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WORT Music Playlists

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!

Governor’s Task Force on Climate Change

July 16, 2021 by Perpetual Notion Machine

This month on the Wisconsin Climate & Energy Broadcast, Lieutenant Governor Mandela Barnes joins hosts John Greenler and Jessica James to discuss the Governor’s Task Force on Climate Change and the corresponding report. The report, issued in December 2020, identified 55 strategies to find climate solutions for Wisconsin. Learn more about the report, or read […]

Access for All: Centering equity in the climate & energy conversa...

June 17, 2021 by Perpetual Notion Machine

This month on the Wisconsin Climate & Energy Broadcast, Abby Corso joins hosts John Greenler and Jessica James to discuss how to center equity in the climate and energy conversation. Corso talks about state and federal policies and how frontline-communities and local governments are leading the charge for an equitable energy transition. Abby Corso is […]

The Earthlings Livestream Premiere Bash

March 17, 2021 by Music Department

From the heart of Madison, The Earthlings are throwing a livestream premiere bash for their upcoming 6th album “Peace & Anarchy” on Saturday, March 20th at 3:20 pm Central. The livestream will feature 10 new psychedelic animated lyric videos for each song on the album, as well as some live insightful conversations with the band, […]

Lilada Gee on Defending Black Girlhood

March 3, 2021 by A Public Affair

“The more resistance I get, the more resolve I have that I’m doing the right thing.” That’s Lilada Gee: survivor, healer, and fierce advocate for Black girls and women. Today, she joins Ali on the show to talk about her new podcast, Defending Black Girlhood, and the importance of having Black conversations that center freedom […]

The Future of Weed in Wisconsin

February 17, 2021 by A Public Affair

Governor Tony Evers is proposing to legalize recreational and medical marijuana as part of the next state budget. What could this mean for the future of weed in Wisconsin? For this episode, Wednesday host Ali Muldrow hosts a cannabis equity roundtable with Los Angeles–based journalist Amanda Chicago Lewis, who reports on cannabis issues nationally; Peter […]

Equitable & Inclusive Playgrounds Virtual Cafe

January 7, 2021 by Music Department

Equitable & Inclusive Playgrounds Virtual Cafe Thursday, January 14, 5:30-6:30 pm The Sierra Club Four Lakes Group Land Equity Access Team invites you to a virtual cafe to learn about access with an exploration of current projects in the Fitchburg community. Topics will include the planning and creation of an inclusive playground at McKee Farms […]

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