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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!

City of Madison 2022 Budget Brief

October 25, 2021 by 8 O'Clock Buzz

In October of 2020, at the peak of the coronavirus pandemic, the City of Madison, like governments everywhere, braced for the worst. With the globe in lockdown, travel, tourism and parking revenues tanked,and new construction tailed off, depriving the city of the only sources of revenue over which it had any control. Fast forward to […]

As Madison Grows, It Needs To Focus On Sustainability

October 16, 2021 by 8 O'Clock Buzz

WORT 89.9FM Madison · As Madison Grows It Needs To Focus On Sustainability On Tuesday livability.com released its annual “100 Best Places to Live” and declared Madison the number one best place to live. But the city is changing and growing, and will need to do so in smart, sustainable ways to retain this status. […]

Madison Workers Seek Wage Equity

September 6, 2021 by 8 O'Clock Buzz

On Labor Day, Madison city employees are looking for a little wage fairness. We’ll speak with Madison Professional & Supervisory Employees Association President Dan Rolfs and AFSCME Council 32 Representative Neil Rainford.

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August 10, 2021 by A Public Affair

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As CDC renews limited eviction moratorium, City of Madison funnels $16...

August 4, 2021 by Jonah Chester and WORT News Department

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City Of Madison resumes goose management strategies

June 29, 2021 by Jonah Chester and WORT News Department

Around this time each year, the Madison Parks Division contends with an overabundance of geese. Frequently, that happens in local parks, where birds can come into confrontation with humans and also leave behind bodily waste. The Parks Division uses a variety of methods to control the population of Canada geese. Those methods include, among other […]

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