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.

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, )

Digital Production Director: Aaron Scholz – aaron@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!

Search Results for: back in the country

Ken Burns on Back to the Country

September 26, 2019 by WORT News Department

Filmmaker Ken Burns hops on the line to speak with Bill (and Bobbie) Malone, host of Back to the Country. Bill was featured as the sole country music historian in […]

Tom Waselchuk on Back to the Country

January 17, 2018 by Music Department

Bill and Bobbie Malone chat with Tom Waselchuk of the Dang-its on the Wednesday January 17 edition of Back to the Country. Tom talks about his many musical projects over […]

Dale Watson Live On Back To The Country Pledge Premium

March 1, 2016 by Music Department

Countrypolitan legend Dale Watson stopped by the WORT studios last summer to chat with the crew on Back To The Country and play a stripped down set of tunes live […]

Reflecting on News from Indian Country with Paul DeMain

November 19, 2019 by A Public Affair

The independent newspaper News from Indian Country, founded in 1986 by Paul DeMain of the Oneida Nation of Wisconsin, ran its last issue published by Indian Country Communications back in […]

Country/Bluegrass Legend Mac Wiseman on Back to the Country

January 13, 2015 by Back To The Country

This Wednesday, Jan. 14 at 11 am on Back to the Country, music historian Bill Malone interviews Mac Wiseman, who was recently inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame.

Texas In Their Souls

June 17, 2020 by Music Department

Since publishing the dissertation that became the eminently readable (and recently updated) book Country Music USA in 1968, Bill Malone has become a widely recognized and respected country music scholar. […]

WORT Honors Back to the Country Host Bill Malone

July 30, 2019 by Music Department

Tickets to the Tribute to Bill Malone at the Stoughton Opera House are SOLD OUT! Thank you for your support!! Hard tickets have been mailed to anyone who has already […]

Bill Clifton: America’s Bluegrass Ambassador to the World

February 6, 2017 by 8 O'Clock Buzz

Bill and Bobbie Malone have for years brought the best in old-time country music to the WORT airwaves on “Back to the Country” on Wednesday mornings. In addition to being […]

Back To The Country Interviews on Wed. March 18th

March 17, 2015 by Back To The Country

On the morning of March 18, Bill Malone conducted interviews with Hank Sapoznik of the Mayrent Institute of Yiddish Culture and Madison’s Cris Plata, who’s having a CD release party this weekend. Listen to the program archive to hear what they had to say.

What’s the Word: Coins

August 17, 2020 by Whats the Word and WORT News Department

You may have noticed in the last few months that coins have become a little harder to come by. This Week on “What’s the Word” Adam Schuster surveys the recent […]

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