Madison BookBeat, Author at WORT 89.9 FM

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!

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January 11, 2021 by Madison BookBeat

Madison authors, topics, book events and publishers Stu Levitan welcomes Madison native and former WISC TV sports reporter and anchor Jessie Garcia, in a conversation about her book Going For Wisconsin Gold: Stories of Our State’s Olympians, from our good friends at the Wisconsin Historical Society Press. The spine-tingling thrill of victory. The mind-numbing agony […]

Gregory Lee Renz, “Beneath The Flames”

January 4, 2021 by Madison BookBeat

Madison authors, topics, book events and publishers For the first show of his second season, Stu Levitan welcomes Madison native and retired Milwaukee Fire Captain Gregory Renz, author of the award-winning debut novel, Beneath the Flames, and an actual hero. Guilt. Inner peace. Racism. Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Farms and station houses, rural Wisconsin and […]

Danielle McGuire, “At the Dark End of the Street: Black Women, R...

December 21, 2020 by Madison BookBeat

Madison authors, topics, book events and publishers. Stu Levitan welcomes Danielle McGuire, author of the ground-breaking and award-winning book, At the Dark End of the Street: Black Women, Rape and Resistance–a New History of the Civil Rights Movement from Rosa Parks to the Rise of Black Power. Danielle clicks on two criteria, as a double […]

Sarah M. Broom, “The Yellow House”

December 14, 2020 by Madison BookBeat

Madison authors, topics, book events, and publishers. Stu Levitan welcomes Sarah M. Broom, recipient of the 2019 National Book Award for Nonfiction for her brilliant memoir, The Yellow House. This is an encore of our conversation which aired on July 13, right before her book tour for the paperback edition. That tour began right here […]

Harvey Briggs, “Rolls-Royce Motor Cars: Making A Legend”

December 7, 2020 by Madison BookBeat

Madison authors, topics, book events and publishers Stu Levitan welcomes Madison’s own Harvey Briggs, co-author of a book that, frankly, may be just a little outside the traditional experiences of the average WORT listener. The book is Rolls-Royce Motor Cars: Making A Legend, a richly illustrated up-close and personal look at the most prestigious motor […]

Danielle Evans, “The Office of Historical Corrections”

November 30, 2020 by Madison BookBeat

Madison authors, topics, book events and publishers Stu Levitan welcomes one of the brightest new stars in the literary firmament, Danielle Evans, coming back to Madison on December 2 — virtually at least – to present her new collection The Office of Historical Corrections at the Wisconsin Book Festival. Grief and loss, apologies and corrections, […]

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