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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!

United Way Unveils Equity & Health Funding Strategy

May 24, 2021 by 8 O'Clock Buzz

Dane County boasts multiple renowned hospitals, a variety of clinics and a competitive health insurance market, all of which make the Madison area score highly as a healthy place to live. At least for white people. The bad news is that despite all those assets, Dane County continues to have some of the highest health […]

Area Lawmakers Show Support for Meriter Nurses Strike

March 16, 2021 by WORT News Department and Martin Rakacolli

Photos by WORT News Director Chali Pittman. State Democratic lawmakers showed their support for nurses at UnityPoint Health-Meriter Hospital on Tuesday morning. The press conference came two days after Meriter Hospital nurses delivered a notice of strike to the hospital. The nurses at UnityPoint Health-Meriter Hospital are represented by the Service Employees International Union, or […]

The Momnibus Act of 2021 and Black Women’s Health in Wisconsin

February 16, 2021 by A Public Affair

Earlier this month, members of the Black Maternal Health Caucus in the U.S. House of Representatives announced the Black Maternal Health Momnibus Act of 2021. What could this federal legislation mean for Black mothers in Wisconsin, which has the highest Black maternal mortality rate in the country? Today on the show, we spend the hour […]

ABC for Health helps navigate insurance options

November 18, 2020 by 8 O'Clock Buzz

Focussing on low-income families and children with special healthcare needs, ABC for Health helps people navigate the healthcare coverage options that are available, according to COO Brynne McBride. She also talks about Trump’s continued assault on the Affordable Care Act, recently heard by the Supreme Court, and the effect it could have on the 22 […]

Rural Healthcare’s COVID Crisis

November 16, 2020 by A Public Affair

As Wisconsin and other states around the country face a new COVID-19 surge, rural hospitals are sounding the alarm. Today on the show, we take a close look at the pandemic’s impact on rural hospitals and healthcare with journalist Lyle Muller of IowaWatch and Tim Size, executive director of Rural Wisconsin Health Cooperative. Lyle Muller […]

As COVID-19 cases increase, so does the strain on Wisconsin’s nu...

October 20, 2020 by Jonah Chester

Since the beginning of the pandemic, one of the nation’s major lines of defense has been its nurses and medical caregivers. Over the summer, the strain on those healthcare workers seemed to be on the decline as Wisconsin’s positivity rate dropped. That has all changed in the past two months. As the state’s COVID-19 positivity […]

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