12 college, community and independent radio stations in San Francisco, California and nearby Berkeley and Oakland that take music from independent artists.
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7Accepting now
2★ Dedicated forms
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San Francisco has 12 stations checked by hand, counting Berkeley and Oakland, and 7 of them are accepting independent submissions right now. That includes BFF on Online, KGPC-LP on 96.9 FM, KALX on 90.7 FM. If you are based in San Francisco, 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.
KGPC 96.9 Peralta Community Radio · Oakland, CA · Community
How they take music → Web form · A Music Submission page in the station's own top level navigation, alongside About, Programming, Get Involved and Contact. It says "Please complete the form below" and the form asks for Name, Email, Song Title, Message and Music Link. Note it takes a LINK rather than a file, so have a streaming or download url ready. No format, clean edit or geographic requirement is posted.
How they take music → Email · No music submission page is posted; [contact on your sheet] is the station's general address. Volunteer and DJ enquiries go to [contact on your sheet].
San Francisco, CA
Freeform / all genres, Rock, Folk, Country, Jazz, R&B, Reggae, Blues, Punk
Classical California KDFC · San Francisco, CA · College
How they take music → Web page · No submission page is posted. The station's own contact form routes by category and lists Music Inquiries as one of them, and that form serves both KDFC and KUSC.
Poor Peoples Revolutionary Radio · Oakland, CA · LPFM
How they take music → See sheet · No submission route posted. The station's own page lists only a general organisation address at a webmail domain and publishes no music route.
How they take music → Web page · States it does NOT accept unsolicited music
San Francisco, CA
Folk, Jazz, World
Closed
How San Francisco stations want it sent
Take music by email6 of 12
Submit through a form4 of 12
Want physical media1 of 12
Freeform, no genre lock8 of 12
State a clean-edit rule1 of 12
Route music to a show1 of 12
Weigh local artists1 of 12
Only take local artists1 of 12
Have their shows mapped6 of 12
Counted from the 12 San Francisco 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, 99 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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