Elizabeth DiNovella Archives

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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.

Wisconsin Conservation Voters protects our drinking water

July 17, 2019 by 8 O'Clock Buzz

In his inaugural speech, Governor Tony Evers declared 2019 as “The Year of Clean Drinking Water”. There are many threats on our water supply, from farm run-off in wells to lead and PFAS in municipal drinking water. The Wisconsin Conservation Voters (was The League of Conservation Voters) is a non-profit organization which focuses on protecting […]

Emily Mills: The Crucible, Plan B, and roller derby

January 2, 2019 by 8 O'Clock Buzz

Journalist Emily Mills, the editor of Our Lives magazine, a musician and DJ, talks about her upcoming gig this week at Crucible for all the House Heads out there. Liz and Emily also talk about some of Emily’s reporting on Plan B and also about the upcoming roller derby season.

Dr. Jonathan Kohler: Professor of surgery and podcaster

January 2, 2019 by 8 O'Clock Buzz

Host Elizabeth DiNovella talks with Dr. Jonathan Kohler, a Trauma Medical Director at American Family Children’s Hospital and an assistant professor in the Department of Surgery at the UW-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health. Dr. Kohler is also the host of the medical podcast called The Surgery Sett.

Women in Sports: College Athletics, World Cup Redux, #MeToo, and More

July 27, 2018 by A Public Affair

Game on! Sub host Liz DiNovella joins us in the studio today to talk sports and feminism. On the first segment of today’s show, Liz speaks with Jessica Luther about women in sports journalism, college sports and sexual assault, and what it means to be a conscientious fan. In the second half of the show, […]

Join Us on Election Night

November 4, 2016 by WORT News Department

Join WORT and Isthmus at the High Noon Saloon for an Election Night Watch Party on Tuesday night. Come celebrate or drown your sorrows as the nation elects a new president. WORT DJs Chali Pittman, Peter Allen, and Cooper Talbot will be spinning beginning at 6pm. The live broadcast starts at 8pm. The WORT news team […]

Week in Review

May 21, 2016 by Dylan Brogan and WORT News Department

(WORT) — This week we cover a new legal challenge to Wisconsin’s voter ID law, a debate over public education in Milwaukee, sports concussions and Tone Madison editor Scott Gordon gets the details on Mr. Jackson’s new album. Contributors this week: Darien Lamen, Karma Chavez, Elizabeth DiNovella, Nigel O’Shea and Scott Gordon.

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