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WORT Music Playlists

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!

Refrangible Podcast on The Access Hour

October 26, 2021 by Access Hour

Refrangible is a podcast from UW-Madison’s Center for Design and Material Culture hosted by WORT’s evening news producer, Jonah Chester, and the Center’s Producer-in-Residence, and WORT Contributor, Gianofer Fields. Each episode explores the stuff of everyday life and what it tells us about ourselves, our world, and our values. From keepsakes to clutter, from tools to […]

Dantiel W. Moniz on Writing Embodied Fiction

April 21, 2021 by A Public Affair

Continuing her series of author interviews, today Ali Muldrow sits down with writer Dantiel W. Moniz to discuss her new debut collection of short stories, Milk Blood Heat. They have a wide-ranging conversation about writing and the stories in the collection, including the setting of Florida, remembering what it’s like being a kid, noticing your […]

Celebrating the Life and Legacy of Milele Chikasa Anana

May 13, 2020 by A Public Affair

Milele Chikasa Anana, a prominent leader in the Madison community and longtime publisher of UMOJA Magazine, passed away last week. Today on the show, Wednesday host Ali Muldrow and Hedi Rudd offer a radio tribute to Ms. Milele’s incredible life and legacy, with a wide range of listeners calling in to share their own stories […]

Valentine’s Day Special with Modern Love Editor Daniel Jones

February 12, 2020 by A Public Affair

Love is in the air! With Valentine’s Day on the horizon, Ali Muldrow spends the hour with Daniel Jones, editor of the New York Times‘ Modern Love column, who shares insights from his years of working with love stories of all kinds. Mentioned stories: “To Fall in Love With Anyone, Do This” by Mandy Len […]

Opera on the Point

September 8, 2019 by WORT 89.9FM

Fresco Opera will thrill you and fill you with fantastic terrors. Sharing dreams no mortal has dared to dream before. Walk through the forest to the tip of the point. We will peer into the darkness as we sit around a flame of wonder and magic and bring to life the music of the Gods. […]

Wisconsin Folklore from the WPA Writers Project

March 2, 2015 by 8 O'Clock Buzz

Giant lake sturgeon that swallowed an elk, ghosts and John Muir’s handcrafted locks. They’re all in a reissue of the WPA 1937 collection of Wisconsin folklore. The Monday Buzz talks with editor Jim Zimm.

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