WBAI is still being verified; we haven't confirmed a working submission door yet. It's a community station in New York, New York, and it plays freeform / all genres. This page is what we've verified about how WBAI takes music from independent artists; the actual submission contact is on your Rotation sheet.
StationWBAI
Frequency99.5 FM
TypeCommunity
CityNew York, New York
PlaysFreeform / all genres
Status (September 2026)Research
How they take musicWeb page
Posted rules / notesTalk-first; reach a music show host directly
What to send WBAI
WBAI 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. WBAI 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.
Name the show, not the station. WBAI routes music to specific programmes, so say which programme your record is for in the subject line and send it to the address the station publishes. A general submission goes nowhere here.
WBAI is volunteer-run. The person reading your email is doing it for love of the music, so be brief, be human, and follow up once at most.
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.
WBAI submission questions
Does WBAI accept music from independent artists?
Not confirmed. We have verified the station but have not found a working submission route for WBAI yet.
How do you submit music to WBAI?
Web page. The station's own posted guidance is: Talk-first; reach a music show host directly. The exact contact or form address is on your Rotation sheet, and you should confirm it on the station's page before sending.
What kind of music does WBAI play?
WBAI is freeform, so it programmes across genres and routes music to individual shows rather than one central playlist.
Where is WBAI located?
WBAI broadcasts on 99.5 FM from New York, New York. It is a community 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 → Mail · Email MP3 to a specific show + [contact on your sheet]; or mail a CD to WHCR 90.3FM Radio, [address on your sheet], NAC 1/513, New York,, addressed to the show you want. The station states it does not accept walk in submissions and that music must be sent by email or mail only. Follow up with the show host, not the station
How they take music → Mail · Send Music: snail mail to the Music Department, follow-up calls Wednesdays 4 to 6pm. The music address they publish is for general questions, not submissions. NY Slice takes local artists direct.