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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!

Bring Your Whole Self to the Joyful Revolution

July 1, 2020 by A Public Affair

As we enter a new month in a summer of change, Wednesday host Ali Muldrow reflects on the struggles and victories of June and looks forward to July with academic and activist Dr. Sami Schalk. Over the course of the hour, they talk about identity and belonging, adrienne maree brown’s concept of pleasure activism, finding […]

U.S. Supreme Court Rules on LGBTQ Workplace Rights

June 23, 2020 by 8 O'Clock Buzz

On June 15, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on three cases involving employer discrimination against LGBTQ workers. In a 6-3 decision, the Court ruled that employers could not legally fire employees because they were homosexual or transgender. The decision has been hailed as a landmark case, but there may still be some caveats. Here to […]

Poetry and Community Building with Carmen A. Murguia

May 26, 2020 by 8 O'Clock Buzz

Milwaukee-based poet, community builder and Latina LGBTQ advocate Carmen A. Murguia joins Damita Brown to share her poetry, story and what we can do to build better communities. Photo by Emily Mills: flic.kr/p/UtMy6B

2nd Annual Wisconsin LGBTQ+ Health Summit

March 2, 2020 by WORT 89.9FM

The LGBTQ+ Health Summit educates and activates the health sciences community on LGBTQ+ health and creates new pathways to serve LGBTQ+ communities. The summit reinvigorates LGBTQ+-identified healthcare professionals, students and community members in finding community and support in practice, and it promotes the use of up-to-date, best practices to improve LGBTQ+ health outcomes. More than […]

LGBTQ+ Youth Face Down the Virus

April 13, 2020 by 8 O'Clock Buzz

With victims of COVID-19 including a raft of Hollywood celebrities and United Kingdom prime minister Boris Johnson, it would be easy to think that the pandemic is an equal-opportunity crisis — posing an equal threat to all humans on the planet. In truth, though, existing social and economic inequities become magnified when viewed through the […]

Madison School District May Face Lawsuit

December 19, 2019 by WORT News Department and Shaun Soman

Yesterday, the Madison Metropolitan School District received a demand letter from the Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty. The letter, which is usually the step taken before an entity files a lawsuit, relates to the District’s guidance document about how staff can support transgender, non-binary, and gender-expansive students. Sherie Hohs is a social worker and has […]

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