The Dial · September 2026
College, community, HBCU and independent stations checked by hand across the U.S. that accept submissions from independent artists: what each one plays, whether it's accepting right now, and how it takes music.
A station is a building and a show is a person with a slot and a taste. 3929 shows are mapped here from the stations' own published schedules, with the night and hour each airs.
All 3929 shows by genre → · The 60 that take music directly → · 653 freeform stations that lock no genre → · 3 national programs that take music from anywhere →
Pick your sound and region on Rotation and each of these stations shows its real submission contact and the exact rules it posts: clean edit, WAV, form or mail. Checked by hand and kept current. No station here paid to be listed.
Open my sheet →Radio is the free half, and it stays that way. Every station here is free to reach and no station ever pays to be listed. The Doors is the other half: 100 verified places that are not radio, sync libraries, music supervisors, festivals, contests, live sessions and the music press, 43 of which can actually pay an artist. It also lists the 162 we opened and refused, with the reason each one failed, because most lists of this kind are stale and the rejections are the part nobody else will show you. $9.99, the 2026 Q3 edition →
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The State of Independent Radio Submissions: what the numbers say → · The Playbook: how you actually get played → · Is Rotation legit? → · Guides → · Glossary → · Compare → · Submission email builder → · Put the checker on your site → · Is your song radio ready? →