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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.

Dessert Demo: Maria Zizka, The Newlywed Table

April 23, 2019 by WORT 89.9FM

702WI invites you to Madison Chocolate Company for a special event with writer and cook Maria Zizka! We’ll be celebrating the release of her new book The Newlywed Table, and Maria will be demonstrating her recipe for One-Bowl Brownies (with samples, of course). A book sale and signing will follow. The event is free.

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 […]

Tory Miller Brings World Cuisine to the Midwest

November 5, 2018 by 8 O'Clock Buzz

The local restaurant scene is overflowing with new startups competing alongside established businesses for citizens that are hungry for new flavors to sample. But Chef Tory Miller has been in the game since 2005 and he’s had some time to develop a sense of how food is trending in the area. Featuring flavors from all […]

Madison Herb Faire

October 22, 2018 by WORT 89.9FM

The thirty-sixth annual Herb Faire in Madison has the theme “BEYOND PARSLEY, SAGE, ROSEMARY, AND THYME.” The Faire features speakers on growing herbs for teas, cooking with Indian herbs and spices, and making wreaths and swags. Many local and regional vendors offer products from teas and baked goods to body care products and herbal gifts. […]

Elizabeth the Cook — At the Table

August 27, 2018 by Access Hour

Elizabeth has been cooking for over 35 years, at home and professionally. Most recently, she’s been running a booth cooking crepes at the Madison Northside Farmers Market. On the air, she tells stories, sometimes reading but mostly out of her memories. Her Access Hour radio program can be broken down into these pieces: 1. An aphorism that […]

Madison East High School Sends Cooking Teens to National Competition

April 12, 2018 by WORT News Department

Last month, a team of four students from East High School won the Wisconsin ProStart Invitational, a statewide cooking competition for high schoolers. Led by teacher Natalie Aguirre and assisted by professional chefs Mark Walters and Ami Shimanek, the team will represent Wisconsin in the National ProStart Invitational in Rhode Island at the end of […]

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