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.

Central Park Sessions Raffle

August 1, 2017 by WORT 89.9FM

The Central Park Sessions Raffle is in full swing, and if you missed the August 3rd Session featuring Foxygen, you can still drop by the station at 118 South Bedford during business hours, and we will be happy to get you entered in this great prize raffle. There are six thousand dollars in prizes and […]

WORT Board of Directors regular monthly meeting: Wednesday, July 19, 2...

July 17, 2017 by WORT 89.9FM

~~DRAFT AGENDA~~ Directors present: David Devereaux-Weber (President), Stuart Levitan (Vice-President), Jane Richard (Secretary), Martin Kehrein (Treasurer), Jerry Chernow, Gilman Halsted, Katherine Hoveland, Stephen Lord, Paul Novak, Lincoln Tice Directors absent: Doug Holtz (Staff Representative) Call meeting to order Adopt the agenda Consent items: approve minutes of June 21, 2017 approve minutes of annual meeting, June […]

Bobbie Malone is an Award-Winning Author

July 4, 2017 by WORT 89.9FM

Bobbie Malone is one of the hosts of WORT’s Back to the Country program, but this is not her only talent. She is an outstanding writer. Bobbie is originally from San Antonio, Texas but came to Madison because she got a job at the Wisconsin Historical Society where she wrote for children. She began writing […]

VOTE by July 4 in Isthmus Mad Faves Readers’ Poll!

July 3, 2017 by WORT 89.9FM

Every August, Isthmus publishes the “definitive” survey results of the lucky few who are voted Madison’s Favorites. When that fat, magazine-like insert comes out, we eagerly enjoy checking out who “won” this popular opinion poll, relishing the snarky comments Isthmus journalists make about some of the winners, and reveling in the congratulatory feeling that we […]

WORT’s New Board of Directors

June 26, 2017 by WORT 89.9FM

Please welcome our new Board of Directors, elected at the Annual Meeting on Sunday, June 25th. David Devereaux-Weber, President (Listener Sponsor, 2020) Stuart Levitan, Vice President (Incumbent Volunteer, 2019) Martin Kehrein, Treasurer (Listener Sponsor, 2020) Jane Richard, Secretary (Volunteer, 2018) Jerry Chernow (Listener Sponsor, 2019) Gil Halsted (Incumbent Listener Sponsor, 2018) Doug Holtz (Staff Representative) […]

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 […]

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