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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!

UW Madison’s Historic Raising of the Ho-Chunk Nation Flag

November 7, 2021 by 8 O'Clock Buzz

WORT 89.9FM Madison · UW Madison’s Historic Raising of the Ho-Chunk Nation Flag The land that UW Madison currently occupies was home to the Ho-Chunk people for centuries until an 1832 treaty forced them off of their land. For the first time in its history, UW Madison will raised the Ho-Chunk Nation flag Friday morning. […]

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 […]

UW Madison Opens Center For The Study Of Psychoactive Substances

September 3, 2021 by 8 O'Clock Buzz

WORT 89.9FM Madison · UW Madison Opens Center For The Study Of Psychoactive Substances The UW School of Pharmacy is now housing a new center researching the effects of psychedelic drugs like psilocybin and MDMA as a possible treatment for conditions like depression, post traumatic stress disorder, and opioid addiction. The UW Madison Transdisciplinary Center […]

UW-Madison Study Analyses Impact of Gentrification on Evictions

August 2, 2021 by Nora-Kathleen Berryhill and WORT News Department

A UW-Madison study finds that the construction of big residential buildings in Madison increases the number of evictions in the surrounding area. Feature producer Nora-Kathleen Berryhill sat down with UW-Madison city planning and architecture professor Dr. J Revel Sims to discuss his research. Photo: UNSPLASH/Erik Mclean.

What’s the true impact of enhanced federal unemployment aid? A l...

July 27, 2021 by Jonah Chester and WORT News Department

While the debate over enhanced federal unemployment aid in Wisconsin has been settled for now, the broader, national discussion on the issue continues. At least 26 states have cut their ties with the program. Business owners and interest groups argue that ending the additional aid is the best way to address difficulties in hiring new […]

Grappling with Madison’s Racist Past – And Present

July 27, 2021 by A Public Affair

For today’s show, Tuesday host Carousel Bayrd talks about uncovering UW–Madison’s campus history with Kacie Lucchini Butcher, director of the Public History Project. They discuss some of the project’s research, including fraternity ties to the Ku Klux Klan, housing discrimination, blackface and minstrelsy on campus, and the UWPD. Then, Maia Pearson from Rise joins to […]

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