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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.

WynterGrey

November 4, 2019 by Access Hour

Feeling miserable? Great! Come listen to WynterGrey for some depressingly dark and melancholy songs from a variety of genres, including post-punk, rock, and movie soundtrack.

Continuation of Martin Luther King Day Celebration

December 26, 2019 by Access Hour

WORT’s annual broadcast of the MLK Day Celebration is continued into normal Access Hour time as needed.

Nick D Presents Music of the Grateful Dead

November 4, 2019 by Access Hour

Nick Dodge is new to the area, interested in helping at WORT, and eager to share his collection and knowledge of The Grateful Dead.

Old Befana Live at WORT

January 6, 2020 by Access Hour

Ken Lonnquist brings his troupe of six into the WORT studios to perform his “Old Befana” live.

Old Befana — A Live Radio Preformance

November 4, 2019 by Access Hour

Ken Lonnquist brings his troupe into the WORT studios to perform his “Old Befana” live. Audience members are welcome.

Paul Novak’s Sampler of Miscellany

December 26, 2019 by Access Hour

Sampler of Miscellany: Quirky & newish, deep favourites, Robert Johnson covers, slide guitar by American & world artists, blues by neglected musicians, Takoma: John Fahey, Robbie Basho, George Winston, laments & requia, more instrumentals…. Whatever: Curated E.g., See current WORT Radio Pilot: King Luan “There are no Gnomes in Sweden” Why this is my favorite […]

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Paul Novak’s Sampler of Miscellany