WORT News Department, Author at WORT 89.9 FM

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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.

Wisconsin Keeping Vaccine Exemption Option, Despite Measles Elsewhere

July 23, 2019 by WORT News Department and Nina Kravinsky

Measles is back in the US. Thirty states across the county have reported cases so far this year — including Illinois, Iowa and Michigan. Wisconsin hasn’t seen an outbreak yet. But it’s one of a handful of states that allow parents to opt out of vaccinating their kids before sending them to school. State Rep. Gordon […]

Madison Still Bans Scooter Rentals as State Regulates

July 8, 2019 by WORT News Department and Nina Kravinsky

Governor Tony Evers signed a bill into law today that paves the way for electric scooters in Wisconsin. For Milwaukee, that likely means in an influx of app-based rental scooters — which have flooded other cities over the past year or so. But here in Madison, officials aren’t so sure about them. The bipartisan bill […]

UW Project Aims to Digitize Fragile WHA Archives

June 3, 2019 by WORT News Department and Nina Kravinsky

University of Wisconsin was a pioneer in radio. In 1917, an experiment from the UW-Madison physics department became the country’s first public radio station. In the mid-1900s, a variety of different programs helped the university spread the Wisconsin Idea to rural parts of the state. Now, a new grant is helping UW archivists bring some […]

Environmental Law and Policy Center: Climate Change and the Great Lake...

April 18, 2019 by WORT News Department and Nina Kravinsky

Global warming is already affecting life here in the Great Lakes region. From dealing with the effects of extreme weather events to its ongoing impacts on farming, people are learning to deal with a changing climate. A new study from the Environmental Law and Policy Center bolsters the science we have on the impact of […]

The Overture Center Ends Funding for East Side Festivals

April 11, 2019 by WORT News Department and Nina Kravinsky

The Overture Center is ending its sponsorship of several popular East Side festivals this year, including Fete de Marquette. Festival organizers say the shows will go on, but are looking for additional support. The Wil-Mar Neighborhood Center runs Fete de Marquette, and is also involved in Orton Park Fest and Waterfront. Wil-Mar Center Executive Director […]

Satya Rhodes-Conway Sweeps the Vote in Historic Mayors Race

April 3, 2019 by WORT News Department, Nina Kravinsky and Molly Stentz

Former east side alder Satya Rhodes-Conway beat Mayor Paul Soglin by a margin of over 20 percent, and more than 18,000 votes. Rhodes-Conway will become Madison’s first openly gay mayor when she’s inaugurated later this month. She’s currently the managing director of the Mayors Innovation Project, a think tank housed at UW-Madison that gives advice to […]

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