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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!

2020 Wisconsin Presidential Primary Results in Madison

April 20, 2020 by WORT News Department and Martin Rakacolli

How did the City of Madison split on their votes in the presidential preference primary on April 7th? We analyzed the election results from the Dane County Clerk’s website.

Wisconsin’s Election and the Assault on Democracy

April 9, 2020 by A Public Affair

After Tuesday’s controversial election, all eyes are on Wisconsin. Holding the election in the midst of a global pandemic and statewide stay-at-home orders led to a chaotic day at the polls, and voters’ rights and safety were both compromised. Today on the show, we spend the hour processing the Wisconsin election and other political news […]

Madison Residents Discuss Choices for President

March 3, 2020 by WORT News Department and Martin Rakacolli

Today is Super Tuesday, meaning voters in fourteen states and one territory will go to the polls to choose whom they will nominate for president. President Donald Trump is almost guaranteed to win the Republican primary, but the Democratic primary is more competitive. Former Vice President Joe Biden, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, Massachusetts Senator Elizaebeth […]

Ted Rall: Bernie on the Verge

March 2, 2020 by 8 O'Clock Buzz

On March 3, 2020, Super Tuesday, 15 U.S. States and Territories cast their primary ballots for President of the United States. For the Democrats, one thousand three hundred and forty four delegates are up for grabs, more than a third of all the delegates in the primary contest. Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders enters the […]

Context on the F-35s from Retired Air Force Colonel Rosanne Greco

November 1, 2019 by A Public Affair

If you live in Madison, you’ve probably been hearing a lot about the fleet of F-35 fighter jets the Air Force is considering siting at Truax Field. We have covered this topic on the show in recent weeks, and today we revisit the F-35s on the final day of the public comment period on the […]

Pledge Drive: Standing Up for Your Values in Trump’s America

February 10, 2017 by A Public Affair

“If you make yourself a sheep, the wolves will eat you.” — Benjamin Franklin We wrap up the first week of pledge drive with guest Dennis Johnson, co-editor with Valerie Merians of What We Do Now: Standing Up for Your Values in Trump’s America, a collection of essays on what people are doing to protect […]

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