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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!

Governor Evers rejects Republican-authored election bills

August 10, 2021 by Jonah Chester and WORT News Department

Earlier today, Governor Tony Evers vetoed a batch of six Republican-authored election bills. Legislative Republicans argued those bills were essential to preserve the integrity of future elections. Democrats and civil rights groups called them voter suppression. The package of six bills sought to — among other things — alter absentee voting procedures, change voting policies […]

Trump Campaign Files Lawsuit Seeking to Overturn Wisconsin Election Re...

December 1, 2020 by WORT News Department and Martin Rakacolli

Photo by Connor Betts on Unsplash. The lawsuit from Trump’s legal team asks the Wisconsin Supreme Court to throw out hundreds of thousands of votes in Milwaukee and Dane County. It aims to garner Wisconsin’s ten electoral votes for President Trump, in a state president-elect Joe Biden won by more than 20,000 votes. The lawsuit, […]

Dane, Milwaukee recounts draw to a close

November 30, 2020 by WORT News Department, Jonah Chester and Chali Pittman

The ten-day vote recount effort, which involved hundreds of processors and cost the Trump campaign an estimated $740,000, shifted the results of Dane County’s election by 58 net votes, up from 45 reported yesterday. According to Dane County Clerk Scott McDonell, approximately 150 ballots were dismissed due to issues with voter or witness signatures. He […]

Trump Campaign Files for Recount in Dane and Milwaukee Counties

November 18, 2020 by Paul Hermann and WORT News Department

After sending $3 million by a wire transfer last night and dropping off a petition this morning to the Wisconsin Elections Commission, the Trump Campaign today has officially completed a request for a partial recount, managing to do so in a tight time window. The recount petition is only for Dane and Milwaukee counties, the […]

Without Evidence, Wisconsin GOP Claim Voter Fraud and Deny Election Re...

November 11, 2020 by Paul Hermann and WORT News Department

On Tuesday morning, the New York Times headline: Election officials nationwide find no fraud. The Times contacted top election officials of both parties in every state and found none reported any major voting issues. But the Wisconsin GOP continues to back President Trump’s baseless claims of voter fraud in and outside of Wisconsin in a […]

Wisconsin Elections Commission Administrator Says There Was No Evidenc...

November 5, 2020 by WORT News Department and Martin Rakacolli

(Photo: andibreit on Pixabay) Wisconsin voters cast an unofficial 3,296,374 votes for president. That’s according to Meagan Wolfe, the administrator of the bipartisan Wisconsin Elections Commission. “That is the most ever in the state of Wisconsin, exceeding the previous record set in 2012.” Yesterday, the Associated Press called the race in Wisconsin for Joe Biden. […]

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