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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.

Feminist Cross-Stitch with Stephanie Rohr

April 30, 2019 by WORT 89.9FM

Join 702WI at ZIP-DANG on for a special event with cross-stitch artist Stephxstitch, who will demonstrate a stitch and talk about her new book Feminist Cross-Stitch. A book sale and signing will follow. The event is free. Also, attendees will receive 15% off all Zip-Dang store purchases! Make a statement—and smash the patriarchy, one stitch […]

Scott Spoolman, Author of Wisconsin State Parks

March 11, 2019 by WORT 89.9FM

Join 702WI at Olbrich Botanical Gardens for a special discussion with author Scott Spoolman about his book Wisconsin State Parks. The book includes a selection of detailed trail guides for each park. Melanie McManus, author of Thousand Miler, will introduce. A book signing will follow. Hit the trail for a dramatic look at Wisconsin’s geologic […]

Prose & Song with Michael Perry

March 11, 2019 by WORT 89.9FM

Michael Perry returns to 702WI for this special talk and performance, a behind-the-scenes look into his written and musical work. Learn how a song gets created as Perry walks through his musical process (and plays the results), and as he talks about the difference between songwriting and his prose, including his bestselling books and columns […]

Publishing Workshop with Chloe Benjamin

February 9, 2019 by WORT 89.9FM

Learn how to move from first draft to finished product with Chloe Benjamin, author of the acclaimed novels The Anatomy of Dreams and The Immortalists, who returns to 702WI for this special daylong workshop! The morning session will focus on revising a manuscript and finding a literary agent. After a break for lunch, you’ll explore […]

Bee Wonder: Writing Workshop with Heather Swan

January 18, 2019 by WORT 89.9FM

Join us at 702WI for this unique writing workshop with Heather Swan on Saturday, February 23rd from 11am-1pm! How can thinking about bees awaken our sense of wonder? And what happens when we write from this awakened state? In this special workshop, we’ll use the world of bees to inspire our writing. We’ll investigate various […]

Author Reading & Book Signing: Karen Babine

January 18, 2019 by WORT 89.9FM

Join 702WI on Sunday, February 17th at 4:30pm for the launch of Karen Babine’s new memoir All the Wild Hungers. The event features a reading by Karen, and an introduction and Q&A by author and metalsmith Sara Dahmen. A book signing will follow. The event is free and open to the public! Please RSVP if […]

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