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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.

Madison Aruna Run/Walk, 5K & 1-Mile

August 15, 2019 by WORT 89.9FM

Hosted by the Aruna Project, a US international human rights non-profit, the Madison Aruna Run is raising funds to help free, empower, and employ sexually enslaved women in India. You select the name of an enslaved woman whom the Aruna Project staff is actively working to free, write her name on your race bib, and […]

Community Shares of Wisconsin’s Annual Community Change-Maker Aw...

July 16, 2019 by thom jones

We invite you to join Community Shares of Wisconsin for our Annual Community Change-Maker Awards Event on Thursday, September 19, 2019 at Union South! Each year Community Shares of Wisconsin honors 3 Change-Makers and 24 Backyard Heroes who work to advance social and environmental justice in our communities throughout Wisconsin. These local award winners are […]

Car Show and Fundraiser for Gilda’s Club

June 25, 2019 by WORT 89.9FM

Raffle and auction to raise money for Madison’s Gilda’s Club. 100% of the proceeds go to Gilda’s. Wonderful prizes including a week’s stay at a Wisconsin Dells resort! Food and beverage available for purchase. Ferrari’s and other makes and models will be on display. Rain or shine!

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 […]

Winter Open House

November 12, 2018 by WORT 89.9FM

Stop by DAIS anytime between noon and 6pm for a Giving Tree, hot cocoa, cookie decorating and entertainment. If you’d like to contribute to the Giving Tree, we are accepting Gift Cards to Target or Walmart in $25 increments and invite you to write your name on an ornament to hang on our tree in […]

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