Music Archives - WORT 89.9 FM

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.

WORT Record Riot At Art In

November 22, 2019 by WORT Music Department

The 2019 WORT Record Riot is on Saturday, November 23rd from 1 til 4 pm at the Art In, 1444 East Washington Avenue. We’re back at it again and will be offering the public the best of what we’ve cleaned out of the nooks and crannies here at the station as well as donated vinyl […]

Composer/Pianist Brianna Ware Shares Personal Favorites at Grace

November 12, 2019 by Back Porch Serenade

Listeners who follow classical music in Madison will have noticed Lawren Brianna Ware. In 2017, she was the Grand Prize winner in the Overture Center’s “Rising Stars” competition. Since then she has finished a Master’s in piano performance at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, where she is now studying composition with Prof. Laura Schwendinger. On […]

WORT Celebrates 44 Years With Our Birthday Bash

November 7, 2019 by WORT 89.9FM

Come Celebrate With Us! WORT Community Radio is excited for our 44th Birthday Bash at Crucible on Sunday, December 1st from 5 to 8pm–Our Actual Birthday! This year it promises to be a real circus — We have Professor Pinkerton of Dead Man’s Carnival bringing his Irrelevant Orchestra from Milwaukee to headline the festivities with […]

OVK/Bach Melharmony Festival brings L. Shankar, N. Ravikiran and other...

November 5, 2019 by Back Porch Serenade

The 2019 OVK/Bach Melharmony Festival in western Dane County promises an especially rich program of internationally known artists together with up-and-coming performers and school ensembles. In an interview recorded Octrober 27th, noted chitravina virtuoso N. Ravikiran and Vanitha Suresh of Middleton’s Melharmony Foundation discussed the festival with WORT’s Peter Haney. Headlining artists include such world […]

What’s that ~nois? Contemporary Saxophone Music comes to Madison...

October 30, 2019 by Back Porch Serenade

On November 1st and 3rd, the Chicago-based ~nois Saxophone Quartet will bring its distinctive blend of contemporary music to the stages of the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Founded in 2016, ~nois has received wide acclaim for their skillful renditions of 21st-Century music. The group’s performances often include multimedia elements and incorporate improvisation and extended techniques […]

WORT 9-Pin Tap Is Packed With Prizes!

October 28, 2019 by WORT 89.9FM

WORT is holding our annual bowling fundraiser, a 9-Pin Tap Tournament at Dream Lanes (13 Atlas Ct.) on Sunday, November 3rd at 6pm. Walk-In Registration Welcome! We have over $1,000 in total prizes to give away!! WORT DJs will be spinning as the bowlers compete for tickets to Blues Traveler, Found Footage Festival, Trampled by […]

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