We Heard You Loud and Clear!

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.

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, )

Digital Production Director: Aaron Scholz – aaron@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!

The Good News: A big THANK YOU to all who pledged in our Fall Pledge drive that ended this past Sunday. We raised a little over $77,000 and we are grateful to every one of you who called the station or pledged online to support the amazing music and news programming that WORT brings you.

The Bad News: Our goal was $94,990. That means we missed our goal by $18,000, or 19%. While we have made adjustments when we’ve missed our goal by 5-8%, we’ve never had to adjust to a 19% deficit.

Here’s what we would like you to know:

We are continuing to take pledges. If you missed the chance to pledge or you would like to donate more money, you can call us at 608-256-2001 between 8 am and 6 pm, this Wednesday through Thursday, October 20th (weekdays only), or you can pledge online at wortfm.org anytime. We will continue to offer the online gifts that we offered during the pledge drive and we will have books, gift certificates, tickets for shows and other merchandise available for those who call in.

You can still get a shirt in whatever size you need!

We know many folks missed the chance get the new shirt, so we are EXTENDING the time for you to order the size you would like. Yes, all sizes, from small to 3XL, are available to be ordered either online or by phone. The premium level is $100. We are taking pledges for the new t-shirts starting Wednesday, October 5th through Thursday, October 20th. All payments for the shirts must be received by October 21st, at which time we will place the order. We will have them in stock no later than mid-November. Even if you got one for yourself, you might know someone who would appreciate one as a holiday gift.

We are hoping that these measures will bring us much closer to our goal, as well as gratifying those who wanted the new shirts but were unable to get them.

We have a lot of theories about why this pledge drive wasn’t as successful as past fall pledge drives, but if you didn’t pledge during the drive and are willing to take a few seconds and respond to this email with the reason that you didn’t pledge, we would be very grateful. Your friends congratulate you when you do something well, but your good friends tell you what you could have done better.

We’re relying on you, our good friend, to tell us what we could do better when it comes to our Fall Pledge Drive.

If you have any questions about any of the above, please contact me. We look forward to hearing from you!