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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!

An Extraordinary Beauty: Karen Halt and Juliane Shibata

June 19, 2021 by Back Porch Calendar

Wisconsin based self-taught painter, Karen Halt, creates stunning scenes of surreal encounters between wild animals and domestic settings, exploring the boundaries of the natural and civilized worlds. Minnesota based ceramicist, Juliane Shibata’s work investigates the contrast between the transience of nature and the relative stability of fired ceramics, in beauty that can be both ephemeral […]

Treasures from the Trollway – Spring At Last

April 29, 2021 by Sybil Augustine

Mount Horeb Area Arts Association is excited to showcase our members in this nature-themed online art sale for one month. https://mhaaa.org/events/

A Sneak Peek at MMoCA in the Fall

September 25, 2020 by Staying Artful

After two weeks of being closed, the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art is re-opening its physical doors to the public on September 25. Features contributor KT Howard checks in with Marni McEntee, director of communications at MMoCA, about current and upcoming fall exhibitions. Updated information about museum hours and exhibits can be found on its […]

2020 University of Wisconsin-Madison Master of Fine Arts Exhibition Se...

January 15, 2020 by WORT 89.9FM

We are excited to announce the new 2020 Masters of Fine Arts Exhibition season at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, on view February 17 – April 17, 2020. Each week new graduate students will present their work to the public! The MFA Exhibitions mark the culmination of a three-year degree program that emphasizes development of a […]

Opening of Three New Shows at Abel Contemporary

October 15, 2019 by WORT 89.9FM

Opening Reception Friday, November 15th, 5pm-9pm open to the public  “Of Water, Air, and Poetry” Perspectives en Plein Air by Diane Washa Award-winning plein air painter, Diane Washa, captures the varying atmospheres of midwestern landscapes. Often painterly and dreamlike, Washa’s paintings not only depict the formal structure and color of these scenes but manifest the […]

Exhibition Opening: Derrick Adams and Mickalene Thomas

September 13, 2019 by WORT 89.9FM

Join us during MMoCA’s Fall Gallery Night as we celebrate two extraordinary new works created at Tandem Press by renowned artists Derrick Adams and Mickalene Thomas! This reception also coincides with the first concert in our annual Friday jazz series with music by UW-Madison students from 5-7pm. Refreshments and free parking available. Free and open […]

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