hunt […]

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November 30, 2021 by Nate Wegehaupt and WORT News Department

State lawmakers have introduced a pile of legislation over the last two days, with the goal of creating more gun regulations in Wisconsin. These bills come a week and a half after Kyle Rittenhouse was acquitted by a jury of all charges for shooting and killing two people and injuring a third during racial justice […]

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On Tuesdays, the Daily Cardinal — one of UW-Madison’s student newspapers — shares the latest in campus news. This week, Student Dive podcast co-host Cole Wozniak talks with college news editor Sophia Vento, who took a look at the outlook for UW Housing as part of our action project. Plus, we recap the extension of […]

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Bridging The Gap: Album Re-recordings and Artists’ Ownership

November 29, 2021 by Bridging the Gap and WORT News Department

On November 12th, Taylor Swift released the re-recording of the album ‘Red,” now named Red(Taylor’s Version), and immediately swept the Spotify Global Top 50 charts with all 30 songs on the album. Swift’s re-releasing these re-recordings as a means to reclaim the rights to her own music. In this week’s edition of “Bridging the Gap,” […]

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