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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!

Dantiel W. Moniz on Writing Embodied Fiction

April 21, 2021 by A Public Affair

Continuing her series of author interviews, today Ali Muldrow sits down with writer Dantiel W. Moniz to discuss her new debut collection of short stories, Milk Blood Heat. They have a wide-ranging conversation about writing and the stories in the collection, including the setting of Florida, remembering what it’s like being a kid, noticing your […]

“Black Woman Professor – White University” Nellie Y. McKay at UW...

April 5, 2021 by Sybil Augustine

Dr. Shanna Greene Benjamin will discuss her forthcoming book, Half In Shadow: The Life and Legacy of Nellie Y. McKay, and the strength it takes for Black women to pursue their dreams in academia. Independent scholar and author Dr. Benjamin will discuss her book with Dr. Monica White, Associate Professor of Community and Environmental Sociology […]

Colin Gillis on Literature and Medicine

January 2, 2021 by 8 O'Clock Buzz

Colin Gillis is working full time as a nurse and is also teaching a literature course at UW Madison. Colin received his PhD in English from Yale in 2010 and his Bachelors of Science in nursing in 2017. Colin discusses the ups and downs of nursing and teaching during a pandemic. As well as the […]

Resistance, Struggle, and Solidarity through Poetry with Martín Espad...

January 30, 2020 by A Public Affair

“As we live in times of hate, we need poems of love.” For today’s episode, Allen is joined in the studio by Matt Rothschild to enjoy a selection of poems performed live on-air by Martín Espada and discuss a wide range of topics like Puerto Rico, identity, mortality, memory, and the beauty of shared humanity. […]

Holiday Show: 2019 Arts & Culture Roundup

December 24, 2019 by A Public Affair

For today’s holiday edition, co-hosts Richelle Wilson and Nate Carlin look back on some of the notable moments in arts and culture in 2019—the books, movies, and TV that generated important conversations about what we value in society. With the input of listeners, they take up the effect of mega box-office hits on cinema and […]

Martín Espada, Poet for the People

September 5, 2019 by A Public Affair

The poet Martín Espada has been called “the Pablo Neruda of North America.” His is a voice of conscience, of memory, of living history. Today, he joins host Allen Ruff to read a selection of his poems on the air and discuss what motivates and informs his work as a voice for the voiceless. Martín […]

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