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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!

2021 CSW Change-Maker award recipients

September 15, 2021 by 8 O'Clock Buzz

At this time of year, Community Shares of Wisconsin (CSW) celebrates its “Change-Makers Awardees”, three individuals in the community who have “made a difference”. This year is special because it’s the 50th anniversary of CSW, which was started in 1971 as a fund to bail out Madison protestors of the Vietnam War. This year’s award […]

Expunging time-served criminal records will strengthen society

July 5, 2021 by 8 O'Clock Buzz

The inability to find a living wage job is the #1 cause of recidivism in Wisconsin, where 93% of formerly incarcerated people between the ages of 25 and 44 actively seek work, while being five times more likely to be unemployed than the average American, according to Melissa Ludin, Smart Justice Regional Organizer of the […]

ACLU-WI supports protesters in Kenosha

January 6, 2021 by 8 O'Clock Buzz

Chris Ott, Executive Director of the ACLU-Wisconsin, talks about that group’s efforts to mitigate violence and allow free speech protest in Kenosha over the failure of prosecution of the police shooter of Jacob Blake.

Restorative Justice with Sean Wilson

January 5, 2021 by 8 O'Clock Buzz

Today on the Tuesday 8:00 Buzz with Damita Brown (in exile)… Sean Wilson from ACLU of Wisconsin’s Smart Justice Campaign joins to talk about juvenile justice and legal system reform through changes to make the state budget just and fighting for restorative justice. Sean is a member of Governor Evers’ Juvenile Justice Commission advising DOJ […]

Restorative Justice and Sijo Poetry

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Collins: Kenosha law enforcement has a “white supremacist mindse...

September 2, 2020 by 8 O'Clock Buzz

The ACLU of Wisconsin has called upon Governor Evers and Attorney General Joshua Kaul to investigate crimes and/or civil rights violations by Law Enforcement officials in Kenosha during protests of the Jacob Blake Shoot, according to ACLI-WI Advocacy Director Molly Collins. In addition, the ACLU has called for the resignation of Kenosha Police Chief Daniel […]

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