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.

8 O'Clock Buzz

8 O'Clock Buzz is a one-hour, upbeat morning show that brings you a mix of music, culture, information, news and interviews.

Monday

Monday Buzz host Brian Standing
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Tuesday

Tuesday Buzz host Haywood Simmons
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Wednesday

Wednesday Buzz host Jan Miyasaki
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Thursday

Tony Castañeda

Friday

Firday Buzz host Jonathan Zarov
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Sarah Jaffe: OUR Walmart

November 21, 2012 by 8 O'Clock Buzz

On Wednesday, November 21, guest host Liz DiNovella speaks with independent journalist Sarah Jaffe. She is covering the story of a group of Walmart workers who are planning to stage a walkout on Black Friday. The workers planning to walk out are members of a union-backed organization called Organization United for Respect at Walmart, or […]

Boots Riley

November 21, 2012 by 8 O'Clock Buzz

On Wednesday October 21, guest host Liz DiNovella plays an interview she conducted with hip-hop artist and activist Boots Riley while he was touring for his new album. His musical group, The Coup, has just come out with a new album called “Sorry to Bother You.” In the interview, they speak about the tour, […]

Robert Pollin: Back to Full Employment

November 20, 2012 by 8 O'Clock Buzz

On Tuesday, Nov 20 host Aaron Perry speaks with economist Robert Pollin, author of Back to Full Employment. Robert, who has been an economics professor for thirty years, has been part of several policy initiatives, working with the Obama administration on the green jobs part of the stimulus program. Robert explains what the country […]

Kim Sponem: Project Money

November 20, 2012 by 8 O'Clock Buzz

On Tuesday, Nov 20 our host Aaron Perry speaks with Kim Sponem, CEO and President of Summit Credit Union, to speak about the Project Money program. Launched in 2009, the program has had 16 family participants so far. Each year, four contestants are selected to compete for $10,000, and the remaining three receive $2,500. The […]

Norma Gay Prewett: Poetry Reading

November 19, 2012 by 8 O'Clock Buzz

Madison poet Norma Gay Prewett reads her poetry on the 8 O’Clock Buzz with host Linda Jameson on Monday, November 19. She reads from her poetry series inspired from yoga, “Poems for the Poses.” She reads her poems Doing the Down Dog, The Cobra, and The Jack Knife. She also recommends a book, When Things […]

NesAlla Kombucha

November 16, 2012 by 8 O'Clock Buzz

On Friday November 16, host Jonathan Zarov speaks with Vanessa Tortolano and Alla Shapiro, creators of NessAlla. They explain the Kombucha drink, a fermented tea containing probiotics, vitamins B and C, anti-oxidants, and helpa the body to detoxify. Alla, who grew up in Russia, discovered in the U.S. that her family had been making Kombucha […]

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