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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!

Tandem Press Friday Jazz Series

November 4, 2021 by Sybil Augustine

UW-Madison Tandem Press and the UW-Madison Mead Witter School of Music’s Jazz Studies Program are pleased to present the return of the Tandem Press Friday Jazz Series featuring students from the UW-Madison Mead Witter School of Music’s Jazz Studies Program under the leadership of Johannes Wallmann, the John and Carolyn Peterson Chair in Jazz Studies, […]

Unscripted! An (Almost Completely) Improvised Comedy Bonanza!

November 14, 2021 by Sybil Augustine

A comedy show no one prepared for — what could go wrong?! A comedy show no one prepared for! On Friday, November 19, come on out and see how a group of comedians and musicians work to make up a thrilling (or…not so thrilling…) stand up set “on the spot” in front of your eyes. […]

Matt & Brian’s 13th annual “Jimi Hendrix” show!...

August 26, 2020 by Access Hour

Matt and Brian will be hosting their 13th annual “Jimi Hendrix” show on WORT. This year, they’ll be honoring the 50th Anniversary of the inception of the Band of Gypsys and their historic New Years Eve and Day shows at the Fillmore East. They guarantee it will be an hour filled with rare and unreleased live performances, […]

Spring Awakening

January 27, 2020 by WORT 89.9FM

Youth Initiative High School is proud to present Spring Awakening, a rock musical that tells the story of a group of teenagers in late 19th-century Germany dealing with the turmoil of adolescence in an uncaring environment. This is NOT an all-ages show (children under 14 will not be permitted without a parent). Tickets may be […]

OPEN RELATIONSHIP: 4-D AREA GROUP EXHIBITION

November 5, 2019 by WORT 89.9FM

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Conley Clark, 4-D MFA Candidate (573) 979-6770, caclark9@wisc.edu OPEN RELATIONSHIP: 4-D AREA GROUP EXHIBITION MADISON, WI –Wednesday, November 13, from 5:00 –8:00 p.m., the 4-D area MFA candidates at the University of Wisconsin-Madison will host a reception for their group exhibition titled Open Relationship, located in the Art LoftsGalleryat 111 N. […]

2019-2020 Tandem Press Friday Jazz Series

September 17, 2019 by WORT 89.9FM

Join us at Tandem Press for our annual Friday Jazz Series featuring students from the UW-Madison Mead Witter School of Music’s Jazz Studies Program, led by Johannes Wallmann, the John and Carolyn Peterson Chair in Jazz Studies. The 2019-2020 series includes three concerts during the fall season and three in the spring. Enjoy some great […]

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