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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!

Madison City Council Shoots Down Business Programs

July 24, 2020 by WORT News Department and Jade Iseri-Ramos

Tuesday, during a nearly eight hour meeting, Madison’s city council put off two plans to help local businesses. One would aid downtown businesses that have faced vandalization and looting. The other program would support entrepreneurs of color. The relief plan allotted $250,000 for costs that Madison businesses say they’ve accrued from protests and riots following […]

Max Prestigiacomo is Running Unopposed for Alder

January 21, 2020 by Shaun Soman and WORT News Department

Max Prestigiacomo is running for the District 8 seat on Madison’s city council. Prestigiacomo was previously the executive director of the Youth Climate Action Team, and was the Wisconsin State Lead for the March 15th Climate Strike last year. Currently, Prestigiacomo is a freshman studying political science and history at UW-Madison. WORT producer Shaun Soman […]

City Council Rejects Ambulance

November 13, 2019 by WORT News Department and Shaun Soman

Firefighter Union President Mahlon Mitchell was one of nearly fifty union members who attended the City Council’s 2020 budget deliberations last night to voice their support of a proposal to staff a ninth ambulance. Mitchell noted that the union was not seeking increased wages or reduced hours, but rather the City’s support to protect the […]

WORT Weekly Rewind: November 1st, 2019

November 1, 2019 by WORT News Department, Shaun Soman, Jade Iseri-Ramos and Martin Rakacolli

In this November 1st edition we review an Assembly bill that would change how the state expunges criminal convictions, the city council’s vote on a proposed wheel tax, new legislation that would decriminalize possession of small amounts of marijuana statewide, Madison’s call for residents to be mindful of their salt use in the winter, and […]

City Council Considers Wheel Tax, Amendments

October 29, 2019 by WORT News Department and Shaun Soman

Madison Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway says the $40 wheel tax included in her 2020 budget is one of her only options to gain revenue, short of cutting other essential City of Madison services. “When I say that the vehicle registration fee is our only option, it is literally the only option that the State legislature has […]

The PTA Mom Vs. The Business Builder

March 28, 2019 by WORT News Department

Nina Kravinsky sat down with the candidates running to represent District 8 on the Madison City Council: Christian Albouras and Erica Janisch.

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