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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!

Time To…Boombox the Lockdown!

April 22, 2020 by Sybil Augustine

Tune into WORT on Sunday, May 3 from noon to 5 pm to help us Boombox The Lockdown! Just because we’re sheltered in place and staying apart right now doesn’t mean we can’t Celebrate! Decorate! Elevate! and Resonate Together!! BBTL is the 3rd event of its kind hosted by WORT. But unlike Boombox the Wasteland, […]

Canopy Doesn’t Get Alcohol License

January 16, 2020 by Shaun Soman and WORT News Department

When a business like Canopy seeks an alcohol license in the Marquette Neighborhood, the owners usually meet with the Marquette Neighborhood Association’s Preservation and Development Committee first. The matter then goes to the full MNA board before the ALRC makes its final decision. Yesterday, the Board voted to send a letter to the ALRC asking […]

WORT broadcasts The Portlander Session live Thursday

September 4, 2016 by Joseph Crawford Mrazek

WORT will broadcast three hours of the final 2016 Central Park Session this Thursday (9/8), from 7:00 till 10:00 p.m. Dubbed the Portlander Session, this free concert on Madison’s near eastside features three bands with an eccentric Oregon-style vibe. Better Yeti opens the show at 5:00, followed by the Portland Cello Project at 6:30 and […]

51st annual Orton Park Festival starts Thursday

August 23, 2016 by Joseph Crawford Mrazek

The 51st annual Orton Park Festival will celebrate Madison’s wonderfully weird diversity this Thursday through Sunday (August 25-28). The free event – chock full of food, music and other fun in the sun – is held at the shady eastside park, located on the 1100 block of Spaight Street in Madison. A benefit for the Marquette Neighborhood […]

The Right Tree? in the Right Place

April 22, 2016 by 8 O'Clock Buzz

Morning Buzz host Jonathan Zarov interviews Marquette Neighborhood Association Street Tree Committee Members Leslie Schroeder, John Coleman, & TR Loon. Initially focused on the trees affected by the upcoming Jenifer Street reconstruction project, the committee has been working to raise awareness of the tree replacement policy known as The Right Tree in the Right Place […]

Welcome Tree Revisited

July 21, 2014 by 8 O'Clock Buzz

The massive iron tree sculpture slated for the Williamson Street median heads toward installation day. Are artists Erika Koivunen and Aaron Howard ready for the big day?

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