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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!

Emily Mills On Bills Banning Trans Girl Athletes From Competing in K-1...

June 13, 2021 by 8 O'Clock Buzz

WORT 89.9FM Madison · Emily Mills On Bills Banning Trans Girl Athletes From Competing in K-12 Girl’s Sports On Wednesday State Republicans unanimously voted to ban transgender girls from participating in K through 12 girls’ sports. The bill would prohibit schools from allowing students to join teams that don’t correspond to their biological sex at […]

Sticking it to transphobes in Tenney Park and beyond with Emily Mills

January 23, 2021 by 8 O'Clock Buzz

Emily Mills is a longtime Madison resident and writer. She’s a lifelong queer person and the former editor of Our Lives Magazine. Her article “Sticking it to transphobes in Tenney Park and beyond,” featured in Tone Madison this week, reveals a malicious push against Madison’s trans community with stickers including hateful content being put up […]

Emily Mills: The Crucible, Plan B, and roller derby

January 2, 2019 by 8 O'Clock Buzz

Journalist Emily Mills, the editor of Our Lives magazine, a musician and DJ, talks about her upcoming gig this week at Crucible for all the House Heads out there. Liz and Emily also talk about some of Emily’s reporting on Plan B and also about the upcoming roller derby season.

The History of OutReach and the Future of PRIDE in Madison

August 21, 2018 by A Public Affair

Today’s episode comes to you in the wake of Madison’s PRIDE parade and rally this past weekend. For this hour, guest host Emily Mills, editor of Our Lives Magazine, is in conversation with Steve Starkey, executive director of OutReach LGBT Community Center. They discuss the recent controversy around police presence at the parade, along with […]

No Police At Pride?

August 17, 2018 by 8 O'Clock Buzz

This Sunday is Madison’s annual OutReach Pride Parade, but what should be a celebratory event has recently come under some controversy over whether Madison Police should be allowed to formally participate in the event. After last year’s parade, some members of the LGBTQ+ community and communities of color objected to the number of armed, uniformed […]

Shifting stages in Madison

September 21, 2017 by Tone Madison

The folks running music venues in Madison have been restless all year—with venues changing hands, live music companies merging, developers breaking ground with guitar shovels, and even small venues going through changes. What does it all mean, and will any of this add up to big long-term changes that will impact Madison audiences and performers? Maybe not, but it’s worth […]

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