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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.

WORT Charts Your Future For You!

August 1, 2018 by Sybil Augustine

“There’s no good new music coming out anymore.” You may have heard people say that, but here at WORT we’re scratching our heads over why, when we’re surrounded by so much great new music every day! Don’t miss out – keep up with the latest by listening to Back Porch Radio, and visit our playlists […]

Chillin’ in the New Year-First Charts of 2018!

January 24, 2018 by Sybil Augustine and WORT Music Department

With the new year, reporting our top spins to the North American College & Community Radio charts started up again. Sharon Jones (pictured) hangs tight with her posthumous release “Soul of a Woman” while a reissue by the ever-popular Wilco remains at #1. Madison jazz cat Anders Svanoe put out a popular independent release last fall. Our top […]

WORT Charts A Fall Bounty of New Music!

October 11, 2017 by WORT Music Department

Punk icons Pere Ubu (pictured) return with their first album of new material in decades, and it’s intense! New adds from Primus, King Khan and Jessica Lea Mayfield are also harbingers of a great fall music harvest. Our world, jazz and electronic music charts are also up to date below. Enjoy the best new tunes […]

WORT Charts for 9/12-18: Supergroups For The Win!

September 19, 2017 by WORT Music Department

Here’s the latest music charting on WORT! Two “supergroups” rank first on our top 30 this week: Dead Rock West, (pictured) the California vocal duo of Cindy Wasserman and Frank Lee Drennen, has a new album produced by John Doe and featuring his X bandmate D.J. Bonebrake on drums as well as Elliot Easton of The Cars […]

Ray Davies’ “Americana” tops weekly music charts

May 11, 2017 by Sybil Augustine and WORT Music Department

This week Ray Davies of the Kinks is once again “Top of the Pops” with his new album “Americana,” recorded with members of the Jayhawks as his backing band. A great new collaboration between the legendary Taj Mahal and the renowned Keb’ Mo’ has quickly found its way onto many WORT playlists. Ice T has […]

WORT Charts for the week of April 18-24

April 24, 2017 by Sybil Augustine and WORT Music Department

Another week of new debuts on the WORT charts pushes ’80s post punk darlings The Jesus and Mary Chain to the top spot. Kinks frontman Ray Davies has a new album out, which he recorded with The Jayhawks (at the Majestic this Friday) as his backing band. The Majestic also hosts Black Angels May 13, touring […]

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