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 the music. We currently 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 do have a growing digital library. Please send your music (full-length CD or vinyl preferred) 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.

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.

Grant Hart & Husker Du get their due on WORT

September 19, 2017 by WORT Music Department

Go to our Audio Archives and click on Original Wilson Brothers to enjoy this great tribute show to Grant Hart and Husker Du, which aired on WORT from 9-11 pm on Tuesday, Sept. 19th. ue”></iframe>

WORT Charts for 9/12-18: Supergroups For The Win!

September 19, 2017 by WORT Music Department

Here’s the latest music charting on WORT! Two “supergroups” rank first on our top 30 this week: Dead Rock West, (pictured) the California vocal duo of Cindy Wasserman and Frank Lee Drennen, has a new album produced by John Doe and featuring his X bandmate D.J. Bonebrake on drums as well as Elliot Easton of The Cars […]

Willy St Sunday WORT Stage: (Under)Ground Zero for New Music

September 17, 2017 by Brian D. Johnson and WORT Music Department

WORT is delighted to bring six groundbreaking bands to the 40th annual Willy Street Fair, including the celebrated Nobunny (pictured)!! WORT’s Underground Stage will be a not-to-miss scene from noon until around 7:00 pm on Sunday, September 17, 2017. Here’s the lineup and description of bands and WORT DJs performing: Seasaw – 12 noon – Eve Wilczewski […]

99ers “Bang It Out” at Iconic Willy St Music Festival

September 14, 2017 by Brian D. Johnson and WORT Music Department

The 99ers plug it in and turn it up at 4:40 pm this Sunday on WORT’s Underground Stage. The 99ers are here to show off their philosophy: “BANG IT OUT, KEEP IT SHORT & NO MESSING ABOUT!!” For insight into their debut appearance in Madison, tune in to I Like It Like That on WORT with […]

Disq Spins Their Tunes at Willy Street Fair

September 13, 2017 by Brian D. Johnson and WORT Music Department

The very talented up-and-coming band called Disq turns up their tunes at 1:10 pm on the 2017 WORT Underground Stage at the Willy Street Fair this Sunday, September 17. Isthmus describes Disq as “a dreamy power-pop act that sounds like a more psychedelic version of Pinkerton-era Weezer.” Disq founders Isaac deBroux-Slone and Raina Bock have been gigging […]

Seasaw Kicks Off WORT’s Stage at Willy St. Fair

September 13, 2017 by Brian D. Johnson and WORT Music Department

The pop/indie-rock duo Seasaw will take the WORT Underground Stage at noon to kick things off on Sunday, September 17. Seasaw is Eve Wilczewski and Meg Golz. The two musicians met for the first time in 2010 and collaborated long-distance until the summer of 2015, when Eve joined Meg in Madison. They’ve been touring […]

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