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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!

WI Democracy Campaign expands its role in fair elections

July 21, 2021 by 8 O'Clock Buzz

Matthew Rothschild, Executive Director of Wisconsin Democracy Campaign — a Community Shares non-profit organization, talks about that groups continuing efforts to “follow the money” in Wisconsin political campaigns: to find out why politicians are voting how they do and report who’s pulling their strings. But, their scope has expanded to other parts of fair elections […]

Dane County District 19 to Elect New Supervisor in Special Election

July 1, 2021 by Seeger Gray and WORT News Department

Two Tuesdays from now, some Sun Prairie residents will vote for their next Dane County Supervisor. The special election comes after former supervisor Teran Peterson resigned her seat at the end of April, after deciding to move out of the district. Voters in the county’s district 19 – which represents a part of Sun Prairie […]

Early Voting for Spring Primary Begins

February 2, 2021 by WORT News Department and Martin Rakacolli

Photo from Amberzen on Pixabay. In-person absentee voting for Wisconsin’s spring primary began today and will continue for the next two weeks. Most of the elections on the ballot will be local races, and so will differ from municipality to municipality. Madison alders are up for election, and most have one or two candidates, meaning […]

Meet the Candidates: Nikki Conklin for District 9 and Nasra Wehelie fo...

January 26, 2021 by A Public Affair

Today on the show, Tuesday host Carousel Bayrd kicks off her spring election coverage by interviewing Madison Common Council candidates Nikki Conklin for District 9 and Nasra Wehelie for District 7. Wisconsin is holding its 2021 spring primary election on Tuesday, February 16. The spring election will be held on Tuesday, April 6. More information […]

Las Cafeteras: Music, Change and Black/Latinx Unity

January 24, 2021 by Global Revolutions

Music and culture played an essential role in inspiring and mobilizing communities of color during the 2020 election. One of the most active bands in these efforts is the L.A. based activist and cultural heritage band Las Cafeteras. Rooted in Mexican Son Jarocho from the State of Veracruz, Las Cafeteras incorporates hip-hop, rock, and reggae […]

Georgia’s Historic Runoff Elections

January 12, 2021 by A Public Affair

Last week on Tuesday, January 5, Georgia held two major runoff elections for the history books, with Jon Ossoff and the Rev. Raphael Warnock winning Senate seats that will put Democrats in the majority. Rev. Warnock is the first Black senator from Georgia, and Ossoff is the first Jewish senator from Georgia. At 33 years […]

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