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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!

Listen to the Final Presidential Debate on WORT

October 21, 2020 by Chali Pittman and WORT News Department

UPDATE: Listen to the special broadcast, here. WORT will carry live coverage of the second and final presidential debate on Thursday, October 22, from 8 to 10:30 pm Central Time. From 8-9:30 pm, listen to President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden duke it out live from Belmont University, a private Christian university […]

Listen to the Vice Presidential Debate on WORT

October 6, 2020 by Chali Pittman, WORT News Department and WORT 89.9FM

With the presidential election four weeks away… it’s debate season. WORT will carry live coverage of the vice presidential debate, the only VP debate this election, on Wednesday, October 7th from 8-10:30pm. From 8-9:30 pm, listen to Vice President Mike Pence and Democratic Vice Presidential candidate Kamala Harris duke it out live from the University […]

New Measures to Prevent COVID Spread at WORT

October 4, 2020 by thom jones and WORT 89.9FM

New Measures to Prevent COVID Spread at WORT October 4, 2020 Two studies published in late August in Clinical Infectious Diseases highlighted the role of airborne spread of COVID-19 and the importance of efficient ventilation systems. One study found that patients exhale millions of viral RNA particles per hour in the early stages of disease […]

Call the Listener Shoutout Line!

September 22, 2020 by Chali Pittman

It’s the fall pledge drive, and we miss hearing your comments. So… we’re asking you to leave us a message on our listener shoutout line! . Call 608-321-9594, and tell us why you support WORT, or a particular show on our airwaves. More info: https://t.co/J58r617WYo pic.twitter.com/8cPhGKMYlY — WORT 89.9 FM (@wortradio) September 22, 2020

New Voices of Diaspora

September 17, 2020 by Music Department

As many of you have heard, Terry O’ is taking a year sabbatical from hosting Diaspora (Thursdays 9 am-noon) so he can work on a book about his passion–radio! Fortunately, WORT has secured 3 experienced programmers with a wealth of musical knowledge and radio experience to fill his shoes on a rotating basis in the […]

Maybe You Can’t Be Square-But You CAN Still Be There!

August 31, 2020 by Back Porch Serenade

With the potential for scattered showers tonight in Madison, there may be a delayed start to tonight’s live performance or a modified program. Please stay tuned for an update before the concert – WCO hosts “Concerts on the Square” live at Breese Stevens Field tonight with a pre-concert show at 5 pm running till 8 pm […]

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