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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.

6th Annual Mead & Metal Fest

November 20, 2018 by WORT 89.9FM

The lineup is solidified for this year’s Mead & Metal Fest, being held Saturday, January 5th, 2019 from 6-10p at our Mead Hall in downtown Madison! Bos Meadery is once again proud to present a berserk array of local hard rock and metal at our annual Viking-themed winter festival: Preomnor, The Gran Fury, subatomic, Bon […]

New Music That Grows On You!

November 29, 2018 by Sybil Augustine

New releases are going to start slowing down in December, so here’s your chance to review what you want to put on your holiday wish and gift lists. Count on WORT to always bring you the best new rock, blues, jazz, world, electronic, heavy music and much, much more to help you make your decisions! […]

Voted Top of the Charts Oct. 23-30

November 6, 2018 by Sybil Augustine

Here’s what got the most “votes” or spins on WORT in the last week of Rocktober. New this week: a top 10 Blues chart! Browse our playlists and listen to archives of all shows on-demand right here on the WORT website. WORT Charts for October 30, 2018 top 30 Artist Record Label 1 ELVIS COSTELLO […]

Clean Room

July 31, 2018 by WORT 89.9FM

w/ Gully Boys + According to What + Seaberg 21+ Minneapolis-based Gully Boys play neo-emo with grungy beach vibes. Touring behind a new release, the three-piece indie rock group showcases powerful vocals, tight songwriting, and sharp lyricism. Fresh off their latest release (this year’s ‘Down to the Axle’ EP), Madison-based Clean Room offer a fresh […]

Latest Charts for Rock, World, Jazz & more!

July 5, 2018 by Sybil Augustine

Neko Case (pictured) is riding high on charts across the country & straight into Madison Fri July 6 at Breese Stevens Field with Ray LaMontagne. Other chart debuts this include locals Proud Parents on the recently-relocated to Madison Dirtnap Records label, Angelique Kidjo‘s Benin-flavored tribute to the Talking Heads album Remain in Light, and if you haven’t […]

Rock, World, Jazz & Heavy Music Charts for Jan. 16

January 26, 2018 by WORT Music Department

Hey music fans, here’s what’s been in our players during mid-January. The latest from Charlotte Gainsbourg (pictured) tops our overall chart for the week. If you’re not familiar with her, Charlotte Lucy Gainsbourg is a British-French actress and singer, born in 1971 to English actress Jane Birkin and French singer, songwriter, pianist, film composer, poet, […]

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