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!

Radio Astronomy

Radio Astronomy is a down-to-Earth dialogue between UW Madison astronomers exploring the latest in space and astronomy news.

Century-old Observatory on Lake Geneva to Close

March 27, 2018 by WORT News Department

In today’s Radio Astronomy, Brianna Smart and Aaron Lopez tell us about Yerkes Observatory in Williams Bay, Wisconsin, which is set to close this fall after more than a hundred years of operation. George Ellery Hale and Charles T. Yerkes wanted a spot far away from Chicago’s smog and lights. Lake Geneva had no light […]

Hawking Radiation

March 20, 2018 by Radio Astronomy

Jacqueline Goldstein talk’s about Hawking Radiation in honor of the late Stephen Hawking, the world renown theoretical physicist, popular scientists, and disability activist who died last week on March 14th. Learn more: https://phys.org/news/2018-03-black-holes-totally-insights-stephen.html

First Observations of the Earliest Stars

March 6, 2018 by Radio Astronomy

Erika K. Carlson and Brianna Smart discuss the recent announcement of the first observations made of the universe’s earliest stars. Sources: http://www.astronomy.com/news/2018/03/fingerprinting-the-very-first-stars https://gizmodo.com/scientists-discover-long-sought-evidence-of-first-stars-1823388372

Radio Astronomy: The First Stars

March 6, 2018 by Radio Astronomy

What can a big antenna tell us about the very first stars that formed in the universe? Tune in today as Erika and new host Bri describe how an instrument the size of a kitchen table can make this incredible discovery!

Saturn’s Moon Titan has a Sea Level

February 6, 2018 by Radio Astronomy

Erika K. Carlson and Zach Pace discuss Saturn’s moon Titan and its lakes of methane and ethane. According to data from the Cassini mission, Titan appears to have a sea level, like Earth does. Source: http://www.astronomy.com/news/2018/01/cassini-uncovers-a-sea-level-on-titan-similar-to-earth

Radio Astronomy: Cold, But Not Icy!

February 6, 2018 by Radio Astronomy

Where can you find cold lakes that aren’t frozen? Learn about the outer solar system with Zach and Erika today!

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