Madison Common Council Archives

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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!

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.

New Agenda for Madison Common Council

August 5, 2019 by 8 O'Clock Buzz

Madison voters elected a new mayor last April, ousting so-called “mayor-for-life” Paul Soglin in favor of Satya Rhodes Conway. But the mayor’s seat wasn’t the only turnover. Voters also sent nine new Alders to the 20-member Common Council, none of whom have ever held elected office before. The grassroots party Progressive Dane won nine of […]

Madison City Council Primary Guide: District Fifteen

February 14, 2019 by WORT News Department

District 15 is on Madison’s east side. It’s been represented by David Ahrens since 2013 and isn’t seeking reelection. The district includes Atwood from Olbrich down to Monona, as well Stoughton Road from East Washington to Monona. It also includes most of Highway 30. Three candidates are vying to fill Ahren’s open seat. The top […]

Madison City Council Primary Guide: District Thirteen

February 14, 2019 by WORT News Department

District 13 is on Madison’s near west side. It’s been respresented by Allen Arnsten. The retired attorney has been filling in for Sarah Eskrich, who announced over the summer she would be stepping down. Arnstead isn’t running for the seat. The district includes the Vilas and Greenbush neighborhoods, as well as South Park street until […]

Madison City Council Primary Guide: District Twelve

February 13, 2019 by WORT News Department

District 12 includes parts of Madison’s East and North Sides, and had been represented by Larry Palm, who has been on the council since 2005. He announced last fall that he wouldn’t seek reelection. This district stretches east and north of East Washington Avenue, and includes Eken Park and Emerson East neighborhoods, as well as […]

Questions Remain As City Nears Removing Monument

October 4, 2018 by WORT News Department and Shaun Soman

“Some of you might be wondering, ‘Didn’t we go through this?’ Yes, we did, but we asked to have it done legally,” District 6 Alder Marsha Rummel says, acknowledging what Madison residents may be thinking Wednesday, as the City’s Common Council [once again] voted 16 to 2 on Tuesday to remove a Confederate grave marker […]

Soglin Makes Final Pitch as Judge Doyle Square Vote Nears

September 23, 2015 by Dylan Brogan

MADISON (WORT) — Mayor Paul Soglin is using his bully pulpit to sell the controversial Judge Doyle Square project being negotiated between developer Bob Dunn and the City of Madison.

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