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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!

Equitable & Inclusive Playgrounds Virtual Cafe

January 7, 2021 by Music Department

Equitable & Inclusive Playgrounds Virtual Cafe Thursday, January 14, 5:30-6:30 pm The Sierra Club Four Lakes Group Land Equity Access Team invites you to a virtual cafe to learn about access with an exploration of current projects in the Fitchburg community. Topics will include the planning and creation of an inclusive playground at McKee Farms […]

Legal Battles Over the Ballot Box

October 20, 2020 by A Public Affair

With November 3 only two weeks away, today we learn about the ins-and-outs of several key election-related legal cases that are currently being litigated. “This year, there are unprecedented challenges to access to the ballot box,” says attorney Jeffrey Mandell. He joins us for the hour to discuss these challenges, including legal battles over Madison’s […]

Improving Public Transit for a More Just and Sustainable Society

March 16, 2020 by A Public Affair

For today’s public transit show, we first talk to professor Kafui Attoh about affects of the coronavirus pandemic on bus-ridership, the right to the city, transportation justice, and the intersections of transit and access to public life and democracy. In the second segment, Steven Higashide discusses his work with TransitCenter to support local public transportation […]

Healthy Food for All

August 11, 2015 by Access Hour

Chris Brockel and Joe Mingle of Healthy Food for All talk about their work providing free, healthy food to low income people in Dane County and how this work fits into the larger struggle for food justice.

Physicians for a National Health Care Program

July 17, 2015 by Access Hour

July 30th is the 50th anniversary of Medicare. The Wisconsin Physicians for a National Healthcare Program discusses the hope for Medicare-for-All. The program includes discussion, interviews with physicians, health care workers around the state, and more.

Habitat for Humanity and the ReStores

July 17, 2015 by Access Hour

Habitat for Humanity of Dane County announces its capital campaign that includes plans on where it plans to build over the next seven years. The Cheryl M and her associated representatives of Habitat for Humanity and the ReStores in the studio also talk about the current builds and their Habitat ReStores.

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