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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!

Dane, Milwaukee recounts draw to a close

November 30, 2020 by WORT News Department, Jonah Chester and Chali Pittman

The ten-day vote recount effort, which involved hundreds of processors and cost the Trump campaign an estimated $740,000, shifted the results of Dane County’s election by 58 net votes, up from 45 reported yesterday. According to Dane County Clerk Scott McDonell, approximately 150 ballots were dismissed due to issues with voter or witness signatures. He […]

Trump campaign challenges Dane County ballots

November 24, 2020 by WORT News Department and Jonah Chester

Dane County election workers entered day five of the 2020 election recount process today. According to Dane County Clerk Scott McDonell, processors have reviewed more than 125,000 out of 345,600 total ballots. The Trump campaign has already lodged a number of complaints against thousands of ballots in Dane County. To unpack these actions and explain […]

Scenes of a Biden/Harris victory

November 9, 2020 by Chali Pittman and WORT News Department

Honking horns, noise makers, and shouts made up much of the sound of Madison celebrating on Saturday. Cars are still circling the state Capitol a few hours after 10:30 am, when after days of waiting, news agencies called the presidential election. The celebration for president-elect Joe Biden and vice president-elect Kamala Harris would […]

Post-Election Show with Francesca Hong, Kelda Roys, and Melissa Sargen...

November 4, 2020 by A Public Affair

You voted—now what? Spend some time processing this very strange post-election time with us on today’s show, where Ali Muldrow celebrates local victories and hosts three of last night’s Wisconsin winners: Rep. Francesca Hong, Sen. Kelda Roys, and Rep. Melissa Sargent. Responding to listener calls and comments, they cover a wide range of topics including […]

Why Do We Still Have the Electoral College?

November 3, 2020 by A Public Affair

For this special election-day edition of the show, guest host Nada Elmikashfi spends the hour with historian Alexander Keyssar talking about the ins-and-outs of the Electoral College and trying to answer the question at the heart of his new book: Why do we still have the Electoral College? Alexander Keyssar is the Matthew W. Stirling […]

Madison voters head to the polls early

October 22, 2020 by Martin Rakacolli

Since Tuesday, voters in Madison have been going to early voting sites in order to drop off ballots and cast votes in person before election day. The Madison clerk’s office is one of five sites in the city that are open today where residents can go in order to vote early. The Memorial Union, Hawthorne […]

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