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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!

Subtle Desi Traits, Episode 4: Sikh Genocide and American Education Sy...

November 25, 2021 by Subtle Desi Traits

On this fourth edition of Subtle Desi Traits, host Ankita Bharadwaj examines religious and racial supremacy in India and in the USA, as November 2021 marks the 37th anniversary of Sikh genocide in India *and* Native American Heritage Month. Ankita and their guests talk about one of the most deplorable historical events of free India […]

Free High School Equivalency learning for Migrant workers and families...

November 17, 2021 by 8 O'Clock Buzz

Ambar Meneses, Student Support Advisor at Madison College, talks about the High School Equivalency Program (HEP), free educational program targeted to help migrant and seasonal farm workers and their immediate family members earn a GED/HSED. Includes tuition free learning with textbook and computer loans, available for workers and families with 75 days of farm labor […]

WORT’s Alida LaCosse Picks Up “Music Teacher of the Year&#...

November 14, 2021 by Chali Pittman

Congratulations to Alida LaCosse for being honored as “2021 Music Teacher of the Year” at this year’s Madison Area Music Association Awards (watch the ceremony here). Alida is the Music Teacher at James C. Wright Middle School and has been teaching in Milwaukee and Madison Public Schools for over twenty years. If you know Alida […]

Fifty Years of Science Literacy with Bassam Shakhashiri

November 11, 2021 by Perpetual Notion Machine

Host Patrick Sajbel welcomes a force in science education for more than a half century, Professor Bassam Shakhashiri. Shakhashiri reflects on the need for science literacy in the general public and the importance of the conversation to achieve this. He has been recognized with the first award of the William T. Evjue Distinguished Chair for […]

What Does Academic Freedom Mean for Faculty?

November 8, 2021 by 8 O'Clock Buzz

Last spring, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed a new law that restricts voting by mail, limits the use of outside money to assist in election administration, restricts voter registration drives and grants partisan election observers broader powers to challenge election results. A coalition of civic groups filed suit, saying the bill was politically motivated and […]

Education Needs the Arts

October 5, 2021 by A Public Affair

For her first show as the Tuesday host, Ali Muldrow turns her attention back to the vital need for arts programming in the classroom. Her guest is Erica Halverson, education professor and author of the new book How the Arts Can Save Education. Erica Halverson is a professor of curriculum & instruction in the School […]

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