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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.

Paths to Healing

May 2, 2019 by WORT 89.9FM

Paths to Healing is a conference focused on adult survivors of child sexual assault, with a focus on male survivors. The 2019 conference will feature Nathan Spiteri, actor, filmmaker and survivor, in addition to the following sessions: – Expanding Outreach: Inclusivity and Diversity in a Changing Landscape – Invisible Survivors: The Sexual Assault of Black […]

True Roots with Ronnie Citron-Fink

June 3, 2019 by A Public Affair

For today’s special pledge drive episode, Patty talks about aging and going gray, hair dye, and the health and environmental impacts of the chemicals we use in our health and beauty routines with Ronnie Citron-Fink, editorial director of Moms Clean Air Force and author of True Roots: What Quitting Hair Dye Taught Me about Health […]

Memorial Day Special – Veterans’ Health Care

May 27, 2019 by A Public Affair

In observance of Memorial Day, today we focus on health care for veterans. Our guest is Suzanne Gordon, author of Wounds of War: How the VA Delivers Health, Healing, and Hope to the Nation’s Veterans. She highlights the wide-ranging health needs of veterans, including hearing loss, PTSD, exposure to toxins, and other injuries, and how […]

Maternal Health Care in Rural Wisconsin

May 20, 2019 by A Public Affair

According to national statistics, more than 54% of rural counties have no hospital-based obstetrics services, leaving 18 million reproductive-age rural women without access to care. Here in Wisconsin, there are twenty counties with no practicing OB-GYN. What are the consequences of these barriers to women’s health in rural areas? Today on the show, guest host […]

Black Women’s Health Equity in the State Budget

April 16, 2019 by A Public Affair

In his recent budget proposal, Governor Tony Evers proposes to expand Medicaid coverage and allot $28 million to women’s and infant health. Today on the show, we take a close look at women’s health in the state of Wisconsin. Our guests are Lisa Peyton-Caire, founder and president of the Foundation for Black Women’s Wellness, and […]

Dairyland Walkers’ Frank Lloyd Wright Walk

April 3, 2019 by WORT 89.9FM

The public is invited to participate in a 5K, 8K, or 12K Frank Lloyd Wright-themed walk on Saturday, April 13, starting from the shelter in Rennebohm Park, 115 N. Eau Claire Avenue. Walkers may register and start walking anytime between 8 am and noon; please finish the walk by 3 pm. Maps and directions will […]

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