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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!

With seven-figure investment, Madison is poised to implement five-year...

October 7, 2021 by Jonah Chester and WORT News Department

As part of her 2022 budget, Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway is proposing more than one million dollars to kick off a five-year violence prevention initiative. The Roadmap to Reducing Violence was introduced by Public Health Madison Dane County earlier this year, and it’s the result of years of work across two mayoral administrations. For more on […]

Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway subpoenaed to testify in election probe

October 6, 2021 by Jonah Chester and WORT News Department

Madison Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway has been subpoenaed and ordered to appear in Brookfield on October 22nd. The reason? An election that happened eleven months ago. When Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway appears in Brookfield, she’ll be compelled to provide testimony and thousands of pages of documents as part of a Republican-led investigation into the November presidential election. […]

Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway unveils Madison’s 2022 executive operating...

October 5, 2021 by Jonah Chester and WORT News Department

Today, at a fire station on Madison’s south side, Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway unveiled her 2022 operating budget. That’s the budget that guides day-to-day spending, employees’ salaries and spending on some materials and supplies. Alongside the capital budget and the capital improvement plan, it drives the city’s fiscal planning for the next year. This piece of […]

Madison’s Bus Rapid Transit project moves forward

September 30, 2021 by Jonah Chester and WORT News Department

Yesterday evening, Madison city staff gave the first of several community updates on the city’s Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project. Speaking at yesterday’s meeting, Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway outlined the need for the BRT system by pointing to Madison’s growing population. According to 2020 Census returns, the city grew by 16 percent, or roughly 36,600 people, […]

Madison Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway on the city’s 2022 Capital Bud...

August 31, 2021 by Jonah Chester

Earlier today, Madison Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway unveiled her $355 million Executive Capital Budget. This proposal, and an accompanying five-year capital improvement plan, guides the city’s spending on infrastructure improvements and new construction projects. To unpack the spending plan, which will be introduced to the city council this evening, WORT producer Jonah Chester spoke with the […]

Madison’s crisis response team hits the road

August 26, 2021 by Jonah Chester

Madison’s Community Alternative Response Emergency Services (CARES) program was first introduced last summer. Now, after months of planning and community input, a pilot version of the program is launching next Wednesday. CARES is a coalition between the county, city, Madison’s fire and police departments and Journey Mental Health. When it launches on September first, the […]

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