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.

News Archives

Madison Building Kick-Ass Skatepark

April 22, 2015 by WORT Local News

MADISON (WORT) — The City of Madison has been awarded a federal grant for the construction of the Central Park Skatepark. Cameron Bren reports.

State Lawmakers Kill Madison's New Uber Ordinance

April 21, 2015 by WORT Local News

MADISON (WORT) — A bill regulating transportation networking companies has passed the Wisconsin Senate. What’s been dubbed the “Uber bill” now only needs Governor Scott Walker’s signature to become law. Dylan Brogan has the story.

Community Celebrates the Life of Tony Robinson

April 21, 2015 by Helena White and WORT Local News

MADISON (WORT)– Over the weekend, there was a special event to remember the life of Tony Robinson. WORT’s Helena White was there and brings us this report.

Tone Madison: Proud Parents

April 20, 2015 by WORT Local News

MADISON — The two singer-guitarists of Madison power-pop outfit Proud Parents talk with Tone Madison’s Scott Gordon ahead of the band’s April 25 cassette-release show at Mickey’s.

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Pending Trade Deals Threaten WI Craft Breweries

April 16, 2015 by Kristian Knutsen and WORT News Department

(WORT) _- Senator Tammy Baldwin is calling attention to how implementation of another element of trade initiatives might upend how some Wisconsin food products may be named.

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