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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.

Dixieland Meets Gypsy Jazz

May 20, 2019 by WORT 89.9FM

A Night of Flapper Era Music and Dancing! featuring Caravan Gypsy Swing Ensemble and Annie and the Fur Trappers Wednesday, June 5th High Noon Saloon – Madison, WI Doors at 7:00 PM / Show at 7:30 PM | 18+ The legendary jazz sounds of Django Reinhardt and Louis Armstrong will fill the High Noon Saloon […]

Listen Live: Ameranouche & Sasha Masakowski from Central Park Ses...

August 7, 2016 by WORT Music Department

WORT 89.9 FM Community Radio made the musical world a bit smaller on Thursday, August 4th, by broadcasting live from the Central Park Sessions. The free concert on Madison’s near east side, called the Small World Session, showcased performers from New Hampshire (Ameranouche), New Orleans (Sasha Masakowski & the Sidewalk Strutters) and Ukraine (Dakha Brakha). […]

WORT broadcasts Central Park Session live Thursday

August 1, 2016 by Joseph Crawford Mrazek

WORT 89.9 FM Community Radio will help make the musical world a bit smaller this Thursday evening (August 4th) by broadcasting live from Central Park, starting at 5:00 p.m. This week’s free concert on Madison’s near east side, called the Small World Session, showcases performers from New Hampshire (Ameranouche), New Orleans (Sasha Masakowski & the […]

Mal-O-Dua brings eclectic string sound to WORT Block Party

May 16, 2016 by WORT Music Department and Joseph Crawford Mrazek

Mal-O-Dua brings its slack-key guitar and French-swing string music to the WORT Block Party on Sunday, May 22nd. The Madison-based duo will start its acoustic set at 12:30 p.m. on the MLK Boulevard stage. Django Reinhardt meets Merle Travis is how this eclectic pair describe their sound. Cedric “CED” Baetche, a native of Reims […]

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