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.

Game On!

Game On is a news feature on sports out of Madison, WI. We cover trending topics in athletics and shine a light in the corners of the sports world ignored by major media outlets.

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August 21, 2018 by WORT News Department

For the first time in franchise history, the Madison Radicals are the champions of the American Ultimate Disc League. The Radicals are the smallest market team in the 23-team professional league. Yet they’ve appeared in the championship semifinals or finals every year since the league’s launch. W-O-R-T producer Alejandro Alonso Galva, reporter Will Kenneally, and […]

Stop the Roll: Sneak Peek

May 12, 2018 by Game On!

In this week’s Game On, Producer Alejandro Alonso Galva introduces a spin off sports podcast called “Stop the Roll!” The new WORT podcast will focus on a loud and vibrant community in Wisconsin: Ultimate Frisbee.

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May 3, 2018 by Game On!

Madison’s homeless community will have a softball team this year in MSCR’s city-wide league. On Friday at 6:15 PM, Circuit Court Judge Everett Mitchell will toss out the opening ball for the team’s opening game at Field Number 2 at the Goodman Park at 100 West Olin Avenue. In this week’s Game On, Producer Alejandro […]

UW Women’s Hockey Visit to the Frozen Four

March 22, 2018 by Game On!

The UW Women’s hockey team saw their season come to an unexpected end when they were upset in the semifinals of the Frozen Four on Friday night. Wisconsin Lost to Colgate in a 3-4 double overtime thriller that included a 48 to 24 shooting advantage for the Badgers. Even though Wisconsin dominated both the game […]

UW Women’s Hockey

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What if we told you, the University of Wisconsin’s Hockey Team was one of the best in the world. Here on our little Isthmus, the Badger hockey team has become a training ground for future Olympians and stars.

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In this Game On!, we discuss the heartbreaking news coming out of the Larry Nassar scandal. #timesup

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