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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!

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September 17, 2020 by Jonah Chester and WORT News Department

Fall football is on for UW-Madison and the Big Ten. UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank told reporters earlier this week that a Big Ten fall football conference would need buy-in from all fourteen schools in the conference. “I will say we’re all going to move together in the Big Ten,” she says. “We’re all going to […]

“We might have just gotten unlucky:” UW-Madison Chancellor Reb...

September 14, 2020 by Jonah Chester and WORT News Department

Last Wednesday, after mounting pressure from county leadership and spiking COVID-19 case rates, UW-Madison moved all classes online until September 25th and quarantined two dorms through September 23rd. The quarantined dorms, Witte and Sellery, are two of UW-Madison’s largest residential facilities. Just before quarantining, Witte reported a ten percent positivity rate for COVID-19 among residents, […]

Vaccines & Other Madison COVID-19 News

September 10, 2020 by Perpetual Notion Machine

On this week’s PNM: Josh, Ary, & Kelly are back to talk about current COVID-19 events in Madison, including the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine trial & explosion of cases within the UW Madison community. We talk about vaccine safety, a recent development in the UW vaccine trial, the current situation on campus & how we feel […]

County Executive urges UW-Madison to send students home or invest in m...

September 9, 2020 by Jonah Chester and WORT News Department

Dane County Executive Joe Parisi is asking UW-Madison administrators to consider sending students home for the fall semester or increasing the campus’ staffing to counter COVID-19. The request comes after the University reported a spike in COVID-19 cases this weekend. According to Public Health Madison Dane County, since September 1st, more than nine hundred people […]

Aiming To Prevent Spread, UW-Madison Issues Strict Guidelines

September 8, 2020 by Martin Rakacolli and WORT News Department

(Photo: A student walks solo in front of the Hamel Music Center downtown; Photo: Chali Pittman/WORT News) UW-Madison officially reopened last week, bringing thousands of students back to campus. Initially, the university asked students to take precautions to prevent the spread of COVID-19. Now, the university is issuing strict guidelines for undergraduate students who do […]

Amid rising COVID-19 cases, UW-Madison students return to campus

September 2, 2020 by Jonah Chester and WORT News Department

Emma Williams is a sophomore at UW-Madison. She says that, despite concerns over COVID-19, a shortened fall semester and scaled-back campus activities, she’s happy to be back on campus. “Being that I’m an out of state student, I’m happy to be back with my friends. At least I’m here, that’s all I can say.” The […]

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