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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.

21st Annual WORT Block Party

April 23, 2018 by WORT 89.9FM

Come celebrate YOUR Community Radio Station at the 21st Annual WORT Block Party on Sunday, May 20th from 11am to 7pm on Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. There will be great music, food, craft vendors, a kids’ activity area, community info tables, the WORT Boutique, and a prize raffle (info here). The Madison […]

Block Party Raffle Tickets Available Now

April 11, 2018 by WORT 89.9FM

The W O R T Block Party Raffle Is here, and It’s Bigger and Better Than Ever! Over $3,800 in prizes are up for grabs. The drawing is Sunday, May 20th at the Block Party, but you do NOT need to be there to win some great stuff! We’ve got 4-packs of Bonfire Music Fest […]

Vintage Vinyl LP Sale to Benefit WORT

March 27, 2018 by WORT 89.9FM

Dealers and private collectors alike will converge on the Harmony Bar, 2201 Atwood Ave., Sunday, April 15th from 11am to 3pm with a wide variety of vinyl LPs. A wide variety of Jazz, R&B, Rock, Country, Bluegrass and more will be available from numerous vendors. A portion of the proceeds from the event will be […]

Thanks to Pledge Drive Food Donors

March 13, 2018 by WORT 89.9FM

W O R T would like to thank the following restaurants and businesses for providing meals for our hardworking volunteers during our recent pledge drive. Bandung Banzo Batch Bakehouse Cooper’s Tavern Dobhan Echo Tap Delta Dream Festival Foods Fuegos Glass Nickel Pizza GRAZE Green Owl Café Himal Chuli Hong Kong Café HyVee on Whitney Way […]

ChiliOcracy 4 Winners Announced

January 29, 2018 by WORT 89.9FM

WORT would like to thank everyone who came out for ChiliOcracy 4 at the Harmony Bar on Sunday, January 28th. Our competing restaurants all served up some fantastic chili and everyone had a wonderful time sampling and enjoying music from Lonesome Willie Jones and His Dime Store Posse. Just as in our political system, the […]

Your 2017 Tax Receipt From WORT

January 4, 2018 by WORT 89.9FM

A huge thank you to the over 5000 volunteers and donors to WORT who made community radio possible in 2017. Our goal is to send a letter acknowledging your support and conveying our sincere appreciation within 48 hours of the time we receive your donation. In addition, for the past three years, we have also […]

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