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.

UWPD Police Chief Sue Riseling

December 27, 2016 by WORT News Department

On this edition of The Politicast, Alejandro Alonso Galva speaks with former UWPD Police Chief Sue Riseling, discussing her history with UWPD, police in the wake of current threats, and the perception from the public. Sue Riseling was the first woman and the youngest person ever to become a police chief in the Big 10. […]

US Women’s National Soccer Team & Equal Pay

December 6, 2016 by Elizabeth DiNovella and WORT News Department

The contract between the U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team Players Association and U.S. Soccer Federation expires on December 31st. The biggest issue the players’ union faces? Equal Pay. The U.S. Soccer Federation manages both the men and women’s national teams, but U.S. Soccer pays women a lot less than the men for similar work. Team […]

Recount Recap: The Count of Votes in Wisco

December 1, 2016 by WORT News Department

An update on the recount madness. Cameron Bren, Sarah Hopefl, Patrick Waring, and Alejandro Alonso Galva reporting. **Correction: Since the airing of this broadcast more counties have decided to hand count their ballots. 49 counties will now recount their ballots by hand. Up from the reported 48.

Colin and Fidel

November 29, 2016 by WORT News Department and Elizabeth DiNovella

San Francisco 49ers Quarterback Colin Kaepernick was booed on Sunday when he took the field in Miami to play the Dolphins. Kaepernick is best known this season for kneeling during the national anthem before NFL games to protest racial injustice in America. The latest Kaepernick controversy stems from comments he made last week about Fidel […]

The Recounts Are On

November 28, 2016 by WORT News Department

It looks like we’re headed for a recount. The Jill Stein and Rocky de la Fuente campaigns have formally requested a statewide recount of all Presidential votes in Wisconsin. They have until tomorrow to send in the $3.5 million dollars the state estimates it will take to hire election workers to count all the votes. […]

Thanksgiving: from Black Hawk to Standing Rock

November 23, 2016 by WORT News Department

WORT has prepared special programming for the Thanksgiving holiday. On Wednesday, November 23rd at 6pm, hear an update from the Standing Rock reservation and their fight against the Dakota Access Pipeline. This hour-long special was produced for you by Alejandro Alonso Galva. On Thursday, November 24th at 6pm, learn Wisconsin history and how the Black […]

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