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!

Madison BookBeat

Madison BookBeat highlights local authors and book events. The show, hosted by Stu Levitan, airs every Monday afternoon from 1-2 pm.

What happened to Letters and Politics?
We know our listeners love Mitch Jeserich's insightful interviews on Letters and Politics from KPFA. We will still air the show on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays. You may also find the show online, anytime.

What is the theme music?
The theme music is titled “Little Sherry," off the Nick's Bump album from renowned Madison jazz musician Ben Sidran.

Madeline Uraneck, “How to Make a Life: A Tibetan Refugee Family ...

March 1, 2021 by Madison BookBeat

Madison authors, topics, book events and publishers Stu Levitan welcomes Madeline Uraneck, author of How to Make a Life: A Tibetan Refugee Family and the Midwestern Woman They Adopted (Wisconsin Historical Society Press) on a very special day – the first day of our winter pledge drive. That’s right, you hear us throughout the year, […]

Danielle Evans, “The Office Of Historical Corrections”

February 22, 2021 by Madison BookBeat

Madison authors, topics, book events and publishers An encore presentation of a program which originally aired November 23, 2020. Stu Levitan welcomes one of the brightest new stars in the literary firmament, Danielle Evans, coming back to Madison on Wednesday, virtually at least, to present her new collection The Office of Historical Corrections at the […]

John Milton Cooper, Jr., “Woodrow Wilson: A Biography” Par...

February 15, 2021 by Madison BookBeat

Madison authors, topics, book events and publishers. On this third Monday of February, a day commonly, but mistakenly, called President’s Day, Stu Levitan welcomes UW Professor Emeritus John Milton Cooper, Jr., for a discussion of one of the most important presidents in American history – Thomas Woodrow Wilson, whose legacy is as complex and controversial […]

Danez Smith, “Homie”

February 8, 2021 by Madison BookBeat

Madison authors, topics, book events and publishers Stu Levitan welcomes the award-winning Black, Queer and Poz poet and performer Danez Smith, who will be at the Central Library tonight at 7 pm, in support of their brand new collection Homie, poems about friendship and loss and violence and love, it’s a presentation by our friends […]

UW Prof. Francine Hirsch, “Soviet Judgment At Nuremberg: A New H...

February 1, 2021 by Madison BookBeat

Madison authors, topics, book events and publishers Stu Levitan welcomes Prof. Francine Hirsch, the Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor of History at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and author of Soviet Judgment at Nuremberg: A New History of the International Military Tribunal After World War II. Published by Oxford University Press, it is an award-winning reappraisal of […]

Mary Lang Sollinger, “From Inspiration to Activism: A Personal J...

January 25, 2021 by Madison BookBeat

Madison authors, topics, book events, publishers. Stu Levitan welcomes Madison’s own Mary Lang Sollinger, founder and former owner of The Peacock clothing store on State Street, activist and community organizer, former mayoral candidate, Democratic fundraiser extraordinaire and now author of the award-winning From Inspiration to Activism: A Personal Journey Through Obama’s Presidential Campaign, published by […]

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