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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!

The 800th Annual Salvation Swing Off

July 8, 2016 by 8 O'Clock Buzz

Friday 8 O’Clock Buzz host Jonathan Zarov interviews guests Playwright/Director Malissa Petterson and Broom Street Theater Artistic Director Heather Renken. Broom Street Theater is proud to present The 800th Annual Salvation Swing Off as part of the 20th Annual New York International Fringe Festival- Fringe NYC. The 800th Annual Salvation Swing Off is written and directed by […]

A sadistic killer walks into a bar…

July 8, 2016 by 8 O'Clock Buzz

Friday 8 O’Clock Buzz host Jonathan Zarov interviews guests playwright Dan Myers and actor Annie Jay who plays “No Name” in the psychological thriller Bar Games. A sadistic killer walks into a bar wants to play a game…. And for the 7 people in there, they have play in order to survive. Written and Directed by […]

Alan Talaga on millennials and other not-real things

June 2, 2016 by Tone Madison

Tone Madison‘s Scott Gordon sits down with Madison writer and comedian Alan Talaga, whose next show is the tech-sector satire Madlennial Tech And Culture Forum, taking place Friday, June 17 at Broom Street Theater. The music in this episode is by Cap Alan, who play Friday, June 3 at 117 S. Pinckney St. Subscribe to the Tone […]

Spread the Nudes

May 27, 2016 by 8 O'Clock Buzz

8 O’Clock Buzz host Jonathan Zarov interviews (live in the studio), Chris Holoyda, Playwright/Director and Brendan Daly, performer/actor. Spread the Nudes picks up with up-and-coming Christian rock Spread the News, (“Spread the Nudes” to their detractors) just after the band kicks out their drummer after he was caught fornicating with the pastor’s daughter. The band […]

The Infield Dirt Turns to Mud, and the Diamond Loses its Shine

March 18, 2016 by 8 O'Clock Buzz

Morning Buzz host Jonathan Zarov interviews playwright & director Doug Reed whose play Sweet William is playing at the Broom Street Theater, as well as Heather Renken, Artistic Director of the Broom Street Theater. The infield dirt turns to mud, and the diamond loses its shine, as the meanest major leaguer who ever wore spikes […]

8ooth Annual Salvation Swing-Off

January 8, 2016 by 8 O'Clock Buzz

Host Jonathan Zarov talks with writer/director Malissa Pettersen and Broom St Theater Artistic Director Heather Renken about the stage production: 8ooth Annual Salvation Swing-Off. The Broom Street Theater announces its first show of the 2016 season, The 800th Annual Salvation Swing-Off, a biblical romp about bureaucracy and the great beyond, written and directed by Malissa […]

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