9 college, community and independent radio stations in Boston, Massachusetts and nearby Cambridge, Medford and Waltham that take music from independent...
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Boston has 9 stations checked by hand, counting Cambridge, Medford and Waltham, and 6 of them are accepting independent submissions right now. That includes WERS on 88.9 FM, WBCA-LP on 102.9 FM, WMBR on 88.1 FM. If you are based in Boston, say so in the first line of your email: several stations here give weight to local artists, and it is the easiest advantage to claim. Each row shows what the station plays, whether it is accepting, and how it takes music. The exact submission contact and the rules it posts are on your Rotation sheet.
How they take music → Web form · Dedicated music submission form. Asks that you are an artist from Massachusetts. Direct download links only such as Dropbox or Google Drive, no Spotify, SoundCloud or iTunes links. FCC clean only, no profanity, nothing explicitly sexual or violent, nothing condoning drug use, and they do not edit music. Email to [contact on your sheet] only after filling in the form.
Boston, MA
Freeform / all genres, Jazz, Folk, World, Electronic, Hip-Hop
How they take music → Mail · Mail to WBRS 100.1 FM, [address on your sheet], Waltham, Brandeis University Shapiro Campus Center MS 203. Its own wording: when submitting material for airplay please include genre of music or specific DJ attention in the address, and only mailed vinyls are guaranteed airplay, though all submitted music is reviewed. No email route for music is published anywhere on the site
How they take music → Email · Music+Programming Director. NOTE their music-calendar page is EVENTS not airplay; Address it to the Music Director. No music submission route is published.
How they take music → Web page · No submission route published; PD [contact on your sheet]
Boston, MA
Freeform / all genres
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How Boston stations want it sent
Take music by email4 of 9
Submit through a form3 of 9
Want physical media2 of 9
Freeform, no genre lock5 of 9
State a clean-edit rule2 of 9
Route music to a show1 of 9
Weigh local artists1 of 9
Only take local artists1 of 9
Have their shows mapped3 of 9
Counted from the 9 Boston stations on this page, from what each one publishes itself. It is the fastest way to read a market before you build anything for it: an envelope market and an inbox market ask different work of you. Across them, 22 individual shows are mapped from the stations' own published schedules, with the night and hour each one airs.
Every door is on your sheet.
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.
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