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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.

Ch-ch-charting Ch-ch-ch-changes: Week of Feb. 22-28

March 7, 2017 by WORT Music Department

CMJ, aka College Media Journal, was an online service that compiled music charts with independent underground labels and artists, including many non-commercial community and public stations among their reporters. They also published trade and consumer versions of their music magazine and held the CMJ Music Marathon, a week-long festival featuring the best new music in New […]

WORT Music Charts for January 27-Feb 5

February 7, 2017 by Sybil Augustine and WORT Music Department

Our wonderful volunteer hosts are voracious music fans, seeking out all the best fresh music to share with you! Playlists for each show can be found online here, and you can listen to every program on demand for two weeks after they air by clicking here. Yes, we’re still here and still doing a great job, […]

WORT Music Charts for the week of Jan. 18-24, 2017

January 25, 2017 by Sybil Augustine and WORT Music Department

Current WORT charts: This is the new music that’s been played and streamed on the station in the past week, from indie rock and folk to garage, metal, and electronic, plus jazz and international sounds. Don’t forget you can always go to wortfm.org to listen live, stream archives of past programs on demand, and to […]

WORT Music Charts for the first week of 2017

January 4, 2017 by Sybil Augustine and WORT Music Department

WORT, Madison Charts for the week of January 2, 2017 top 30 artist – album – label 1 A TRIBE CALLED QUEST We Got It From Here… Thank You 4 Your Service Epic 2 JIM JAMES Eternally Even Capitol-ATO 3 DEAN WEEN The Deaner Album 4 DAVID BOWIE Bowie Legacy Sony Legacy 5 LEONARD COHEN […]

Wax Tailor sews up WORT’s Music Charts for the week of Nov. 7

November 8, 2016 by Sybil Augustine and WORT Music Department

This week, Wax Tailor tops both the RPM chart and our overall top 30. Local heroes Squarewave debut at #3 with their new release on Artisinal Records. We have debuts by Moby, Conor Oberst, Pretenders, Weyes Blood, Deap Vally, Sam Evian, Shovels & Rope and Bob Weir on the T30. John Moulder and Charlie Hunter […]

What’s spinning on WORT? New Music Charts for the week of Oct. 1...

October 12, 2016 by Sybil Augustine and WORT Music Department

WORT, Madison Charts for the week beginning October 10, 2016 top 30 1 CRYSTAL CASTLES Amnesty (I) Republic 2 MACHINEDRUM Human Energy Ninja Tune 3 EZTV High In Place Captured Tracks 4 DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS American Band ATO 5 SONNY KNIGHT AND THE LAKERS Sooner Or Later Secret Stash 6 SOUTHERN CULTURE ON THE SKIDS Electric […]

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