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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!

Celebrating Indigenous Peoples’ Week with Kasey Keeler

October 16, 2020 by A Public Affair

Earlier this week, the U.S. celebrated Indigenous Peoples’ Day. For today’s show, we extend the holiday by sitting down with Dr. Kasey Keeler, professor of American Indian Studies, for a wide-ranging discussion of Indigenous issues in North America. The conversation covers an array of topics including the shift from Columbus Day to Indigenous Peoples’ Day, […]

Inside the Mind of White House Advisor Stephen Miller

October 9, 2020 by A Public Affair

On the heels of White House advisor Stephen Miller’s positive COVID test earlier this week, today Esty sits down with journalist Jean Guerrero to talk about her new book on Miller, Hatemonger. They discuss Miller’s white supremacist ideology and how he stokes white fear and rage (including the recent news that a terrorist group planned […]

The Return of Radical Traditionalism

October 2, 2020 by A Public Affair

Today, Friday host Esty Dinur and co-pilot Norm Stockwell are joined by professor Benjamin Teitelbaum to discuss his new book, War for Eternity: The Return of Radical Traditionalism and the Rise of the Populist Right. They discuss the influence of Traditionalism (with a capital “T”) on far-right politics, the role of Trump in Traditionalist narratives, […]

On Corruption in America with Sarah Chayes

September 25, 2020 by A Public Affair

Corruption has become a mainstay of American political life—but how did we get here? And what can we do about it? Today, we investigate these questions with journalist Sarah Chayes, author of the new book On Corruption in America, and learn why she believes corruption is the primary threat to democracy in our lifetimes. Sarah […]

The Problem with Trump’s Israeli–Gulf “Peace Deals”...

September 18, 2020 by A Public Affair

On Tuesday, the Trump administration hosted a ceremony celebrating a new peace agreement between Israel, the United Arab Emirates, and Bahrain. “The problem is that it’s not a peace agreement,” says lawyer and activist Huwaida Arraf. Today, we’re joined by Arraf to talk about the problem with Trump’s “peace deals” and why she protested at […]

Lives Lost: Nursing Homes and Armed Militias

August 28, 2020 by A Public Affair

First up in today’s two-part show, Patrick Woodall from Americans for Financial Reform talks about the problem of private equity firms in the healthcare sector and offers details from his latest co-authored report, “The Deadly Combination Of Private Equity And Nursing Homes During A Pandemic.” Then, Reveal journalist Stan Alcorn tells us about his reporting […]

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