KUOW-FM 94.9 (Seattle's NPR news station) is still being verified; we haven't confirmed a working submission door yet. It's a college station in Seattle, Washington, and it plays freeform / all genres. This page is what we've verified about how KUOW takes music from independent artists; we have not found a submission route KUOW publishes, so there is no contact on your sheet for it yet.
StationKUOW-FM 94.9 (Seattle's NPR news station)
Frequency94.9 FM
TypeCollege
CitySeattle, Washington
PlaysFreeform / all genres
Status (September 2026)Research
How they take musicSee sheet
Posted rules / notesNews and talk only, no music programming found and no music route published. The contact page lists [contact on your sheet] for listener letters and [contact on your sheet] for press, neither presented as a way to send music, plus a phone number and the office address.
What to send KUOW
KUOW publishes a submission route rather than a general inbox. Follow it exactly; the route is the first thing they check.
Send the clean edit if you have one. KUOW is FCC-bound during the day like nearly every station on this list, and a clean version simply gets played more often.
WAV is safest, 320 kbps MP3 is the floor. Anything below that gets noticed quickly on a broadcast chain.
Then wait. Give it about two weeks, send one polite follow-up, and let it go after that. Music directors remember the artists who were easy to deal with.
KUOW submission questions
Does KUOW accept music from independent artists?
Not confirmed. We have verified the station but have not found a working submission route for KUOW yet.
How do you submit music to KUOW?
No route is posted. The station's own posted guidance is: News and talk only, no music programming found and no music route published. The contact page lists [contact on your sheet] for listener letters and [contact on your sheet] for press, neither presented as a way to send music, plus a phone number and the office address.. We have not found a route KUOW publishes for music, so there is no address on your sheet for it either. It is listed so you know the station is real and do not spend a send hunting for a door that is not posted.
What kind of music does KUOW play?
KUOW is freeform, so it programmes across genres and routes music to individual shows rather than one central playlist.
Where is KUOW located?
KUOW broadcasts on 94.9 FM from Seattle, Washington. It is a college station.
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.
Radio is the free half, and it stays that way. Every station here is free to reach and no station ever pays to be listed. The Doors is the other half: 100 verified places that are not radio, sync libraries, music supervisors, festivals, contests, live sessions and the music press, 43 of which can actually pay an artist. It also lists the 162 we opened and refused, with the reason each one failed, because most lists of this kind are stale and the rejections are the part nobody else will show you. $9.99, the 2026 Q3 edition →
How they take music → Web form · Use the music submission form on the contact page. Freeform student station, DJs get no creative limits. Packages to KUPS The Sound, [address on your sheet] #1049, Tacoma.
Tacoma, WA
Freeform / all genres, Indie, Hip-Hop, Electronic, Jazz, Metal
KZAX 94.9 Make.Shift Community Radio · Bellingham, WA · LPFM
How they take music → Web form · Dedicated Music Submissions page. Digital: Google form, WAV files, filename "Artist/Band Name - Album/Release Name - Track Title.wav". Music must be FCC compliant to broadcast on air (clean edit); the station links an FCC explicit-words reference. Submissions with a press release are admitted to playlists more quickly. Physical alternative: mail CDs, vinyl or cassettes to KZAX Music Director, [address on your sheet], Bellingham,. Music Director email on the contact page: [contact on your sheet]
How they take music → Email · Physical is preferred: send CDs, vinyl or cassettes with a one page one sheet to ATTN Music Dept, KAOS-FM, CAB 101, 2700 Evergreen Parkway NW, Olympia,. Digital goes to [contact on your sheet] with the headline Music Submission and streaming or download links only, no attachments or files sent directly. Full releases only, no singles. The station has no safe harbor so it never airs profane or indecent material at any hour. Freeform with an independent music policy that keeps 80 percent of what airs off major labels, so say if you are local since the DJs favour Pacific Northwest artists, and mention any upcoming show in the area. Albums that get enough plays in a three month trial period go into the permanent library.
How they take music → Email · Send MP3 or WAV to the music department, or mail CDs and vinyl to KBCS Music Department, 3000 Landerholm Circle SE, Bellevue. You must send a physical album or downloadable digital file, they will not play your music on the air from a streaming platform. Include a brief press kit and properly labeled metadata, flag explicit lyrics, no AI generated music, and Pacific Northwest artists get priority. They cannot reply to most submissions.
Bellevue, WA
Freeform / all genres, World, Jazz, Folk, Hip-Hop, R&B, Indie
How they take music → Email · Station's own directory listing says please send music related emails to [contact on your sheet]; 24-hour jazz service owned by Washington State University and run primarily by students under Northwest Public Broadcasting; no dedicated submission page is posted.