8 O'Clock Buzz, 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.

Green New Deal goes LOCAL!

March 6, 2019 by 8 O'Clock Buzz

The federal government moves slowly and answers to many fossil fuel lobbies, so many states are starting local “Green New Deal” programs to move ahead in this area. Anthony Rogers Wright from the Center for Sustainable Energy talks with Jan about local movements in Oregon and other states and localities.

Seeing the “Wild and Scenic” In Theatre

March 4, 2019 by 8 O'Clock Buzz

Morocco, Greenland, Flint Michigan and Los Angeles are just some of the locales depicted in the films showcased in the 12th annual Wild and Scenic Film Festival. The Festival lands in Madison’s Barrymore Theater on March 20th and returns to Green Bay’s Backstage at the Meyer on April 25th. The event is sponsored by the […]

Drifting Through A Sea of Monsters with Chloe Aridjis

March 4, 2019 by 8 O'Clock Buzz

Imagine a jellyfish, drifting through the ocean, carried by the current and floating endlessly throughout. That is Luisa, a seventeen year old girl and protagonist of the story “Sea Monsters: A Novel.” She harbors dreams of attending university abroad, far away from her hometown of Mexico City. Or not. Who knows? That indecision seems to […]

National Teacher of the Year Award winner talks about child refugees a...

February 27, 2019 by 8 O'Clock Buzz

Mandy Manning, recipient of the 2018 National Teacher of the Year Award, talks to Jan about her efforts to welcome immigrant children to the U.S., protest the separation of refugee children from their parents, and her “closed to the press” presentation of the award by President Trump.

Celebrating the Trans Community: “I Am Jazz” Reading

February 25, 2019 by 8 O'Clock Buzz

Jazz Jennings first became a transgender celebrity when she appeared in an interview on 20/20 with Barbara Walters at the age of seven. Since then, she has been the subject of a documentary series, become a YouTube star and now 18, recently completed her gender reassignment surgery. This Thursday, the Madison Metropolitan School District and […]

Adult Swim: Apocalypse Wow!

February 25, 2019 by 8 O'Clock Buzz

This is an important announcement. The world as we know it will end shortly. All residents of the Madison area over the age of twenty one are advised to head for shelter at the Madison Children’s Museum, starting Friday, March 8th at 6:00 p.m. The Adult Swim program Apocalypse Wow could be your only hope. […]

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