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.

George Winston Benefit Raises Bread for WORT

October 2, 2015 by WORT Music Department and Joseph Crawford Mrazek

WORT welcomed legendary musician George Winston back to Madison this past Friday evening, Oct. 2 at the Barrymore Theatre. George’s solo performance included lots of piano pieces, plus some harmonica and Hawaiian slack key guitar. Part of the proceeds from An Evening with George Winston were generously donated by George and ACG Productions to support […]

L’Assassins to slay audience Wednesday night at the Wisco

September 30, 2015 by WORT Music Department and Joseph Crawford Mrazek

Minneapolis’s latest gift to rock ‘n’ roll, that retro garage-rock quartet of bad girls who call themselves L’Assassins, tops a rocking, estrogenic bill on Wednesday at the Wisco (a/k/a the Willy Street Pub & Grill). The show starts at 9:00 p.m. with a pair of loud local acts, The Rotten Tommys & Skizzwhores. The wood-paneled […]

Meghan Rose, In Bloom: Live on WORT

September 25, 2015 by WORT Music Department

Fresh off their show-stopping performance at The Willy Street Fair, Meghan Rose performed live on ‘Songs of Safety and Manners’ hosted by Ted Offensive on Friday, September 25.

Charts for September 21, 2015

September 24, 2015 by WORT Music Department

WORT, Madison Charts for the week beginning September 21, 2015 top 30 1 LOW Ones And Sixes Sub Pop 2 RATATAT Magnifique XL 3 BLIND SHAKE Live In San Francisco Castle Face 4 BEACH HOUSE Depression Cherry Sub Pop 5 MOTORHEAD Bad Magic UDR 6 BARRENCE WHITFIELD AND THE SAVAGES Under The Savage Sky Bloodshot […]

WORT at Lollapalooza – Day One

August 2, 2015 by WORT Music Department and Hannah Frank

I’ve often heard Lollapalooza hailed as one of the best festivals, which I figured must be true since the headliners are Paul McCartney, Metallica, and Florence + the Machine; after experiencing my first day, I can attest to the awesomeness of the event.

Lone Star rebel Dale Watson plays live on Back to the Country

June 30, 2015 by WORT Music Department

This week on Back to the Country, Austin honky tonk troubadour Dale Watson will bring his guitar and play a few songs live on the air to preview his show later that night at High Noon Saloon as well as his hot new album “Call Me Insane.”

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