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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!

TNW Ensemble Theater To Premier “Sketchy Ideas”

November 7, 2021 by 8 O'Clock Buzz

WORT 89.9FM Madison · TNW Ensemble Theater To Premier “Sketchy Ideas” Founded in 1985 by Danielle Dresden and Donna Peckett TNW Ensemble Theater (formerly known as TAPIT/new works Ensemble Theater) has invented, produced, and performed new works for audiences of all ages for the past 36 years. Their upcoming production “Sketchy Ideas” premiers Nov. 13 […]

Education Needs the Arts

October 5, 2021 by A Public Affair

For her first show as the Tuesday host, Ali Muldrow turns her attention back to the vital need for arts programming in the classroom. Her guest is Erica Halverson, education professor and author of the new book How the Arts Can Save Education. Erica Halverson is a professor of curriculum & instruction in the School […]

“Arts Are Necessary”

September 8, 2021 by A Public Affair

Today, we welcome back Wednesday host Ali Muldrow (and her adorable new co-pilot, Frida Hallelujah) for a conversation about the importance of the arts with UW’s new arts director, Chris Walker. They talk about “arts for everyone everywhere,” Chris’s vision for the arts on campus and in the community, and why access to the arts […]

2021 Arts Business Competition Finals Presentation

April 5, 2021 by Sybil Augustine

The University of Wisconsin–Madison Arts Business Competition is a campus-wide competition to encourage new thinking and innovative ideas, and to provide support for student-driven projects. Entrants will develop and submit a thorough proposal for an arts event, exhibition, series, commercial venture, or other artistic project! Three finalist groups will present their proposals to a virtual […]

Midwest Video Poetry Fest

September 28, 2020 by Music Department

Video poetry gives creators an opportunity to use one of our newest art forms–film–to transform one of our oldest art forms—poetry. This emerging and exciting format is adding to the rapidly growing audience for poetry in America. MVPF will be the first of its kind in Wisconsin and will present the work of local, national, […]

Discussing the Women Artists Forward Fund’s Forward Art Prize on...

July 1, 2020 by 8 O'Clock Buzz

The mission of the Women Artists Forward Fund is to address gender disparity issues that exist for women artists, by providing them with financial resources to strengthen their work, along with recognition and community support to leverage their creative capital. Bird Ross, Brenda Baker, Angie Contreras, and Karin Wolf talk with Friday Buzz host Jonathan […]

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