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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.

Jody Williams Special on Two For the Blues

December 8, 2018 by Two for the Blues

We’ll be celebrating the life of Jody Williams on tonight’s edition of Two for the Blues from 8-10 PM. Jody died on 12/1/2018 at age 83. Jody got his start playing on street corners and talent shows with Bo Diddley in a group known as Ellis McDaniels and the Hipsters (Ellis is Bo Diddley’s original […]

Jaedyn James & The Hunger Headline WORT’s 43rd Annual Birth...

December 7, 2018 by Shaun Soman

Following their blistering AtwoodFest set this past July, Minneapolis-based funk sorcerer Jaedyn James and her eight-piece backing band The Hunger are set to invigorate those attending the 43rd annual WORT Birthday Bash at High Noon Saloon this upcoming Sunday, December 9th. While the expansive outfit has only released a handful of raw, soul-drenched tracks online, their regional touring, entry […]

Must-Have New Music!

December 4, 2018 by Sybil Augustine

Ty Segall keeps his chart-topping spot this week, but Escape-ism, aka Ian Svenonius, makes a move to overtake him with his new album on Merge Records. And Charles Bradley zooms to #1 on our Blues chart with the posthumously-released Black Velvet. Read on to see what’s hot on our jazz, world, metal and electronic shows this […]

New Music That Grows On You!

November 29, 2018 by Sybil Augustine

New releases are going to start slowing down in December, so here’s your chance to review what you want to put on your holiday wish and gift lists. Count on WORT to always bring you the best new rock, blues, jazz, world, electronic, heavy music and much, much more to help you make your decisions! […]

WORT Charts warm up for November!

November 16, 2018 by Sybil Augustine

The weather may have turned more quickly than the leaves, but as always, we have hot steaming platters and files of new music to please every taste on WORT Community Radio! Dig the charts below and stream any show on demand by clicking here. Kurt Vile (pictured) and the Violators play The Sylvee Thursday, Dec. […]

Christa Patton on Monteverdi

November 15, 2018 by Musica Antiqua

Is Monteverdi’s L’Incoronazione di Poppea relevant to young performers and a modern audience? On Nov. 16, 18, & 20, UW Opera presents this masterpiece about the woman who schemed to become empress with Nero. Baroque opera specialist Christa Patton talked about the challenges in staging the opera with John W. Barker and Alan Muirhead on the […]

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