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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 […]

Madison Freewheel Bicycle Co Community Meeting

February 19, 2019 by WORT 89.9FM

MFBC has been a Park Street landmark nonprofit for years, and we’re expanding this summer to a second downtown location in the Judge Doyle Square center, and shaking things up in the Madison cycling landscape. Come to this community meeting to learn about the changes, the two new types of membership we’re offering, the new […]

Mentoring Entrepreneural Ideas — SCORE

February 25, 2019 by Access Hour

(This is also the first week of the winter-spring WORT on-air pledge drive.) Several members of SCORE Madison discuss business advice and mentoring for entrepreneurial ideas. Madison Score is a group of business people who help clients realize their business dreams. They offer free counseling and advice covering a complete spectrum of business topics as […]

Local Activist Raises Money to Help Black Women Avoid Eviction

September 10, 2018 by WORT News Department and Nina Kravinsky

Eviction and the fear of eviction affect thousands of Dane County residents every year. Certain populations, like black women with children, are especially vulnerable. One community activist is using a crowdfunding campaign to help Madisonians stay in their homes. Brandi Grayson has raised $15,000 over the past year to help black women avoid eviction or […]

Animal Rescue Annual Garage Sale

August 23, 2018 by WORT 89.9FM

Come out and support Shelter From The Storm Animal Rescue! We have lots of unique items! Furniture, small appliances, decor, bedding, and the list goes on and on! Purchase a bag and fill it up! Bring an item from our wishlist to donate for a chance to win prizes and more discounts! On Sunday – […]

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