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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!

City, County leadership announce mandatory mask policy

July 7, 2020 by Jonah Chester and WORT News Department

Starting next Monday, masks will be mandatory in Dane County. According to Dane County Executive Joe Parisi, county health officials plan to distribute masks in the coming days. “The masking order will go into effect Monday to make sure that we have the infrastructure in place to make everyone aware of the requirement and to […]

Crowd demonstrates Tuesday to free arrested organizer

June 24, 2020 by Chali Pittman and WORT News Department

Protesters marched Tuesday night and Wednesday morning to protest the arrest of Yeshua Musa and demand his release from the Dane County Jail. Musa, whose legal name is Devonere Johnson, has been a frequent organizer and participant in Madison’s Black Lives Matter demonstrations against systemic injustice. Protesters gathered a few blocks from the Dane County […]

Wisconsin’s Unemployed May Risk Their Health and Benefits

May 19, 2020 by WORT News Department and Martin Rakacolli

Picture by Goodfreephotos_com on Pixabay. Yesterday, Public Health Madison & Dane County announced the implementation of a county-wide reopening plan called Forward Dane. It went into effect today and removed travel restrictions, opened tennis and disc golf courses, allowed businesses to prepare to reopen, and removed any criminal penalty for violating the county’s stay-at-home order. […]

Food service worker group asks Dane County for more guidelines and tra...

May 7, 2020 by 8 O'Clock Buzz

A group of local service industry workers is calling on Dane County to set specific guidelines for its $10 million fund for small local businesses. On Monday, Dane County Executive Joe Parisi announced a plan to direct $10 million in federal aid to small businesses, tasking the non-profit Dane Buy Local to disburse the money. […]

Dane County Rolls Out $10 Million for Small Business Relief

May 5, 2020 by Jonah Chester and WORT News Department

Last night, the personnel and finance committee of the Dane County Board approved a motion to give over ten million dollars of the county’s federal COVID-19 relief money to help small businesses. The motion will now go to the Dane County Board of Supervisors for approval this Thursday The program will be rolled out by […]

Dane County Executive Allocates Money to Combat Human Trafficking

October 25, 2019 by WORT News Department and Martin Rakacolli

On Wednesday, Dane County Executive Joe Parisi announced that he is allocating $80,000 in his budget for the upcoming year for services that help victims of sex trafficking. Parisi says he decided to set aside this money after speaking with Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul, who earlier this year announced his intent to increase efforts […]

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