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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!

Infrastructure Bill 101

November 17, 2021 by A Public Affair

Earlier this week, President Joe Biden signed a historic $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill into law. First up today, Wednesday host Carousel Bayrd takes a close look at the history of the infrastructure bill and how it made its way through Congress with UW–Madison political science professor Eleanor Powell. Then, she talks about what the […]

Senator Joe Manchin’s Role With The Conservative American Legisl...

October 31, 2021 by 8 O'Clock Buzz

WORT 89.9FM Madison · Senator Joe Manchin’s Role With The Conservative American Legislative Exchange Council Dan Kaufman’s latest article in The New Yorker is “Joe Manchin’s Deep Corporate Ties, An underexamined aspect of Manchin’s pro-business positions in the Senate is his early membership in the American Legislative Exchange Council.” U.S. Senator Joe Manchin’s role with […]

Police Do Not Belong In Schools

October 2, 2021 by 8 O'Clock Buzz

WORT 89.9FM Madison · Police Do Not Belong In Schools A recent Center for Public Integrity analysis of U.S. Department of Education data found that in the 2017-2018 school year public schools in Wisconsin referred students to police twice as often as schools nationwide. The data also showed that school policing disproportionately affected students with […]

Rep. Mark Pocan on U.S. Politics + Peru’s New President

August 6, 2021 by A Public Affair

For the first segment of today’s show, Friday host Esty Dinur shares her recent interview with Representative Mark Pocan about what he’s been up to in Congress. Then, Dr. Jo-Marie Burt joins to talk about the recently elected Pedro Castillo, who is making history as Peru’s first “peasant” president. Congressman Mark Pocan has been serving […]

A Society and Planet in Crisis

July 29, 2021 by A Public Affair

For today’s show, Thursday host Allen Ruff has a wide-ranging conversation with author and activist Victor Wallis about the interconnected environmental, social, political, and economic crises facing our society—and the planet. Victor Wallis is an author and activist who teaches in the Liberal Arts Department at the Berklee College of Music. He is the senior editor […]

Emily Mills On Bills Banning Trans Girl Athletes From Competing in K-1...

June 13, 2021 by 8 O'Clock Buzz

WORT 89.9FM Madison · Emily Mills On Bills Banning Trans Girl Athletes From Competing in K-12 Girl’s Sports On Wednesday State Republicans unanimously voted to ban transgender girls from participating in K through 12 girls’ sports. The bill would prohibit schools from allowing students to join teams that don’t correspond to their biological sex at […]

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