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.

Joshua Redman interview on Strictly Jazz Sounds

October 15, 2015 by WORT Music Department

On Thursday around 3 PM Strictly Jazz Sounds host Stephen Braunginn interviews saxophonist and composer Joshua Redman. They’ll be discussing Joshua’s collaboration with The Bad Plus in anticipation of their show at Shannon Hall in the UW Memorial Union on Saturday, October 17. Redman is son of legendary saxophonist Dewey Redman and began playing saxophone […]

Rockin’ John and “I Like it Like That”

October 10, 2015 by WORT Music Department

If anyone embodies the spirit of WORT, it’s Rockin’ John McDonald. For 40 years John has been spinning records and CDs every week on “I Like it Like That.” John sums up his program nicely: “It’s mostly records from the 50’s and 60’s and what fits from the 70’s up to today.” John’s self-described “mixed […]

WORT Music Roundup October 9-10

October 8, 2015 by WORT Music Department

Here are a few shows you may have heard about on WORT that are coming up this weekend. David Cooper Quartet, Frederic March Play Circle, 7:30 PM, Free! David Cooper is one of the most versatile trumpet players in the Midwest, having performed with the Madison Symphony Orchestra, the Isthmus Brass and the Wisconsin Chamber […]

Volunteers Needed in WORT Music Department

October 5, 2015 by WORT Music Department

The WORT music department needs you! We have volunteer opportunities for people of all interests and abilities, with most tasks taking place here at the station Monday through Friday between 11 am and 8 pm. If you are new to WORT, click here to fill out a volunteer application and get started on a being […]

One Fine Morning

October 2, 2015 by WORT Music Department and Hannah Frank

Jim Schwall, host of For the Sake of the Song, left Madison this past summer to see the country and play his songs. Since June, Peter Allen, former host of the Sad Bastards rock show, has taken over the Tuesday morning folk gig, 9am to noon, and renamed it One Fine Morning. WORT: How did […]

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 […]

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