WBCA Community Radio is accepting submissions from independent artists right now. It's an LPFM station in Boston, Massachusetts, and it plays freeform / all genres, jazz, folk, world, electronic, hip-hop. This page is what we've verified about how WBCA-LP takes music from independent artists; the actual submission contact is on your Rotation sheet.
StationWBCA Community Radio
Frequency102.9 FM
TypeLPFM
CityBoston, Massachusetts
PlaysFreeform / all genres, Jazz, Folk, World, Electronic, Hip-Hop
Status (September 2026)Accepting
How they take music★ Web form
Posted rules / notesDedicated music submission form. Asks that you are an artist from Massachusetts. Direct download links only such as Dropbox or Google Drive, no Spotify, SoundCloud or iTunes links. FCC clean only, no profanity, nothing explicitly sexual or violent, nothing condoning drug use, and they do not edit music. Email to [contact on your sheet] only after filling in the form.
What to send WBCA-LP
Use their form, not their inbox. WBCA-LP routes submissions through a submission form, and anything that arrives another way tends to sit unread. Fill in every field, including the ones that feel optional.
A clean edit is not optional here. WBCA-LP states it plainly, and without one your record can't air in daytime hours no matter how good it is.
WAV is safest, 320 kbps MP3 is the floor. Anything below that gets noticed quickly on a broadcast chain.
Say where you're from in the first line. WBCA-LP says it weighs artists from its own area more heavily, and being nearby is the single easiest advantage to claim if you have it.
WBCA-LP 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.
WBCA-LP submission questions
Does WBCA-LP accept music from independent artists?
Yes. WBCA-LP is currently accepting submissions from independent artists, verified against the station's own published information in September 2026.
How do you submit music to WBCA-LP?
Web form. The station's own posted guidance is: Dedicated music submission form. Asks that you are an artist from Massachusetts. Direct download links only such as Dropbox or Google Drive, no Spotify, SoundCloud or iTunes links. FCC clean only, no profanity, nothing explicitly sexual or violent, nothing condoning drug use, and they do not edit music. Email to [contact on your sheet] only after filling in the form.. 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 WBCA-LP play?
WBCA-LP is freeform, so it programmes across genres and routes music to individual shows rather than one central playlist.
Does WBCA-LP require a clean version?
Yes. WBCA-LP specifies clean or FCC-compliant audio, so an explicit-only record will not get daytime airplay here.
Does WBCA-LP favour local artists?
WBCA-LP says it weighs artists from its own area more heavily. Anyone may still submit, so lead with where you are from if you are nearby.
Where is WBCA-LP located?
WBCA-LP broadcasts on 102.9 FM from Boston, Massachusetts. It is a lpfm station.
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How they take music → Mail · Mail to WBRS 100.1 FM, [address on your sheet], Waltham, Brandeis University Shapiro Campus Center MS 203. Its own wording: when submitting material for airplay please include genre of music or specific DJ attention in the address, and only mailed vinyls are guaranteed airplay, though all submitted music is reviewed. No email route for music is published anywhere on the site