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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!

Rushing to Hate

February 26, 2021 by 8 O'Clock Buzz

WORT 89.9FM Madison · Rushing to Hate Jonathan Zarov speaks to The New Republic staff writer Alex Shepard, who had a few words about the legacy of late conservative broadcaster Rush Limbaugh. His recent piece is titled “Rush Limbaugh Made America Worse.” Photo courtesy: Gage Skidmore on Flickr.

Exit Interview: Alder Marsha Rummel

December 26, 2020 by 8 O'Clock Buzz

Alder Marsha Rummel has represented Madison’s east side for the 6th District for nearly 14 years. Earlier this month, she announced that she’s stepping back, and won’t be running in the 2021 spring election. A lot has happened in a decade and a half—so much that Buzz host Jonathan Zarov realized they’d just scratched the […]

WORT Turns 45!

November 29, 2020 by WORT 89.9FM

On Monday, December 1st, 1975 WORT went on-air for the first time ever! This is a huge milestone for our amazing community radio station, built with the love and passion of countless volunteers and the enthusiastic support and involvement of our community. With the pandemic rendering us unable to have a huge in-person celebration this […]

Judge refuses to delay in person trial for at risk anti-war protesters...

November 14, 2020 by 8 O'Clock Buzz

For nearly 9 years, the Wisconsin Coalition to Ground the Drones has held monthly vigils at the gates of Volk Field in Camp Douglas, Wisconsin to protest the RQ-7 Shadow Drones housed there and the US program of drone warfare in general — a program the UN has called a war crime, because many of […]

Coronavirus Spike Protein Turned Into Music

August 21, 2020 by 8 O'Clock Buzz

Do you ever wonder what coronavirus would sound like as a song? Well, a project out of MIT has applied a computational algorithm to the protein structure of the virus and turned it into a song. Markus Buehler joins Friday Buzz host Jonathan Zarov to discuss how he turned a deadly virus into a pleasant […]

SSDI Recipients Now Encouraged to Apply for Unemployment Benefits By U...

July 31, 2020 by 8 O'Clock Buzz

Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) recipients whose ability to work was impacted by COVID-19 are now being encouraged to apply for Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA). Thanks to a 2013 state law passed in Governor Walker’s administration, people in Wisconsin who receive disability benefits are ineligible for state unemployment benefits—which maxes out at $370 a week. […]

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