Tuesday, May 20, 2014

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!

Today in 1916: Emma Goldman speaks to garment workers in Union Square about the benefits of birth control.

It’s today’s Action Calendar!

Tonight, Jonathan Garber presents “The Guide to Preventing and Self-treating Muscle Pain.” Learn how to take care of yourself and how to know when you need help from professionals. This free event is from 6:30 to 7:45pm at Goodman South Madison Library, 2222 South Park Street. For more info, call Jonathan at 608-843-2729.

Tonight, the Aldo Leopold Nature Center hosts a Climate and Sustainability Series lecture, entitled “The Passenger Pigeon’s Extinction: Lessons From the Past for a Sustainable Future” with Dr. Stanley Temple, the Beers-Bascom Professor Emeritus in Conservation at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. This free lecture will be followed at 7pm by a guided tour of the Center. There is a small admission for the exhibit tour, and it’s free for members. This is tonight from at 6pm at the Center, 330 Femrite Drive in Monona. More info at aldoleopoldnaturecenter.org

This Saturday, Veterans For Peace, Clarence Kailin Chapter 25 will be setting up the annual Memorial Mile on Atwood Avenue along Olbrich Park. Volunteers are welcome to come to the park and help place the markers. The start time is at 9am. The take-down will take place on Saturday, May 31st, in the early afternoon. Volunteers are welcome for take-down, as well. For more info, email faw231@aol.com.