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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!

More Women in Sports, Please

August 24, 2021 by A Public Affair

According to a recent Global Sport Matters feature, just 11.5 percent of sports reporters in the United States and Canada are women, and women’s sports represent only 4 percent of total sports media coverage. These numbers are staggeringly low, especially given that women make up a big share of the viewers and fans. On top […]

Supreme Court Roundup: Voting Rights and NCAA Athletes

August 17, 2021 by A Public Affair

For today’s show, we present part 2 of Carousel’s annual SCOTUS roundup about some of the major U.S. Supreme Court decisions coming out of the latest session. For the first half, law professor Robert Yablon breaks down Brnovich v. Democratic National Committee and Americans for Prosperity Foundation v. Bonta, two cases that could have an […]

Olympics Updates! 🥇

July 28, 2021 by A Public Affair

With the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo fully underway, today guest host Liz DiNovella takes to the airwaves for another sports edition of A Public Affair. Together with Dr. Courtney M. Cox, she talks about a variety of Olympics news, including Simone Biles’ withdrawal from the team gymnastics finals, athletes and mental health, the debates […]

LGBT+ Legislation and the Fight for Trans Equity in Wisconsin

March 17, 2021 by A Public Affair

Earlier this month, trans rights activists gathered outside the state capitol to protest the Protect Women in Sports Act, which would ban transgender athletes in K–12 sports. On today’s show, Ali discusses this legislation along with a bill prohibiting conversion therapy and the fight for trans equity in Wisconsin with Megin McDonell, executive director of […]

Analytics of “the play” in Packers Game

January 28, 2021 by Perpetual Notion Machine

Tonight, the Perpetual Notion Machine looks into the link between science and sports. If you are a Green Bay Packers fan, I’m sure you are wondering about the decision on “the play” late in the championship game with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The Packers were on Tampa Bay’s 8 yard line. It was 4th down […]

A COVID Year for Sports

October 28, 2020 by A Public Affair

Play ball! That’s what many professional sports leagues in the U.S. have decided to do even in the midst of a global pandemic. Today, guest host Liz DiNovella returns to the WORT airwaves to talk about the latest news from the world of sports—including Justin Turner’s stunt at the World Series last night, the Big […]

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