4 college, community and independent radio stations in Santa Cruz, California that take music from independent artists. 1 accepting right now.
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1Accepting now
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Santa Cruz has 4 stations checked by hand, and 1 of them are accepting independent submissions right now. That includes KMRT-LP on 101.9 FM. If you are based in Santa Cruz, 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 · Send us your music. The form asks for artist or band name, contact email, track, EP or album title, and a link to your music. The Music Department reviews submissions every week and questions go to [contact on your sheet].
Santa Cruz, CA
Freeform / all genres, Punk, R&B, Indie, Blues, Electronic, Metal
How they take music → Web page · No music submission page is posted. The station's own contact page carries a Programming Inquiries form and a mailing address, KSQD Radio, [address on your sheet], Santa Cruz,.
How they take music → See sheet · No station site loads and no music route is posted. The only contact in its FCC file is a personal webmail belonging to a named individual, which is not a door.
Santa Cruz, CA
Freeform / all genres
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How Santa Cruz stations want it sent
Take music by email1 of 4
Submit through a form2 of 4
Freeform, no genre lock3 of 4
State a clean-edit rule1 of 4
Have their shows mapped2 of 4
Counted from the 4 Santa Cruz 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, 41 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.
A thin market is not a dead end. Radio is national and nothing about your sheet is limited to one state: 273 stations across the country have a door confirmed open right now, and a programmer two states away can play you exactly as easily as a local one. Radio is also not the only wall. The Doors is 100 verified places that are not radio, 43 of which can actually pay an artist. $9.99, and the radio side stays free either way. See what is in it →