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.

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, )

Digital Production Director: Aaron Scholz – aaron@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!

First Observations of the Earliest Stars

March 6, 2018 by Radio Astronomy

Erika K. Carlson and Brianna Smart discuss the recent announcement of the first observations made of the universe’s earliest stars. Sources: http://www.astronomy.com/news/2018/03/fingerprinting-the-very-first-stars https://gizmodo.com/scientists-discover-long-sought-evidence-of-first-stars-1823388372

Saturn’s Moon Titan has a Sea Level

February 6, 2018 by Radio Astronomy

Erika K. Carlson and Zach Pace discuss Saturn’s moon Titan and its lakes of methane and ethane. According to data from the Cassini mission, Titan appears to have a sea […]

Imaging a Red Giant’s Surface

January 23, 2018 by Radio Astronomy

Jacqueline Goldstein and Erika K. Carlson talk about what our Sun might look like near the end of its life, and how a recent photograph of the surface of an […]

Asteroid ʻOumuamua, Our Interstellar Visitor

November 21, 2017 by Radio Astronomy

Erika K. Carlson and Zach Pace talk about an interstellar visitor — the first asteroid we’ve observed pass through our Solar System from elsewhere in the Milky Way galaxy. Source: […]

Dwarf Planet Haumea has a Ring

October 24, 2017 by Radio Astronomy

Ring around the dwarf planet! Erika K. Carlson and Diego Casanova discuss scientists’ discovery of a ring around the dwarf planet Haumea in the outer Solar System. Source: http://www.planetary.org/blogs/jason-davis/2017/20171011-haumea-has-a-ring.html

Cassini’s Grand Finale

September 19, 2017 by Radio Astronomy

Erika K. Carlson and Jacqueline Goldstein talk about the Grand Finale of the Cassini’s mission to Saturn. Source: http://www.astronomy.com/news/2017/09/cassini-meets-its-end

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