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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!

Students with developmental disabilities face a difficult fall semeste...

September 9, 2021 by Jonah Chester and WORT News Department

Students with developmental disabilities are working hard to get back on track after a year of virtual instruction deprived them of in-person education and programs that are essential for their development. Many parents and special education teachers had a difficult time adjusting classes for disabled students. Andrea Ruppar, an assistant professor of special education at […]

MMSD to begin drafting employee vaccine mandate

August 31, 2021 by Nate Wegehaupt and WORT News Department

The Madison School Board voted in a special meeting last night to begin drafting a vaccine mandate for all Madison school district staff. The decision comes just a few days before MMSD students begin returning to class this Thursday. But the rollout of the mandate will take effect weeks after school has been in session […]

Madison Metropolitan School District and Badger Bus Lines Combat Bus D...

August 2, 2021 by Hailey Griffin and WORT News Department

The Madison Metropolitan School District is looking for 30 new bus drivers for the upcoming school year. In a video posted to the district’s YouTube page, Badger Bus co-owner John Meier and MMSD Superintendent Dr. Carlton D. Jenkins invite Madisonians to “step up” and help their community before the start of school next month. The school […]

“It felt like a huge slap in the face:” Madison teachers protest c...

May 11, 2021 by Jonah Chester and WORT News Department

Yesterday, teachers rallied outside the Madison Metropolitan School District administration building downtown. The event was organized by Madison Teachers Inc, the union that represents MMSD teachers — and it came after the omission of scheduled salary increases from teachers’ annual contracts. In an emailed statement to WORT, district spokesperson Tim LeMonds wrote that the administration […]

The Benefits of Universal 4K

May 11, 2021 by A Public Affair

After receiving increased funding through the passage of an operating referendum last fall, the Madison Metropolitan School District will begin offering full-day 4K (four-year-old kindergarten) programming for certain school boundaries in the 2021–22 school year. Today, we discuss the importance of early childhood education and the possibility of a universal 4K program in Madison with […]

Madison West High School faces pushback over “Affinity Spaces”

April 27, 2021 by Jonah Chester and WORT News Department

The Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty (WILL), a conservative-leaning legal firm, is challenging Madison West High School’s use of “affinity spaces.” Last week, West High sent out an invitation to parents of students of color to participate in affinity spaces concerning police brutality and the recent conviction of Derek Chauvin — the former Minneapolis […]

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