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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!

Assembly Committee Holds Hearing on Police Reform Bills

May 27, 2021 by WORT News Department and Martin Rakacolli

Photo by diegoparra on Pixabay. Today, a legislative committee heard public input on nine bills that would reform policing in Wisconsin. The proposals are the product of months of consideration by a racial disparity and police reform task force. That task force was announced last August by top legislative Republican, Robin Vos. Vos announced the […]

Wisconsin State Senate Passes Police Reform Laws

May 11, 2021 by WORT News Department and Martin Rakacolli

Photo by diegoparra on Pixabay. Today the Wisconsin state senate considered a slate of bills, from legalizing paddlewheel raffles, requiring the national anthem at state sports arenas, to a handful of election related legislation. Also on the docket were five police reform bills which, according to the Associated Press, are the legislature’s first passed bills […]

Debunking Myths About Mass Incarceration

April 2, 2021 by A Public Affair

The United States has the largest population behind bars (a record 2.3 million in 2016) and the highest incarceration rate of any country (698 per 100,000). It’s a big problem, and yet many Americans accept this reality due to the widely held belief that prisons keep us safer. That’s a myth, though, says journalist Victoria […]

Madison Body Camera Committee Releases Final Report

January 28, 2021 by WORT News Department

Photo by diegoparra on Pixabay. Madison’s Body-Worn Camera Feasibility Committee released their final report this week, recommending to the Madison Common Council a body-camera pilot program with a long list of recommended procedures. The committee, the third of its kind in the last decade to study the implementation of body cameras in Madison, said that […]

Activists Demand Evers Release Incarcerated Citizens in Light of COVID...

November 24, 2020 by WORT News Department and Martin Rakacolli

Today, members of several decarceral groups held an action outside the Governor’s Mansion in the Village of Maple Bluff. They’ve been doing so on a regular basis for more than a month, urging Governor Tony Evers to take action to curb the spread of COVID-19 in Wisconsin prisons, or even acknowledge the situation. “When I […]

Listen to State Senate candidates debate criminal justice reform

July 26, 2020 by WORT News Department, WORT 89.9FM and Chali Pittman

On Wednesday, July 29, WORT will broadcast a forum on criminal and carceral justice issues with state Senate candidates competing to represent Madison in the upcoming August primary. The forum is presented MOSES, a Madison-based non-partisan interfaith organization that works to promote social justice with a focus on ending mass incarceration. Candidates who will […]

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