A Public Affair, 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.

Global Health and Women’s Wellness with Lori DiPrete Brown

February 3, 2020 by A Public Affair

For today’s episode, we hone in on global health and learn about the 4W Initiative (Women & Wellbeing in Wisconsin & the World) with guest Lori DiPrete Brown with the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s Global Health Institute. Lori DiPrete Brown is an associate director of the UW–Madison Global Health Institute and the founding director of the […]

Split Show: Trump’s Middle East Peace Plan and Asylum-Seekers at...

January 31, 2020 by A Public Affair

Earlier this week, the Trump administration announced a peace plan for the Middle East. What does this really mean for Israel and Palestine? For the first part of today’s show, Palestinian journalist and peace activist Ahmed Abu Artema and Jennifer Loewenstein, longtime observer of the Middle East, offer responses. In the second segment, investigative reporter […]

Resistance, Struggle, and Solidarity through Poetry with Martín Espad...

January 30, 2020 by A Public Affair

“As we live in times of hate, we need poems of love.” For today’s episode, Allen is joined in the studio by Matt Rothschild to enjoy a selection of poems performed live on-air by Martín Espada and discuss a wide range of topics like Puerto Rico, identity, mortality, memory, and the beauty of shared humanity. […]

Impeachment Proceedings Explainer and Updates

January 29, 2020 by A Public Affair

With the impeachment proceedings in the final stages, today Ali spends the hour with political scientist Sarah Binder to learn about the impeachment process in a historical context and try to make sense of what this moment could mean for American political institutions and the voting public. Sarah Binder is a professor of political science […]

Split Show: Meet Justice Daniel Kelly and Election Analysis with Mike ...

January 29, 2020 by A Public Affair

For the first half of today’s program, Carousel interviews Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate Daniel Kelly as part of her Meet the Candidates series. Then, she spends the remainder of the hour in conversation with Mike Browne, deputy director of One Wisconsin Now, to discuss the Wisconsin Supreme Court race, the role of the state judiciary, […]

Split Show: Wuhan Coronavirus and Australian Aboriginal Land Rights

January 27, 2020 by A Public Affair

On today’s episode, we cover issues of international importance. First, UW–Madison virologist Kristen Bernard offers information on the Wuhan coronavirus outbreak in China and what it means for global public health. Then, we turn our sights to Australia to learn about Aboriginal history, local response to this year’s bushfire crisis, and the fight for land […]

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