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.

The Insurgent Radio Kiosk

The Kiosk is a four minute pre-recorded segment featuring a commentary and a calendar of events for the day. Members of the public may submit events by going to the Kiosk announcements page and filling out the form there at least 10 days in advance of the event.

Kiosk for Tuesday, November 19

November 19, 2019 by Insurgent Radio Kiosk

This is the Insurgent Radio Kiosk for Thursday, November 19th This Day in Labor History Action Calendar ****** November 19: The Fight for a Writer’s Bill of Rights On this day in Labor History the year was 1981. That was the day that the National Writers Union was founded. The Writer’s Union represents freelance writers […]

Kiosk for Monday, November 18

November 18, 2019 by Insurgent Radio Kiosk

This is the Insurgent Radio Kiosk for Monday, November 11th Hightower Commentary Action Calendar ****** When the world’s on fire, what should we do? For millions of people around the globe – especially young people – the pressing issue of our time is this: The world is on fire! On fire with climate change, creating […]

Kiosk for Friday, November 15

November 15, 2019 by Insurgent Radio Kiosk

This is the Insurgent Radio Kiosk for Friday, November 15th Hightower Commentary Action Calendar ****** Where can Trump find a Good Farm Policy? Donald Trump’s idea of a good farm program seems to be “Hee Haw.” On a recent trip to Wisconsin, he drew guffaws from the state’s hard-hit dairy farmers by proclaiming that – […]

Kiosk for Thursday, November 14

November 14, 2019 by Insurgent Radio Kiosk

This is the Insurgent Radio Kiosk for Thursday, November 14th Hightower Commentary Action Calendar ****** How Repugnant is Big Oil? Mighty Exxon Mobil now finds itself in federal court, finally being called to account for the true cost of the damage that its oil and gas operations are doing to our climate. This lawsuit points […]

Kiosk for Wednesday, November 13

November 13, 2019 by Insurgent Radio Kiosk

This is the Insurgent Radio Kiosk for Wednesday, November 13th Community Commentary Action Calendar ****** Don’t Do Animal “Gifting” This is the time of year when we receive full color, glossy catalogs from Heifer International and organizations like them, asking for donations to send live animals as “gifts” to help alleviate hunger and poverty in […]

Kiosk for Tuesday, November 12

November 12, 2019 by Insurgent Radio Kiosk

This is the Insurgent Radio Kiosk for Tuesday, November 12th Hightower Commentary Action Calendar ****** How to know when the economy is really doing well Are you there yet? By “there,” I mean have you at last become a 1-percenter? It’s the dream of many social climbers to be in the top percentile, but it’s […]

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