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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!

A Virus in the Social Body with David McNally

June 25, 2020 by A Public Affair

Today on the show, Allen hosts a wide-ranging conversation with historian David McNally about the interlocking crises of the pandemic, economic recession, and racial injustice; the “social virus” being revealed by the pandemic; and the violence of money and the capitalist global order. David McNally is the Cullen Distinguished Professor of History and Business at the […]

Big Tech and the Future of Capitalism

June 1, 2020 by A Public Affair

The power of Big Tech only seems to be growing as the pandemic has shifted work, education, and social life online. Large tech companies like Amazon, Facebook, and Google are both being praised for providing valuable services and publicly criticized for unjust labor practices, wealth hoarding, and allowing misinformation to spread on digital platforms. Today […]

Wisconsin Elections Commission Votes to Mail Absentee Ballot Applicati...

May 28, 2020 by WORT News Department and Martin Rakacolli

Photo from Element5 Digital on Unsplash. Yesterday the Wisconsin Elections Commission voted unanimously to send absentee ballot applications out to 2.7 million registered voters across Wisconsin. The mailing would not include the over half a million registered voters who already request absentee ballots. Nor would it include more than 150,000 on the “movers list,” […]

Facing the Pandemic in Prison

May 27, 2020 by A Public Affair

Throughout the pandemic, prisons have been one of the hardest-hit spaces for inmates and staff alike, with high rates of infection and minimal to no proper protective equipment or access to adequate hygiene. Back in April, Cook County Jail in Chicago suffered the worst COVID-19 outbreak the country had seen. For today’s episode, Wednesday host […]

Pandemics Spur Civic Innovation

May 25, 2020 by 8 O'Clock Buzz

In 1793, a Yellow Fever outbreak in Philadelphia led to the creation of the city’s first garbage collection service. In 1853, the New York City Board of Health authorized the creation of a reservoir system, and New York’s Central Park, in response to a cholera epidemic. And here in Wisconsin, a 1909 typhoid surge led […]

What To Expect As Wisconsin Reopens

May 20, 2020 by A Public Affair

Some counties in Wisconsin reopened for business last week after the Supreme Court’s reversal of Gov. Evers’ extended Safer at Home order. Other places, like Dane County, are preparing for phased reopening measures starting this week and next. What can we expect to see as more of the state opens back up? First up today, […]

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