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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!

The Climate Crisis Now

July 16, 2021 by A Public Affair

Disastrous flooding in Germany. Record-breaking heat waves in the Pacific Northwest and Canada. Wildfires and megadrought in the western United States. The climate crisis is manifesting itself all around us—and it appears to be escalating rapidly. For today’s show, Friday host Esty Dinur takes an inside look into some of the most recent climate updates […]

The Surfside Condo Collapse and Climate Change in Florida

July 5, 2021 by A Public Affair

Yesterday, a demolition team brought down the remaining structure of the collapsed Champlain Towers South building in Surfside, Florida. The death count is now at 27, with 118 people still unaccounted for. Since the devastating building collapse on June 26, engineers, scientists, and policy-makers have been trying to make sense of how this happened—and if […]

Dane County Approves Airport Expansion

June 10, 2021 by WORT News Department and Martin Rakacolli

Photo by Free Photos on Pixabay. Currently, the Dane County Regional Airport has space for thirteen planes, and between 2019 and 2020, an all-time high of 1.1 million people used it to fly from Dane County. Michael Riechers is the marketing director for the Dane County Regional Airport. He says pandemic notwithstanding, Dane County’s projected […]

Opposing the Militarization of Our Skies

May 28, 2021 by A Public Affair

The Biden administration released its proposed $715-billion defense budget this morning. First up on today’s show, William Hartung, director of the arms and security program at the Center for International Policy, puts the budget in context and discusses the wastefulness of military spending. Then, Allyson Siwik from the Gila Conservation Coalition talks about their successful […]

Is There a “New Cold War” Between the U.S. and China?

April 22, 2021 by A Public Affair

What are the contradictory messages being sent to Beijing by the early Biden administration? What are the dangers of an accidental slide into direct confrontation? What could it mean for the climate crisis if the world’s two major polluters remain at odds? These are some of the questions Allen raises today on the show with […]

The Secret Life of Beavers—And Why They Matter

April 9, 2021 by A Public Affair

It’s a beaver affair! Beavers may seem like humble creatures, but it turns out they are quite an influential species that have played a major role in shaping the American landscape. To set the record straight about these little critters, today guest host Jonah Chester spends the hour with Ben Goldfarb, environmental journalist and author […]

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