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.

Old Befana Live at WORT

January 6, 2020 by Access Hour

Ken Lonnquist brings his troupe of six into the WORT studios to perform his “Old Befana” live.

Cycropia’s Circus Nutcracker

December 2, 2019 by Access Hour

Join us for a discussion about circus arts and the upcoming show, “Nutcracker: The Holiday Classic with a Circus Twist”, hosted by Cycropia Aerial Dance in their new Madison studio. We’ll talk about collaborating on choreography, developing characters, overcoming fears, balancing classic Nutcracker themes in modern times, costume inspirations, taking risks, and what it’s like […]

Madison Bicycle Center and Freewheel Bicycle Co.

November 25, 2019 by Access Hour

We’re Madison Freewheel Bicycle Co., and we’re the nonprofit that will be running the Madison Bicycle Center when the Judge Doyle Square project opens (projected open date will be around Thanksgiving). We want to use our Access Hour to talk about the Bike Center, Freewheel, and the work we do surrounding transportation justice.

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 […]

Reid Poetry Hour

October 28, 2019 by Access Hour

A one-hour spoken word program featuring Nathan J. Reid’s and others’ original works, which will be shared in both a live and pre-recorded capacity. A special focus will be on local English-to-Chinese translations and vice versa.

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