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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.

The Acoustic Charlies on Mud Acres

April 19, 2019 by WORT Music Department

Local trio The Acoustic Charlies stopped by Mud Acres to visit with Chris Powers and play a few tunes live in the WORT studio on Friday, April 19. Enjoy this encore performance!

Tiny’s Tap House Wins ChiliOcracy 5

April 8, 2019 by WORT 89.9FM

The People Have Spoken It was a great day for chili. A little rainy, but not too cold. WORT fans filled the Harmony Bar and sampled some great chili. We want to thank our musical guests once again, The Ad Hoc String Band! Restaurants competed for the title “Supreme Commander of Chili” and your votes […]

Clean Room LIVE on Rattlesnake Shake

April 7, 2019 by WORT Music Department

Madison band Clean Room stopped by The Rattlesnake Shake on Friday March 22 to play a set. Enjoy this encore performance!

The Leopard Print Lounge Is Closed

April 5, 2019 by WORT Music Department

WORT has some of the best, most knowledgeable music hosts in all of radio, including Your Hostess Jenni of Leopard Print Lounge! With much love and best wishes, we pass along Jenni’s message to WORT listeners. You can stream her final show on demand from our audio archives until Wednesday, April 17. The program currently alternating […]

WORT Record Riot At Art In Saturday March 30

March 27, 2019 by WORT Music Department

The 2019 WORT Record Riot is on Saturday, March 30 from 1 til 4 pm at the Art In, 1444 East Washington Avenue. After our triumphant return to the Riot last year, 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 […]

Madison Area Music Awards Finalist Party!

March 24, 2019 by Sybil Augustine

On March 31 the top finalists for 2019 MAMA Awards will be revealed. Be the first to know at the Announcement Party at the Brink Lounge, 701 E. Washington Ave from 5-9 pm. General admission and VIP tickets are available online and at the door. You’ll get to hear live performances by Katie Scullin, Angela Puerta, […]

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