Board of Directors

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!

The WORT Board of Directors sets WORT’s overall goals, priorities, and policies regarding the facility, equipment, committees, staff, volunteers, and programming of WORT. The Board also manages the business, finances, and properties of WORT.

David Devereaux-Weber
President
Seat/Term: Listener Sponsor Member/2023
ddweber@wortfm.org

Stuart Levitan
Vice-President
Seat/Term: Participating Member/2022
slevitan@wortfm.org

Martin Kehrein
Treasurer
Seat/Term: Listener Sponsor Member/2023
mkehrein@wortfm.org

Alida LaCosse
Secretary
Seat/Term: Participating Member/2022
alacosse@wortfm.org

Megan Flowers
Member at Large
Seat/Term: Participating Member/2023
megan@wortfm.org

Eric Finch
Member at Large
Seat/Term: Participating Member/2021
eric@wortfm.org

Gilman Halsted
Member at Large
Seat/Term: Participating Member/2021
ghalsted@wortfm.org

Doug Holtz
Staff Representative
wortbiz@wortfm.org

Kurt Kobelt
Member at Large
Seat/Term: Listener Sponsor Member/2021
kurt@wortfm.org

Rosie Rey
Member at Large
Seat/Term: Listener-Sponsor Member/2023
rosie@wortfm.org

Marla Rybowiak
Member at Large
Seat/Term: Listener-Sponsor Member/2022
mrybowiak@wortfm.org

Our Board of Directors is comprised of:

Six (6) Participating Members
A Participating Member is anyone who has volunteered at least five hours of authorized work in each of three consecutive months between October 1 and March 31 preceding the Board elections in June.

Four (4) Listener Sponsor Members
A Listener Sponsor Member is anyone who has made at least an annual basic ($40) listener-sponsorship level contribution to WORT in the past year.

One (1) Staff Collective Representative
The Staff Representative is elected by the Staff Collective to serve on the Board for a term of no less than three months.

Meetings

WORT‘s Board of Directors’ meetings are scheduled for the third Wednesday of each month. All Board meetings are open to the public. Meetings are held from 7:00 – 9:00 pm at 118 S. Bedford Street.