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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.

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, )

Digital Production Director: Aaron Scholz – aaron@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!

Jimmy Sugarcane: Oya! album mixes Dancehall Reggae, Hip-hop & Afr...

November 21, 2021 by Global Revolutions

Jimmy Sugarcane talks about his recently released album “Oya!” Oya is firmly planted in Jimmy’s Nigerian Dancehall style with Hiphop and Afrobeat influences. With a video for his lead Dancehall […]

Universal Soul Explosion In The Media

April 4, 2021 by Sybil Augustine

Rebecca Barber, aka “608Bosslady” on the air with hiphop Saturday nights from midnight-3 am on WORT’s Universal Soul Explosion, was recently a featured guest on Breyon Oneofmani Sommerville‘s podcast “LookLocal1st.” […]

June Is Black Music Month

June 1, 2020 by Sybil Augustine

The “LET’S STAY (IN) TOGETHER: A BENEFIT TO SUPPORT THE APOLLO” Live concert will kick off Black Music Month on Thursday, June 4, 7:30 pm ET at www.apollotheater.org FIRST-EVER, FREE, VIRTUAL […]

Boombox the Lockdown Anytime!

May 17, 2020 by Music Department

Now you can enjoy all the music played to Boombox the Lockdown in just one archived show file – that’s 5-1/2 hours of excellent, diverse tracks chosen to uplift, inspire […]

Stay IN & See A Show This Week!

May 8, 2020 by Sybil Augustine

Here are the latest updates for live-streamed music events. Submit your listings to musicdirector@wortfm.org to be included. ================================================================== MAY 11 GRFF Radio Songwriter #22, 5-6 pm Hosted by Great River Folk […]

Willy St. Fair Underground Stage

September 10, 2019 by WORT 89.9FM

WORT 89.9 FM in conjunction with Commonwealth Development and WilMar Neighborhood Center presents the Willy Street Fair Underground Stage Sunday, September 15th from 11am to 7pm on the 800 Block […]

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