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.

Game On!

An irreverent look at sports from Madison, WI.

US Women’s National Soccer Team & Equal Pay

December 6, 2016 by Elizabeth DiNovella and WORT News Department

The contract between the U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team Players Association and U.S. Soccer Federation expires on December 31st. The biggest issue the players’ union faces? Equal Pay. The U.S. Soccer Federation manages both the men and women’s national teams, but U.S. Soccer pays women a lot less than the men for similar work. Team […]

Colin and Fidel

November 29, 2016 by WORT News Department and Elizabeth DiNovella

San Francisco 49ers Quarterback Colin Kaepernick was booed on Sunday when he took the field in Miami to play the Dolphins. Kaepernick is best known this season for kneeling during the national anthem before NFL games to protest racial injustice in America. The latest Kaepernick controversy stems from comments he made last week about Fidel […]

The Hunt

November 15, 2016 by WORT News Department and Elizabeth DiNovella

Autumn in Wisconsin is marked by three full moons in September, October and November. According to the Farmers Almanac, these moons are named the Harvest Moon, the Hunter Moon, and the Beaver Moon. The autumnal full moons have been extraordinary this year. September’s full Harvest Moon was brilliant, October’s Full Hunter Moon shone brightly and […]

7 Things Learned From the Chicago Cubs Winning the World Series

November 8, 2016 by Elizabeth DiNovella and WORT News Department

1) The unbelievable can happen. You can’t predict anything anymore. The Chicago Cubs won the world series, and did so in dramatic fashion: by coming back from a 3 games-to-1 deficit to Cleveland. 2) The Gods have mixed feelings about Cleveland. The city’s fortune, sportswise, has swung widely this year. The Cleveland Cavaliers won […]

The Art of the Concession Speech

November 1, 2016 by Elizabeth DiNovella and WORT News Department

That mix of humility and determination defines a powerful concession speech.

Chicago Cubs in World Series

October 25, 2016 by Elizabeth DiNovella and WORT News Department

The World Series begins tonight. And we have two teams with long histories of losing in a battle for the championship: The Chicago Cubs and the Cleveland Indians. The Chicago Cubs haven’t won a World Series since 1908, while Cleveland has been waiting since 1948. The Cubbies are in the World Series! It is nothing […]

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