WORT Music Department, 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.

Curley Taylor & Mokoomba Live from Pursuit of Happiness Festival

June 7, 2018 by WORT Music Department

The first Pursuit of Happiness Session took place on Sun. June 3 in Madison’s McPike Park. WORT hosted a live broadcast of wonderful zydeco & African music by Curley Taylor & Zydeco Trouble and Mokoomba. Whether you were at the event at all, heard it on the radio, or missed it completely, now you can listen to […]

Madison Youth Viol Consort on “Musica Antiqua”

May 24, 2018 by WORT Music Department

Classical music fans got a treat on the Sunday, May 20 edition of Musica Antiqua when the Madison Youth Viol Consort dropped by for a performance. Leader Eric Miller led the group through several pieces and chatted with host Alan Muirhead about the history of the viol de gamba (literally “leg-viol”) as well as talking […]

Mississippi Hot Club on “Who Cooks For You?”

May 18, 2018 by WORT Music Department

Minneapolis gypsy jazz group Mississippi Hot Club dropped by Who Cooks For You on Friday May 11 to tickle the listeners with their swinging jazz sounds. Enjoy this encore performance!

Old Tin Can String Band Kicks Off WORT Block Party May 20

May 18, 2018 by WORT Music Department

The Old Tin Can String Band will be the first to hit the stage at 11 am to kick off the WORT Block Party on Sunday May 20. The band started in 2006 when ace fiddler Shauncey Ali tapped WORT’s own Chris Powers to sing and play a multitude of instruments (mandolin, bouzouki, guitar, etc.) for […]

WORT Analog Broadcast Back, Upgrades Continue

May 15, 2018 by WORT Music Department

Here’s an update for all you wonderful WORT listeners: Earlier on Tuesday the broadcast signal was off the air for several hours, though programs still streamed live online. Our crafty engineers identified the problem at the transmitter and devised a temporary fix while we wait for some replacement parts to arrive. The analog radio broadcast […]

Friday Night Frights & Flashbacks!

May 11, 2018 by WORT Music Department

Tonight on Something Else! with your host Harry Rag – Another in a series of retro shows. This one is from February 11, 2011: A tribute of sorts to Tura Satana (recently deceased) Lux Interior of the Cramps (3rd anniversary of his passing) and John Barry. Nods to Zombies, Werewolves and Gorillas. Pay a visit to the Addams […]

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