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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!

Citizens for safe water pushing for more PFAS testing across the state...

October 20, 2021 by 8 O'Clock Buzz

A key component of Aqueous Film Forming Foam (AFFF), a product used in fuel-type fire fighting for over 40 years, is combination of chemicals which fall under the designation of PFAS — for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, which have been flagged recently as potential cancer-causing agents. Laura Olah, Executive Director of Citizens for Safe Water […]

District 6 County Board Supervisor, Yogesh Chawla, Proposes Resolution...

August 20, 2021 by 8 O'Clock Buzz

WORT 89.9FM Madison · District 6 County Board Supervisor, Yogesh Chawla, Proposes Resolution Regarding PFAS PFAS – Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances – are a class of over 5,000 synthetic chemicals that have been in use for decades for things like fast food wrappers, non-stick cookware, personal care products, and firefighting foam. Though – known as […]

Local officials continue work to address PFAS contamination

August 5, 2021 by Jonah Chester and WORT News Department

For years, local officials have weighed the best way to address PFAS contamination stemming from the Dane County airport. Yesterday, Dane County’s airport commission held a public hearing for an update on that complicated process. PFAS are a family of man-made chemicals that are notoriously difficult to purge from groundwater. The so-called “forever chemicals” have […]

Water Show! Madison’s Drinking Water Quality + State of the Lake...

July 6, 2021 by A Public Affair

Water is an essential part of life, but it’s especially present here in Madison and Dane County, where we’re surrounded by lakes and farms. For today’s episode, Tuesday host Carousel Bayrd focuses on local water updates. First up, we review Madison Water Utility’s latest annual drinking water quality report with civil engineer Kelly Miess. “We […]

Dane County Approves Airport Expansion

June 10, 2021 by WORT News Department and Martin Rakacolli

Photo by Free Photos on Pixabay. Currently, the Dane County Regional Airport has space for thirteen planes, and between 2019 and 2020, an all-time high of 1.1 million people used it to fly from Dane County. Michael Riechers is the marketing director for the Dane County Regional Airport. He says pandemic notwithstanding, Dane County’s projected […]

Opposing the Militarization of Our Skies

May 28, 2021 by A Public Affair

The Biden administration released its proposed $715-billion defense budget this morning. First up on today’s show, William Hartung, director of the arms and security program at the Center for International Policy, puts the budget in context and discusses the wastefulness of military spending. Then, Allyson Siwik from the Gila Conservation Coalition talks about their successful […]

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