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.

And The Winner Is…

June 22, 2017 by WORT 89.9FM and I Like It Like That

The 2017 Madison Area Music Association awards were on Sunday June 18 and your favorite community radio station took home two trophies! WORT won Best Local Radio Station and our very own Rockin’ John McDonald won Best Local Music Radio Personality. We want to extend a special thank you to the voters who supported us […]

Hear from Your Board Candidates

June 19, 2017 by WORT 89.9FM

It’s that time again! WORT will be hosting an election to select 8 new members for its Board of Directors. The Board of Directors govern WORT and its budget, policies, and direction. We need you to help us decide who are the best candidates to help set the vision and future for WORT. Tune in […]

Robert Earl Keen speaks with WORT

June 12, 2017 by WORT 89.9FM and Mud Acres

WORT welcomes Robert Earl Keen back to Madison on June 13 with an exclusive interview on Mud Acres, hosted by Tim Britton. Keen is an American singer-songwriter from Houston, Texas. He was born on January 11, 1956 and has built a phenomenal career in country music that expands to over 3 decades. He’s recorded 18 full-length albums since his first […]

Summer Pledge Drive, June 4-17

June 10, 2017 by WORT 89.9FM

Now more then ever, YOU are the ray of light that is making so much possible at WORT. The dump button is fixed! It sounds like a small thing, but the dump button stands between WORT and big fines from the FCC for indecency, including the 7 words you can’t say on TV or the […]

Wildlife Weekly: Eastern Gray Squirrels

May 30, 2017 by WORT 89.9FM

This week on Wildlife Weekly, Jackie Edmunds stops by to discuss eastern gray squirrels — and what to do if you find them on the ground or injured in your backyard. The squirrels only have babies twice a year during the summer months. The mother squirrels are pregnant for about 44 days and the newborns […]

Wildife Weekly: How Rehabilitation Works

May 16, 2017 by WORT 89.9FM

This week on Wildlife Weekly, Jackie Edmunds, wildlife rehabilitation training coordinator at the Dane County Humane Society, stops in to talk about how the rehabilitation process for wildlife works. The most common causes of wildlife injuries are from car accidents, window collisions, dog and cat bites, parasites, and dehydration. Many people find animals wandering in […]

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