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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 Capitol Riots and White Supremacy in America

January 13, 2021 by A Public Affair

Violence is a central element of American history—and it’s often been used in the service of maintaining white supremacy. Today on the show, Wednesday host Ali Muldrow hosts a roundtable discussion with WBEZ reporter Odette Yousef and history professor Ashley Howard about their reactions to the January 6 storming of the U.S. Capitol, the existential […]

Black Lives in the News: Stacey Abrams and Jacob Blake

January 6, 2021 by A Public Affair

Yesterday saw two major news events impacting the Black community in America. Earlier in the day, authorities announced that the police officers involved in the shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha last summer will not face any criminal charges. But yesterday was also a monumental day in Georgia, where the organizing work of Stacey Abrams […]

Goodbye (and Good Riddance) to 2020

December 30, 2020 by A Public Affair

For many of us, it’s been a long and tough year. Today on the show, Wednesday host Ali Muldrow and two of her friends, Carousel Bayrd and Elizabeth Creech, give 2020 a proper send-off—reflecting on the wins and losses, the lessons learned, what we want to leave behind (and never see again!), and what we […]

Prison Abolition and the Free the 350 Bail Fund

December 16, 2020 by A Public Affair

The Madison organization Free the 350 Bail Fund works to bail out Black people incarcerated in the Dane County jail system. They argue that incarceration is the modern-day slavery and are calling for an end to prisons. For today’s show, Wednesday host Ali Muldrow spends the hour talking about the racial injustices of the criminal […]

Goodbye, Alders: Max Prestigiacomo and Michael Tierney

December 9, 2020 by A Public Affair

Madison’s Common Council is made up of twenty alders elected by members of their district. This coming election cycle, five alders have announced they are not seeking re-election. For today’s show, Wednesday host Ali Muldrow talks with two of the outgoing alders, Max Prestigiacomo (district 8) and Michael Tierney (district 16), who reflect on their time […]

Meet Simpson Street Free Press, Madison’s Teen Newspaper

December 2, 2020 by A Public Affair

Simpson Street Free Press uses the power of journalism to help build academic confidence among a diverse group of students, who write about everything from polar bears to space exploration to the history of Black journalists. Today on the show, we get an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at this award-winning teen newspaper with managing editor Taylor […]

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