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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!

Lieutenant Governor Barnes on Climate Change

December 14, 2020 by 8 O'Clock Buzz

On Wednesday, December 9th, Governor Evers’ Climate Change Task Force released its recommendations to meet the challenges of a rapidly warming planet. The report contains 55 recommendations, ranging from environmental justice initiatives to de-carbonizing the state’s electrical grid to incentives for energy efficiency. The Task Force included representatives from the environmentalist, industry, power generation and […]

What Can We Expect From Joe Biden On Climate?

November 30, 2020 by 8 O'Clock Buzz

Despite the sitting President’s desperate and unfounded denials of the election results, presumptive President-elect Joe Biden has started assembling his transition team and has begun the process of laying out an agenda for his first term. Among his first announcements, Biden has tabbed former U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry as his Special International Envoy […]

Wisconsin Getting Hotter: Episode 16 Tree eating insects

November 20, 2020 by Wisconsin Getting Hotter and WORT News Department

We depend on trees to provide us with oxygen and to soak up the carbon dioxide we produce. So what will happen if trees struggle to stay healthy on our warming planet? Helena White speaks with Dr. Rick Lindroth in the next installment of the climate crisis series Wisconsin Getting Hotter.

Will Wind Power “Kill All the Birds?”

October 26, 2020 by 8 O'Clock Buzz

On Thursday, October 23, President Donald Trump and former Vice-President Joseph Biden held their third and final Presidential debate of the 2020 campaign. Toward the end of the evening, the discussion turned to climate change. Trump claimed that wind turbines “kill all the birds.” Matthew Reetz, Executive Director of the Madison Audubon Society and David […]

Wisconsin Getting Hotter: Episode 15 Sea Level Rise

October 20, 2020 by WORT News Department and Wisconsin Getting Hotter

The global ice sheets are melting and we are seeing the impacts of sea level rise in coastal communities. UW-Madison professor, Dr. Andrea Dutton, uses ancient history to study current sea level rise. She won the MacArthur Award in 2019 for her innovative contributions to research in this area. Helena White spoke with her via […]

In Memory of Mike Neuman

September 22, 2020 by Access Hour

In Memory of Mike Neuman – music, climate change, and hope for the future Mike Neuman was a dedicated WORT listener and occasional Access Hour host. In his shows, he used his passion for music to communicate the urgent need to address climate change and eradicate systemic racial injustice. Mike passed away in July, so […]

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