Madison Covid-19 Infection Rates Continue to Climb

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.

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, )

Digital Production Director: Aaron Scholz – aaron@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!

Wisconsin’s coronavirus numbers have continued to climb, and state officials warn that all 72 counties are at ‘very high’ covid-activity levels.

Locally, officials say Dane County is also seeing an increase in the number of cases, with a seven day average of more than 300 additional cases per day.

Yesterday, Secretary Designee Andrea Palm of the Wisconsin Department of Health Services said that hospitals across the state were reporting staffing strain and that they were at peak census for accepting patients.

“This means that hospitals are at or near capacity, and that their options are limited when it comes to the need for more beds and for admissions,” Palm says.

Over 1,700 people in the state are currently hospitalized with Covid-19. Wisconsin’s seven day average of new infections has climbed to 4,839 per day, in comparison to just 2,400 a month ago, and just 767 two months ago.

“That’s an increase of 531% in just eight weeks,” Palm says.

According to the Wisconsin Department of Health Services, another 38 additional deaths were reported today, bringing Wisconsin’s death toll to 2,194.

Dane County is experiencing a similar increase in cases. According to Public Health Madison and Dane County Director Janel Heinrich, Dane County’s 14-day average infection rate is 281.6 per day, up from last week’s 217.6.

“We are seeing substantial, sustained growth in new covid-19 infections throughout Dane County,” Heinrich says.

134 people are currently hospitalized with the virus in Dane County.

Although Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway says Madison’s Halloween was relatively quiet, at least 13 campus residences violated public health orders limiting indoor gatherings. Today, Mayor Rhodes-Conway heavily criticized one especially egregious violation, in which allegedly 91 people were gathered in one apartment.

“Which is just completely and totally unsafe and unacceptable,” Mayor Rhodes-Conway says.

The students may face fines for violating a health order and emergency suspensions from UW-Madison.

That comes as the UW system has announced it will begin providing rapid testing on campuses statewide, for both students and community members. One surge testing site has already been opened on the UW La-Crosse campus.