8 college, community, HBCU and independent radio stations in Washington, Washington, DC that take music from independent artists.
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Washington has 8 stations checked by hand. If you are based in Washington, 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 → Email · No submissions page is posted and no music submission route is published. The station's music page gives [contact on your sheet] for event and partnership enquiries rather than for music, so treat it as a general music-department contact and say plainly what you are sending. Checked 4 Sep 2026.
WGTB Georgetown Radio · Washington, DC · College
How they take music → Email · No submissions page posted. Station contact is [contact on your sheet]; address it to the Music Directors. Physical music to WGTB Georgetown Radio, [address on your sheet] NW, Washington, D.C. 20057.
How they take music → Email · No submissions page posted. The station's published inbox is [contact on your sheet]; address it to the Music Director. Broadcasts online 6am to 2am daily.
How they take music → Web page · NPR news and talk; the only music is Hot Jazz Saturday Night, vintage jazz and swing from the 1920s to 1940s, Saturdays 7 to 10pm, plus networked Jazz Night in America and Tiny Desk Radio; no submission page and no music address are posted, the Get In Touch page lists only membership, sponsorship and newsroom contacts
How they take music → Web page · Classical only with live hosts, plus the VivaLaVoce and Virtuoso streams; no submission page and no music address are posted, the only published route is the general contact form which offers a WETA Classical topic; local music means recorded concerts on Front Row Washington, not artist submissions
How they take music → See sheet · No submission route published on the station's site. Howard University student station, carried on WHUR's HD3 subchannel and streamed online.
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How Washington stations want it sent
Take music by email4 of 8
Submit through a form3 of 8
Freeform, no genre lock4 of 8
Have their shows mapped2 of 8
Counted from the 8 Washington 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, 13 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 →