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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!

The Eurovision Song Contest!

May 10, 2021 by Access Hour

The Eurovision Song Contest. 39 countries, 39 songs, 1 victor. Since 1956 the Contest has been one of the most-watched live non-sports entertainment telecasts worldwide. Around 200 million people tune in on a Saturday in May to watch pop songtastrophes representing their respective countries battle it out for the chance to overspend as this year’s […]

Collegeland Podcast: Beyond the Land-Grab University

May 3, 2021 by Access Hour

Collegeland is a podcast sharing the untold stories from campuses around the United States, co-hosted by professors Nan Enstad and Lisa Levenstein. Tonight, the Access Hour will be featuring episode 8: Beyond the Land-Grab University. Land-grant universities are the legacy of the Morrill Act of 1862, which gave states throughout the Midwest and West upwards […]

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February 22, 2021 by Access Hour

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Community Shares – Community Change-Makers

August 26, 2020 by Access Hour

Stacy Harbaugh will having a roundtable discussion with other Community Shares volunteers about volunteerism and nonprofit advocacy related to Community Shares of Wisconsin’s upcoming Community Change-Makers Awards event (on September 17). At the event, three community leaders will receive leadership awards and each person will be able to grant $1000 to the nonprofit of their […]

Sterling Hall Bombing of 1970

August 6, 2020 by Access Hour

Monday August 24th marks the 50th anniversary of the Bombing of the Army Math Research Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison–otherwise known an the Sterling Hall Bombing–carried out by four Madison radicals (the “New Year Gang”) in the very early hours of that day during UW’s late-summer break. This violent and dramatic act of protest […]

Mike Neuman on Global Climate Change

July 2, 2020 by Access Hour

Songs are centered the around concern for the future of living conditions on this planet, the growing injustices for so many children assuming what the majority of climates scientists are predicting proves true. Mike also provides a brief summary of his proposal described at www.allthingsenvironmental.com.

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