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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!

How White Evangelicals Came to Lead the Insurrection

January 29, 2021 by A Public Affair

Last spring, we talked with historian Matthew Sutton on the show about the apocalyptic politics of the American evangelical right. Today, we’ve invited him back to discuss his latest article in the New Republic, “The Capitol Riot Revealed the Darkest Nightmares of White Evangelical America” and do a deep dive into the recent history of […]

Exorcisms Past and Present

October 26, 2020 by 8 O'Clock Buzz

We all know those visiting demons are cute and all for Halloween, but what do you do when they outstay their welcome? Furniture flying around the room, loved ones floating from their bed and uttering strange languages, it can all be such a hassle. That’s where your friendly neighborhood exorcist comes in. The practice of […]

The Apocalyptic Politics of the American Evangelical Right

May 8, 2020 by A Public Affair

Trump’s foreign policy has been largely incoherent to experts and politicians, but a certain group of his supporters understand it as ushering forth the end times. That’s the topic of Stephanie Mencimer’s recent piece in Mother Jones, “Evangelicals Love Donald Trump for Many Reasons, But One of Them is Especially Terrifying.” Today on the show, […]

Engaging Religious Leaders in Public Health Policy

April 27, 2020 by 8 O'Clock Buzz

Last month, the Hillsborough County, Florida Sheriff arrested evangelical pastor Rodney Howard-Browne for defying the county’s “stay-at-home” order. In order to limit the transmission of the COVID-19 virus, Hillsborough County Public Health Department banned large assemblies and activities to “essential services,” a list that did not include religious services. In spite of the order, Howard-Browne […]

Temple of Satan Redefines Religion

March 9, 2020 by 8 O'Clock Buzz

Imagine going to a city council meeting, and at the beginning of the meeting, hearing the following convocation: “Let us stand now, unbowed and unfettered by arcane doctrines born of fearful minds in darkened times. Let us embrace the Luciferian impulse to eat of the Tree of Knowledge and dissipate our blissful and comforting delusions […]

Black History, Religious Faith, and Political Struggle with Randal Jel...

July 30, 2019 by A Public Affair

Religious leaders have been at the forefront of the fight for racial justice in Madison and around the country—and have been for over a century—but we don’t often consider the relationship between faith stories and political struggle. For today’s episode, guest host Nan Enstad explores this history with Randal Jelks, author of Faith and the […]

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