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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!

Centering Blackness as an Act of Self-care and Collective Liberation

March 30, 2021 by Access Hour

Rape Crisis Center of Dane County is honoring 20 years of Sexual Assault Awareness Month this April by “Centering Blackness as an Act of Self-care and Collective Liberation”. During this upcoming Access Hour you will hear staff of RCC along with Musical Guest Zed Kenzo discuss the upcoming events this April and how this signifies […]

Dane County Executive Joe Parisi on local flood mitigation projects

March 23, 2021 by Jonah Chester and WORT News Department

April showers bring May flowers, or so the saying goes. But those showers can also bring torrential flooding and millions of dollars in property damage. Yesterday, Dane County unveiled a new, $650,000 dredge that will help remove sediment from the Yahara chain of lakes. The purchase is just a small piece of a larger, years-long […]

Dane County Loosens COVID Restrictions

March 2, 2021 by WORT News Department and Martin Rakacolli

Image from cromaconeptovisual on Pixabay. Local health officials announced new COVID-19 guidelines and issued a new emergency order today. “Among other things, indoor gatherings in which food and drink are provided, are increasing to a max of 150 people,” said Janel Heinrich, the director of Public Health Madison and Dane County, when she announced the […]

Dane County Rental Assistance Program Now has Website

February 18, 2021 by WORT News Department and Martin Rakacolli

Photo by Photomix-Company on Pixabay. Dane County residents are now able to apply for emergency rental assistance through a program called Dane CORE. That’s a collaborative effort between Dane County, the city of Madison, and the Tenant Resource Center, a nonprofit dedicated to helping tenants and landlords keep their housing affordable. The program, which […]

In dangerously cold weather, pandemic preparations pay off for Madison...

February 8, 2021 by Jonah Chester and WORT News Department

Dane County’s homeless shelters have spent the past ten months implementing plans to prevent community spread of the COVID-19 virus through the local homeless population. Now, those same pandemic-induced adaptations are helping local shelters weather this week’s dangerous cold front. Casey Becker, Director of Dane County’s Division of Housing Access and Affordability, says that the city […]

Dane County faces new legal challenge over recent public health orders...

January 20, 2021 by Jonah Chester and WORT News Department

The Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty, a conservative legal group, announced today a new legal challenge against Dane county’s public health department. It’s the third time the group – better known as WILL – has challenged a COVID-19 emergency order issued by Public Health Madison Dane County (PHMDC), and its director, Janel Heinrich. WILL […]

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