WiSciFest and Science in Movies

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.

Tonight, the Perpetual Notion Machine has another group discussion with a few of the PNM nerds. In attendance are Kelly Schwartz, Aryel Clarke, Matt Blackburn, and Dennis Shaffer. First, Kelly gives us a preview of the Wisconsin Science Festival, running today, October 17, through Sunday, October 20. This is not just in Madison, but all across the state of Wisconsin. But, here in Madison on Friday night, Science on the Square occurs at various venues. For instance, Genna’s Cocktail Lounge will celebrate women in science. Also Friday night is the science trivia trolley ride. On Saturday, Kids in the Rotunda has dozens of presentations and demonstrations for the kids. One of the highlights of several main events during the festival is a presentation Saturday night by Kyle Hill on the Science of Star Wars. Kyle is a science communicator who likes to bust myths related to science. And he is the creator and host of the YouTube science show Because Science. So, Star Wars got us thinking about some science-related circumstances. Like, what is the Force and the Dark Side all about? Something mystical or genetic? What do you think?

Below is the audio clip from a PNM show which originally aired May 1, 2008. It’s part of an interview with Sidney Perkowitz, the author of the book Hollywood Science, and his take on science in movies. We hope you enjoy it!