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 Literature

Radio Literature is a weekly half-hour program devoted to poetry, fiction, non-fiction, and theater from Wisconsin and beyond. It often features discussion with writers, as well as readings of their work. To contact the show, please send e-mail to wortnewsaid@gmail.com.

Author Joan Oliver Goldsmith on Radio Lit, Pt 1

April 30, 2020 by Radio Literature

On this edition of Radio Literature, host Melvin Hinton is joined by Minnesotan author Joan Oliver Goldsmith. Goldsmith is the author of the book How Can We Keep From Singing: Music and the Passionate Life (Penguin Random House, 2001), a celebration of the world of song. Goldsmith works as a freelance writer, and has been […]

Remembering Longtime Radio Literature Volunteer, Poet and Activist Dan...

June 2, 2016 by Norman Stockwell

This story originally appeared June 01, 2016 on The Progressive website. Madison, Wisconsin, and the world have lost a great voice for peace and justice. Poet and activist Daniel Kunene died this past week at the age of 93. Kunene was a professor emeritus in the University of Wisconsin Department of African Languages and Literature […]

Nadya Ponce interviews Óscar Mireles

February 11, 2016 by Radio Literature

Guest interviewer Nadya Ponce, of Mexico City, talks to Madison’s first “latino” poet laureate Óscar Mireles. Mireles talks about his work—particularly the editing of I Didn’t Know There Were Latinos in Wisconsin–, his origins, and how he learned to speak Spanish.

Rubén Medina is Interviewed About Nomadic Nation

January 28, 2016 by Radio Literature

Poet and University of Wisconsin-Madison Spanish professor Rubén Medina talks to guest interviewer Chris Chapman, of WORT’s En nuestro patio, about the new edition of Medina’s book Nomadic Nation/Nación nómada. Medina reads some of his poems and explains his use of language and languages in his work.

Rachel Krings Presents Oral Interpretations

January 21, 2016 by Radio Literature

Melvin Hinton met his guest Rachel Krings in the Oral Interpretation course at Madison College. They talk about their class and their mutual love of “oral interpretation”, including reading to children.

Miranda Hawk and the Role of Theater

January 14, 2016 by Radio Literature

Melvin Hinton’s guest Miranda Hawk, head of the Department of Communication and Performing Arts at Madison College, discusses the role of theater, oral interpretation and the performing arts in our lives. Miranda also reads from the play Clybourne Park, by Bruce Norris, which she will direct later this year.

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