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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!

Bo Diddley Special on Two For the Blues Archive

March 28, 2020 by Two for the Blues

The March 28 edition of Two For the Blues featured a radio special I did on Bo Diddley on October 7, 2006. It has not been heard since that broadcast. Bo Diddley was a bluesman who is also recognized as a pioneer of Rock & Roll. He was an early inductee in the Rock & […]

Optimism Over Despair: A Conversation with Noam Chomsky

June 7, 2019 by A Public Affair

For today’s episode, Esty hosts a wide-ranging conversation with renowned scholar Noam Chomsky for his thirteenth appearance on the show. They discuss his recent collection of interviews, Optimism Over Despair, the current political climate, the Middle East, and more. Noam Chomsky is an American linguist, philosopher, cognitive scientist, social critic, and political activist. He is one […]

Environmental Law and Policy Center: Climate Change and the Great Lake...

April 18, 2019 by WORT News Department and Nina Kravinsky

Global warming is already affecting life here in the Great Lakes region. From dealing with the effects of extreme weather events to its ongoing impacts on farming, people are learning to deal with a changing climate. A new study from the Environmental Law and Policy Center bolsters the science we have on the impact of […]

US Representative Mark Pocan Is Drafting Legislation to Abolish ICE

June 26, 2018 by WORT News Department

US Representative Mark Pocan is drafting legislation that would abolish the federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency, or ICE. The agency has come under fire since reports of family separations at the southern border began dominating headlines. Lawmakers created ICE in 2002 with bipartisan support. Now, some lawmakers and advocates are calling for it to […]

Back in Madison, Nathaniel Bartlett Talks Electronic Music at WORT

January 31, 2018 by WORT Music Department

Local percussionist, composer, software engineer, and electronic music artist Nathaniel Bartlett discusses his work with WORT’s Peter Haney on Back Porch Serenade. A Madison native, Bartlett received a DMA degree in composition from the UW School of Music and was a postdoctoral associate at the Wisconsin Institute of Discovery from 2011 to 2013. He has […]

Interview with Wisconsin Gubernatorial Candidate, Mike McCabe

September 13, 2017 by WORT News Department

The newest Democrat to put his hat in the ring for the Wisconsin governor’s race is Mike McCabe, the founder and head of the non-profit advocacy group Blue Jean Nation. Prior to his work with Blue Jean Nation, McCabe spent 15 years running the Wisconsin Democracy Campaign, a group that tracks money in state politics. […]

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