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.

World Radio Day Gathering at Parched Eagle Taproom

February 13, 2019 by Sybil Augustine

WORT celebrated World Radio Day 2019 at the Parched Eagle Taproom, 1444 East Washington Ave. This world-wide event brings volunteers and listeners together to appreciate independent, noncommercial, community radio. We enjoyed live performance from the Handphibians and spoken word from Flowpoetry, as well as WORT DJs Helena White (On the Horizon) and Kayla Kush (Kayla’s […]

First Charts of 2019!!

January 22, 2019 by Sybil Augustine

All the new music that’s fit for a new year is spinning on WORT! Here’s how we ended a very eventful year. Of course, many late 2018 releases remain as DJs present their “Best Of 2018” lists in December and January, so be sure to check our on-demand audio archives and playlists for those Best […]

Fresh Friday Music Specials!

January 18, 2019 by Sybil Augustine

Staying in tonight? We’ll keep you warm and cozy!! Tune in and snuggle up with your friends on community radio. It’s free, it’s safe, and you can comment and follow along on the playlists right on our website. From Bill Clark and Dave Watts of Blues Cruise: Tonight between the hours of 6 & 8 […]

Friday Eve Music Specials!

January 4, 2019 by Sybil Augustine

Our music hosts have some very tasty theme shows for you tonight! From Bill Clark: Almost forgot! Tonight on Dave Watts‘ Blues Cruise I’ll be making the fourth stop on my tour of Cities which are Homes of the Blues – Los Angeles. I hope you’ll tune in from 6 to 8 pm at 89.9 […]

Fill Yourself With Holiday Charts!

December 17, 2018 by Sybil Augustine

People are very divided about holiday tunes–they either love or hate them! Regardless of how you feel, there’s plenty to love on our last charts of the year in top 30, blues, jazz, world, electronic and heavy music. Enjoy all the wonderful recordings released in 2018 and we’ll be back with fresh charts on January […]

Must-Have New Music!

December 4, 2018 by Sybil Augustine

Ty Segall keeps his chart-topping spot this week, but Escape-ism, aka Ian Svenonius, makes a move to overtake him with his new album on Merge Records. And Charles Bradley zooms to #1 on our Blues chart with the posthumously-released Black Velvet. Read on to see what’s hot on our jazz, world, metal and electronic shows this […]

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