Access Hour, Author at WORT 89.9 FM

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!

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.

Brad LeBaron — Revolover Audio

November 18, 2019 by Access Hour

Long-time listener Brad has a podcasting studio called Revolover Audio, with three currently running podcasts. In one of them, Adrienne Ranney was a character for several episodes, and she kind of interviews me about my projects, while we play clips and reminisce about fun studio moments. Some links for consideration: soundcloud.com/revolveraudio anchor.fm/rollingstonedpodcast anchor.fm/heroworshippodcast https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYqk2KaK1BB8Yvq8aGHpljw?fbclid=IwAR0h11ye-6DmTFUHC852cJVHHnr1Q_Qxe8LMai6LUeAnOA6t8–qz4BDHDY (Lil […]

Reclaimimg Armistice Day with the Veterans for Peace

November 11, 2019 by Access Hour

Veterans for Peace are troubled by the way Americans observe Veterans Day on November 11th “It was originally called Armistice Day, and established by Congress in 1926 to “perpetuate peace through good will and mutual understanding between nations, (and later) a day dedicated to the cause of world peace.” For years, many churches rang their […]

Independent Living

September 23, 2019 by Access Hour

Susan Sheldon talks with Jenny, In-Home Services Manager for Independent Living. Based in Madison, Wisconsin, and serving primarily Dane County, Independent Livingis a local nonprofit serving seniors and adults with disabilities. To learn more about personal care, senior apartments, Evening Meals on Wheels, home modifications and many other options.

Madison Area Pagan Pride Day

August 26, 2019 by Access Hour

The Madison Area Pagan Pride outreach coordinator, Pierre, speaks about pagans of old, “neopaganism,” and the many ways pagan lessons can affect our lives and our environment, and he brings us up to date on the growth and excitement of the 2019 Madison Area Pagan Pride Day at Winnequa Park in Monona, Wisconsin.

Night On Fire: The Untold Story Of The Battle Of Miffland

April 29, 2019 by Access Hour

As you may know, there was a famous and pivotal event in Madison and University of Wisconsin history of May 1969 known by some as the Mifflin Street Riot and by others as The Battle of Miffland, which spread to the UW campus and went on for three days and nights. This was during the […]

Savage Class War Radio

April 22, 2019 by Access Hour

The Dude and Naddy Red fill the hour with news of union and class struggles and successes, shout-outs, and inspirational music.

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