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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!

Colectivo Bargaining: Colectivo Coffee workers enter final phase of un...

August 25, 2021 by Jonah Chester

In April, a vote by Colectivo Coffee workers on whether or not to unionize split on a 99 to 99. Shortly after the vote, sixteen ballots were challenged and handed off to the National Labor Relations Board ( NLRB) for deliberation. On Monday, the NLRB released its decision on the contested ballots — bringing the […]

Governor Tony Evers And Democratic Lawmakers Endorse UW-Health Nurse U...

May 10, 2021 by Jana Rose Schleis and WORT News Department

WORT 89.9FM Madison · Governor Tony Evers And Democratic Lawmakers Endorse UW-Health Nurse Union Nurses, lawmakers, and healthcare workers gathered on the capitol steps in front of a crowd of over 50 people this past Saturday in Madison. The Nurses Week Speak Out was coordinated to support the organizing nurses at UW-Health and encourage the […]

Madison shows solidarity for Alabama union effort

April 12, 2021 by WORT News Department and Jana Rose Schleis

On Sunday, over two dozen people gathered in Madison to rally in support of the union efforts of Amazon workers in Bessemer, Alabama. Next to an Amazon hub locker on West Johnson Street attendees carried signs that read “Union Busting is Disgusting” and “Bezos Billions Belong to Workers.” Co-organized by Our Wisconsin Revolution and Madison Socialist […]

Checking in on the Colectivo union effort

March 30, 2021 by Jonah Chester and WORT News Department

Workers at Colectivo Coffee are entering the final stretch of their push to organize a union, as ballots sent to more than 300 staffers at the coffeeshop chain earlier this month were due about two hours ago. Next Tuesday, those ballots will be tallied and an announcement about the vote will likely be made shortly […]

Area Lawmakers Show Support for Meriter Nurses Strike

March 16, 2021 by WORT News Department and Martin Rakacolli

Photos by WORT News Director Chali Pittman. State Democratic lawmakers showed their support for nurses at UnityPoint Health-Meriter Hospital on Tuesday morning. The press conference came two days after Meriter Hospital nurses delivered a notice of strike to the hospital. The nurses at UnityPoint Health-Meriter Hospital are represented by the Service Employees International Union, or […]

Meriter Hospital Union Says it May File Notice of Strike

March 9, 2021 by WORT News Department and Martin Rakacolli

Photo by Sasint on Pixabay. “They’ve been calling us heroes,” said Pat Raes, a nurse at Meriter Hospital who serves as the bargaining co-chair for the Meriter Hospital nurse’s union. “We feel like martyrs sometimes.” She says nurses have been negotiating with hospital management to change the workers’ contract. Raes said that the desire for […]

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