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

Angela Trudell Vasquez on Arts Activism

January 8, 2020 by WORT News Department and Shaun Soman

Last night the Madison City Council voted to name Angela Trudell Vasquez the City of Madison’s newest poet laureate. You may be familiar with the term, but maybe you didn’t know that poet laureates are officially sworn in, serve terms, and play a role in a city’s engagement with the arts. Earlier today, WORT producer […]

Bipartisan Push for Sales Tax Exemptions

January 7, 2020 by WORT News Department and Shaun Soman

Democratic State Representative Melissa Sargent of Madison has tried for years to create certain exceptions under Wisconsin’s sales and use tax for products such as diapers, undergarments for incontinence, and feminine hygiene products. Yesterday, Sargent re-introduced bills from previous years as a combined piece of legislation, this time with more bipartisan support. “This is exciting […]

Brian Potter on ‘Healthy Hospitals, Healthy Communities’

January 7, 2020 by WORT News Department and Shaun Soman

Yesterday, the Wisconsin Hospital Association released its Healthy Hospitals, Healthy Communities report, which shares data gleaned from a 2019 University of Wisconsin-Madison Extension study examining the widespread economic impact and importance of Wisconsin’s health care sector. WORT producer Shaun Soman spoke with Brian Potter, WHA Senior Vice President, Finance and Chief Operating Officer, about the […]

Protesters Say, “No War in Iran”

January 6, 2020 by WORT News Department and Shaun Soman

At least 100 people gathered at the Wisconsin State Capitol this weekend to protest what they perceive to be an escalation into war with Iran. Last Friday, President Donald Trump ordered an airstrike to kill Iranian General Qassem Soleimani. Nine groups who helped organize Saturday’s strike against the assassination characterized the President’s actions as “illegal,” […]

Paul Wilson on Iran Uranium Enrichment

January 6, 2020 by WORT News Department and Shaun Soman

In the wake of news that Iran will no longer abide by uranium enrichment levels agreed upon in its 2015 nuclear deal, WORT producer Shaun Soman spoke with UW-Madison Professor of Nuclear Engineering, Paul Wilson, about these levels and the history of Iran’s nuclear program.

What’s the Word: Hip-Hop

January 6, 2020 by WORT News Department

If you happened to be walking down King Street on Friday night, you probably heard some heavy hip-hop beats trickling out of the Majestic for its annual Hip-Hop Fest. This week on “What’s the Word,” Adam Schuster takes us back to the South Bronx in the 1970s, telling the story of hip-hop’s history, its development […]

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