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.

Back to the Country

With themes such as politics, work, home or around the music of a particular person, host Bill Malone puts emphasis on “classic” and “alternative” country music – what you can’t hear on Top 40 radio.

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 […]

Robert Earl Keen speaks with WORT

June 12, 2017 by WORT 89.9FM and Mud Acres

WORT welcomes Robert Earl Keen back to Madison on June 13 with an exclusive interview on Mud Acres, hosted by Tim Britton. Keen is an American singer-songwriter from Houston, Texas. He was born on January 11, 1956 and has built a phenomenal career in country music that expands to over 3 decades. He’s recorded 18 full-length albums since his first […]

Robbie Fulks Sings About WORT!

December 9, 2016 by WORT Music Department

Long time Madison favorite Robbie Fulks headlined the WORT 41st Birthday on December 2nd. One of Robbie’s favorite show stoppers is to improvise a song, either via suggestions from the audience or just from stream of consciousness. And at the Birthday Party, Robbie–along with Larry Kohut on bass and Don Stiernberg on mandolin–made up a […]

Upcoming Music Program Highlights & Specials

September 1, 2016 by WORT Music Department and Sybil Augustine

Upcoming program specials: “ANTECEDENTS OF PUNK 1970 -1976” with JAMIE THE CRAWLIN’ THERAPIST AND BILL THE WALKIN’ DOCTOR. on WORT 89.9 FM FRIDAY SEPT. 2, 8-11 PM On July 4th, 1976, The Ramones played The Roundhouse in London &, famously, inspired every 10th loser in the room to go back home on the tube &, w/lightbulb […]

Dale Watson Live On Back To The Country Pledge Premium

March 1, 2016 by WORT Music Department

Countrypolitan legend Dale Watson stopped by the WORT studios last summer to chat with the crew on Back To The Country and play a stripped down set of tunes live on the air. As a special Thank You Gift, we would like to offer our listeners the opportunity to own a copy of Dale’s appearance […]

Call Him Insane: Dale Watson Live in WORT Studios!

July 8, 2015 by Back To The Country

Austin’s honky tonk hero Dale Watson stopped by on July 1st to chat with Back To The Country hosts Bill Malone, Steve and Marianne Daggett and Jody McCann. Listen to WORT’s exclusive interview and live set here.

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