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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.

Age Brilliantly: Independence & Safety at Home

May 31, 2019 by WORT 89.9FM

You’re Invited What: Age Brilliantly: Independence & Safety at Home When: Wed., June 19, 2019 | 6:30p-8:00p Where: The Edgewater Hotel (1001 Wisconsin Ave., Madison) You will learn how your parents can age safely, from thought leaders in aging: – Dr. Kerry Burnight, Chief Gerontologist at GrandPad – Dr. Robb McCormick, Emergency Room Physician – […]

WORT Hires New Tech Director

March 3, 2019 by WORT News Department

WORT welcomes Thom Jones as our next Technology and Facilities Maintenance Director. Thom comes to WORT with a lifetime of experience wrangling technology. Or as Thom puts it, “Been working in IT since IT was just short for Italy.” He was the IT Manager at Isthmus Publishing for more than a decade, where he overhauled their […]

Artificial Intelligence for Dummies (it’s easier to understand t...

October 25, 2018 by Perpetual Notion Machine

To many a casual listener, the term “Artificial Intelligence” invokes science fiction and the future we were promised by visionaries writing decades ago. It may also bring to mind the technology that we call upon to assist us in our daily lives. It may even raise more questions than answers. The term “artificial intelligence”, or […]

Call-in Tech Show

December 26, 2017 by A Public Affair

A panel of hosts — David Devereaux-Weber, Laura Gutknecht, Adam Wiesenfarth, and Jon Miner — host a holiday electronics program, answering questions from the listening audience about their devices and best tech practices.

Wikipedia Edit-A-Thon: Women in Technology

November 8, 2017 by WORT 89.9FM

*We’ll be in Room 302 at the library* At this event, we’ll be tackling the lack of information on Wikipedia about women in technology. Attendees will view a tutorial on how to contribute to Wikipedia, and we’ll have several experienced editors on-hand to answer questions and help with trouble-shooting. No experience is required! There are […]

Circuits, Cards, and Code

November 2, 2017 by WORT 89.9FM

DESCRIPTION Circuits, Cards, and Code is an event for students in 1st-5th grade to build upon the tradition of winter card making through an engaging STEM activity. At this creative maker – tech event, students (1st-5th grade) will explore circuitry and STEM fundamentals by creating an LED light-up holiday card and a scratch adventure game […]

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