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.

Tone Madison

Madison-focused arts and music conversations you won't hear anywhere else, from tonemadison.com .

Preserving Owen Mays’ country music legacy

April 22, 2016 by Tone Madison

Tone Madison‘s Scott Gordon reports on an effort to preserve the music of country artist and Wisconsin native Owen Mays, who died in July 2015 at the age of 32. Subscribe to the Tone Madison/WORT-FM podcast on iTunes.

Catching up with Dick The Bruiser

April 15, 2016 by Tone Madison

Tone Madison‘s Scott Gordon sits down with Madison post-punk duo Dick The Bruiser, who play April 23 at The Frequency. Subscribe to the Tone Madison/WORT-FM podcast on iTunes.

The ups and downs of Record Store Day

April 8, 2016 by Tone Madison

Tone Madison‘s Scott Gordon sits down with veteran music journalist Stephen Thomas Erlewine to discuss the implications of Record Store Day. The annual independent-music-retail celebration returns on Saturday, April 16. Subscribe to the Tone Madison/WORT-FM podcast on iTunes.

Madison band El Valiente faces the end

April 1, 2016 by Tone Madison

Tone Madison‘s Scott Gordon sits down with the members of Madison instrumental-rock trio El Valiente, who will be playing their final show on April 9 at the Crystal Corner Bar. Subscribe to the Tone Madison/WORT-FM podcast on iTunes.

Wendy Schneider on ‘The Smart Studios Story’

March 25, 2016 by Tone Madison

Tone Madison‘s Scott Gordon hosted a live conversation at the High Noon Saloon this week with Wendy Schneider, director of The Smart Studios Story. The documentary, charting the history of the long-running Madison recording studio, screens twice at the 2016 Wisconsin Film Festival. Subscribe to the Tone Madison/WORT-FM podcast on iTunes.

First look at the 2016 Wisconsin Film Festival

March 17, 2016 by Tone Madison

Tone Madison‘s Chris Lay and Scott Gordon take a first look at the highlights of the 2016 Wisconsin Film Festival. Read more about Chris’ most anticipated WFF titles at tonemadison.com. Subscribe to the Tone Madison/WORT-FM podcast on iTunes.

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