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Contact Information

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.

Valentine’s Day Special with Modern Love Editor Daniel Jones

February 12, 2020 by A Public Affair

Love is in the air! With Valentine’s Day on the horizon, Ali Muldrow spends the hour with Daniel Jones, editor of the New York Times‘ Modern Love column, who shares insights from his years of working with love stories of all kinds. Mentioned stories: “To Fall in Love With Anyone, Do This” by Mandy Len […]

Shakespeare (and Marlowe and Middleton) in Love

February 10, 2020 by 8 O'Clock Buzz

In what has become a Valentine’s Day tradition, Madison Shakespeare Company, busts out love .. and hate.. scenes from Shakespeare for A Valentine’s Affair 2020. The cabaret-style show will hit the stage at the Brink Lounge Thursday, February 13 and the Crucible on Friday, February 14 and Saturday, February 15th. Joining us in the studio […]

Love on Atwood: Songs of Love and Love Gone Wrong

January 28, 2020 by WORT 89.9FM

A warm welcome back to the Love on Atwood event in Threshold’s February WINTER SESSIONS. Threshold and The Wisconsin Room present “Love on Atwood”: Join Josh Harty, Barret Tasky, Leilani Díaz, and Feathered Mason for an evening of newly crafted and beautifully aged songs about love gone good and love done gone. Hear fables, tales, […]

Black Women On Black Love

February 14, 2018 by A Public Affair

To celebrate the intricacies of love and relationships on Valentine’s Day, host Lilada Gee talks about Black love, with musical interludes. Watch the video below:

Valentine’s Day Blues

February 13, 2018 by WORT News Department

With just a few hours left until Valentine’s Day, tensions are running high and reservations are running out. Tonight, Sarah Hopefl and Eli Radtke look at some less-successful stories from the big, romantic day and share their thoughts on the holiday.

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