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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!

Killer Lakes and Limnology Legends du Nord

September 16, 2021 by Perpetual Notion Machine

If you live in Madison or Wisconsin or the Upper Midwest, you are probably a limnophile (you love lakes). Kicking off the Fall 2021 pledge drive, limnologist / biologist guest Gretchen Gerrish joins host Patrick Sajbel to talk about research at UW’s Trout Lake Station in Boulder Junction. As the Station approaches a century of […]

Water Show! Madison’s Drinking Water Quality + State of the Lake...

July 6, 2021 by A Public Affair

Water is an essential part of life, but it’s especially present here in Madison and Dane County, where we’re surrounded by lakes and farms. For today’s episode, Tuesday host Carousel Bayrd focuses on local water updates. First up, we review Madison Water Utility’s latest annual drinking water quality report with civil engineer Kelly Miess. “We […]

Yahara Lakes 101 with Paul Garrison

December 11, 2019 by WORT 89.9FM

Description Yahara Lakes 101: History in the Mucking Join us for Yahara Lakes 101 to learn about the issues that impact our lakes! About this Talk Water quality in Wisconsin’s lakes has evolved throughout time. But how has it changed since the influx of European-American immigrants more than 150 years ago? The history can be […]

Yahara Lakes 101 with Jeff Endres

October 30, 2019 by WORT 89.9FM

Yahara Pride Farms: Collaborating for farm sustainability and water quality Join us for Yahara Lakes 101 to learn about the issues that impact our lakes! About this Talk Agricultural areas represent the majority of the Yahara Watershed and the largest potential for phosphorus reduction. So what is being done in rural areas to help our […]

Let’s Talk Water – Madison Lakes, Local Flooding, and Sustaina...

December 12, 2018 by A Public Affair

On today’s episode, new Wednesday host Ali Muldrow is joined in the studio by Yogesh Chawla to talk all things water, particularly the lake systems here in Madison, the flooding events of 2018, and what the community is doing to prepare for the future. Yogesh Chawla serves on the Dane County Board for District 6. […]

Proposed County Funding Includes Solar, Lakes, Mental Health Services

October 2, 2018 by WORT News Department and Nina Kravinsky

Dane County Executive Joe Parisi is out with his $63 million capital budget proposal for next year. It includes from new funds for mental health initiatives to new flooding management plans. He’s also announced a massive new solar panel project at the Dane County airport. The new solar panel project is a partnership between Dane […]

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