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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!

District 6 County Board Supervisor, Yogesh Chawla, Proposes Resolution...

August 20, 2021 by 8 O'Clock Buzz

WORT 89.9FM Madison · District 6 County Board Supervisor, Yogesh Chawla, Proposes Resolution Regarding PFAS PFAS – Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances – are a class of over 5,000 synthetic chemicals that have been in use for decades for things like fast food wrappers, non-stick cookware, personal care products, and firefighting foam. Though – known as […]

Water Show! Madison’s Drinking Water Quality + State of the Lake...

July 6, 2021 by A Public Affair

Water is an essential part of life, but it’s especially present here in Madison and Dane County, where we’re surrounded by lakes and farms. For today’s episode, Tuesday host Carousel Bayrd focuses on local water updates. First up, we review Madison Water Utility’s latest annual drinking water quality report with civil engineer Kelly Miess. “We […]

Environmental Advocacy Group Finds PFAS in Starkweather Creek Sediment...

April 30, 2020 by WORT News Department and Martin Rakacolli

Photo by 12019 / 10260 images on Pixabay. The Midwest Environmental Justice Organization says they’ve found PFAS contamination in sediment near Starkweather Creek in northeast Madison. The organization said they believe more testing is necessary. PFAS is a class of human-made chemicals used in many household objects like non-stick cookware, food wrappers, and […]

Let’s Talk Water – Madison Lakes, Local Flooding, and Sustaina...

December 12, 2018 by A Public Affair

On today’s episode, new Wednesday host Ali Muldrow is joined in the studio by Yogesh Chawla to talk all things water, particularly the lake systems here in Madison, the flooding events of 2018, and what the community is doing to prepare for the future. Yogesh Chawla serves on the Dane County Board for District 6. […]

Dane County Board Elections

April 2, 2018 by WORT News Department

Tomorrow, April 3rd, is Election Day in Wisconsin. There’s one statewide race on the ballot and that’s for our state Supreme Court. If you live in Dane County, you’ll also be voting for a local Judge, and depending on where in the county you live, you might have a competitive County Board race in your […]

County Board Race Heats Up Ahead of Spring Primary – Labor Radio...

February 15, 2018 by Labor Radio

Four candidates are competing to become the County Supervisor of District 6 in Madison’s most hotly contested local election of 2018. Labor Radio caught up with each of the four candidates on why they should be elected County Supervisor: Heather Driscoll began her social justice career as a mental health worker and continued as an […]

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