bluegrass Archives - WORT 89.9 FM

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.

Sugar Maple Concert Series: The Mark Hembree Band

January 18, 2020 by WORT 89.9FM

The Sugar Maple Concert Series welcomes The Mark Hembree Band Mark Hembree started his music career in Wisconsin in the 1970s, and before long was hosting a live radio show from the Glenmore Opera House near Green Bay. After a couple of years in Denver with the Monroe Doctrine, he returned to Wisconsin briefly before […]

Full Mile Brewing Co. One-Year Anniversary

November 23, 2019 by WORT 89.9FM

Come help us celebrate ONE YEAR of being open! It’s our chance to say THANK YOU to everyone that has stepped through the doors or supported us in any way. We’ll have bands, kitchen specials and a special beer release all day long! More details to come shortly. Too Sick Charlie will take the stage […]

Live Remote from McPike with Travelin’ McCourys!

August 14, 2019 by Sybil Augustine

Tonight’s McPike Park Session with Travelin’ McCourys will be streamed and broadcast live on 89.9fm & wortfm.org! The remote starts at 7:30 pm for a one hour set, and the second set runs from 9-10 pm. So if you can’t make it to the show by then (or at all) you can still tune in […]

Chili Lovers Fundraiser

January 28, 2019 by WORT 89.9FM

Calling all Chili Lovers! Stoughton Yoga’s 3rd Annual Chili Lovers Event is just the thing to add spice to a long cold February in Wisconsin! Sunday, February 10, 5-7pm Wendigo, 121 E. Main St. Stoughton The fun starts with chili tasting and voting from 5:00-5:30pm. Taste chili entries from Wendigo, Stoughton Hospital, McFarland State Bank […]

Jourdan Hines at the Monona Farmers Market

October 14, 2018 by WORT 89.9FM

Come on over to the Monona Farmers Market to hear Jourdan and his wife Mary perform some #feelgoodmusic!

Field Day at Brinklounge

October 11, 2018 by WORT 89.9FM

We are pleased to announce Field Day, a day of music and celebration of the life of Field Stark, tragically lost to us this past February from cancer. Held at the Brinklounge on Sunday, October 21 (her birthday) starting at 12:30pm, the all-day event features many of the great musicians who were special to her […]

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