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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.

Jimmy Buffett Tribute Heated Up the Harmony

February 24, 2019 by WORT 89.9FM

Chuck Bayuk and the Drunken Sailors played a great afternoon of music by Jimmy Buffett on Sunday, February 24th to benefit WORT Community Radio. WORT would like to thank Chuck and the boys, as well as Harmony Bar and Grill on Atwood Ave. for hosting the event. It was a cold, blustery day, but it […]

World Radio Day Gathering at Parched Eagle Taproom

February 13, 2019 by Sybil Augustine

WORT celebrated World Radio Day 2019 at the Parched Eagle Taproom, 1444 East Washington Ave. This world-wide event brings volunteers and listeners together to appreciate independent, noncommercial, community radio. We enjoyed live performance from the Handphibians and spoken word from Flowpoetry, as well as WORT DJs Helena White (On the Horizon) and Kayla Kush (Kayla’s […]

WORT welcomes Ali Muldrow as new host

November 28, 2018 by WORT News Department

Ali Muldrow is the new Wednesday host of A Public Affair, WORT’s weekday lunchtime call-in talk show. Ali is Co-Director of GSAFE, a Madison non-profit that promotes safe and inclusive schools for LGBT students. She’s an outspoken advocate, community leader, and teacher. She previously ran for Madison School Board and is deeply engaged in the Madison […]

A Great Time at WORT Bowling Tourney…

October 31, 2018 by WORT 89.9FM

Many thanks to everyone who came out to Dream Lanes to bowl for WORT on November 4th. We had more than 50 bowlers and ran out of towels! WORT DJs Bad Sister Heidi (Psychoacoustics) and The Beast of Yeast Paul Novak (On the Horizon) rocked the lanes as bowlers competed for fantastic prizes. Thanks to […]

Want to Host a Talk Show?

August 31, 2018 by WORT News Department

Do you have an insatiable curiosity about the world? Do you like to share what you learn with others? Do you love to talk to people — and find out what moves them? Do you find yourself provoking conversations with your friends and coworkers about the news and social issues? WORT has an opening for a […]

Announcement Regarding 8/5/18 Shooting

August 5, 2018 by WORT News Department

At approximately 3 AM Sunday morning, a man wearing a mask and hood entered the WORT station and opened fire on three DJs in the broadcast studio. Witnesses say five shots were fired, injuring one DJ in the buttocks and shattering the glass between studios. The injured DJ was sent to the hospital and quickly […]

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