10 verified college, community and independent radio stations in Maryland: 4 accepting submissions right now, 4 more that take music by every sign we can...
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1HBCU
Maryland has 10 college, community, HBCU and independent radio stations checked by hand. 4 publish a submission door you can use today, including WGTS in Takoma Park, WOWD in Takoma Park, WLOY in Baltimore, and 4 more take music by every sign we can check without posting a formal route. Each row shows what the station plays, its current status, and how it takes music; the exact submission contact and posted rules are on your Rotation sheet.
How they take music → Email · Email the music team direct. Physical welcome, especially vinyl, or a download link. Flag any FCC language issues. They also do interviews and a guest DJ slot.
How they take music → Email · No submission route is posted. Their own site has no contact page at all; this is the station address on Johns Hopkins' student organisation directory.
How they take music → See sheet · No submission route published. The college's department page lists a faculty contact only, which is a staff directory entry and not a music route.
WQER 96.7 FM (Chinese Radio) · Rockville, MD · LPFM
How they take music → See sheet · No submission route is posted anywhere I could open. The licensee-affiliate page publishes a general station inbox ([contact on your sheet], [phone on your sheet]) and a named individual (Sean Lin, [contact on your sheet]) in what reads as a contact/staff listing, not as a music route. Under this project's own WTIP rule a staff or contact directory is not a submission route, so no door is claimed here.
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How Maryland stations want it sent
Take music by email5 of 10
Submit through a form2 of 10
Want physical media1 of 10
Freeform, no genre lock4 of 10
State a clean-edit rule1 of 10
Route music to a show1 of 10
Weigh local artists2 of 10
Ask for lossless audio1 of 10
Have their shows mapped3 of 10
Counted from the 10 Maryland 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, 23 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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