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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!

State Budget + Wisconsin GOP Convention Debrief

June 29, 2021 by A Public Affair

Republicans—what are they thinking? That’s the theme for today’s show with Tuesday host Carousel Bayrd. First, Senator Jon Erpenbach from the Joint Finance Committee discusses missed opportunities related to the state budget and Wisconsin’s unexpected, once-in-a-lifetime surplus. Why isn’t the state legislature willing to spend it on education, broadband access, and healthcare? Then, John Nichols, […]

Who’s Afraid of Critical Race Theory?

June 10, 2021 by A Public Affair

Last week, Republicans in the Wisconsin state legislature introduced legislation designed to ban the teaching of critical race theory in K–12 and UW system schools. This appears to be the latest conservative bugaboo in the new culture wars of the twenty-first century. But we wanted to have an honest discussion: what is critical race theory? […]

Wisconsin Republicans Introduce Bills to Ban Critical Race Theory in S...

June 3, 2021 by WORT News Department and Martin Rakacolli

Photo by Element 5 Digital on Unsplash. Earlier today, Wisconsin Republicans in the legislature announced that they had introduced legislation to ban the teaching of critical race theory in Wisconsin schools. According to Representative Gae Magnafici, a Republican from Amery, the bills would prevent the teaching of divisive ideas. “Controversial topics are welcome,” said Magnafici. […]

Carolyn Stanford Taylor Reflects on Years of Service in Education

May 26, 2021 by A Public Affair

“Education is the great equalizer,” says outgoing Wisconsin State Superintendent Carolyn Stanford Taylor. “Education is a civil right.” Today, Carolyn Stanford Taylor joins Wednesday host Ali Muldrow on the show to reflect on her forty-one-year career in education and specifically her time spent as the Wisconsin State Superintendent of Public Instruction from 2019 to 2021. […]

The Benefits of Universal 4K

May 11, 2021 by A Public Affair

After receiving increased funding through the passage of an operating referendum last fall, the Madison Metropolitan School District will begin offering full-day 4K (four-year-old kindergarten) programming for certain school boundaries in the 2021–22 school year. Today, we discuss the importance of early childhood education and the possibility of a universal 4K program in Madison with […]

In conversation with Principal Devon LaRosa

April 20, 2021 by 8 O'Clock Buzz

Devon LaRosa is the principal at Robert M. La Follette High School. He’s previously been a principal at two Illinois schools and a school in Beloit. He joins Dr. Damita Brown to talk about his educational philosophy and being there for students. Image courtesy Madison Metropolitan School District.

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