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How to submit music to WHBC.

WHBC 96.3 HD3 is still being verified; we haven't confirmed a working submission door yet. It's an HBCU station in Washington, Washington, DC, and it plays freeform / all genres. This page is what we've verified about how WHBC takes music from independent artists; we have not found a submission route WHBC publishes, so there is no contact on your sheet for it yet.

StationWHBC 96.3 HD3
Frequency96.3 HD3
TypeHBCU
CityWashington, Washington, DC
PlaysFreeform / all genres
Status (September 2026)Research
How they take musicSee sheet
Posted rules / notesNo submission route published on the station's site. Howard University student station, carried on WHUR's HD3 subchannel and streamed online.

What to send WHBC

  1. WHBC publishes a submission route rather than a general inbox. Follow it exactly; the route is the first thing they check.
  2. Send the clean edit if you have one. WHBC is FCC-bound during the day like nearly every station on this list, and a clean version simply gets played more often.
  3. WAV is safest, 320 kbps MP3 is the floor. Anything below that gets noticed quickly on a broadcast chain.
  4. As an HBCU station, WHBC carries programming and an audience that most submission lists never mention. Treat the relationship as long-term rather than one send.
  5. 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.

WHBC submission questions

Does WHBC accept music from independent artists?

Not confirmed. We have verified the station but have not found a working submission route for WHBC yet.

How do you submit music to WHBC?

No route is posted. The station's own posted guidance is: No submission route published on the station's site. Howard University student station, carried on WHUR's HD3 subchannel and streamed online.. We have not found a route WHBC 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 WHBC play?

WHBC is freeform, so it programmes across genres and routes music to individual shows rather than one central playlist.

Where is WHBC located?

WHBC broadcasts on 96.3 HD3 from Washington, Washington, DC. It is a hbcu 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.

Open my sheet →

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 →

Write it

Build the submission message for WHBC from the rules above →

How to submit music to HBCU and college radio →

Terms on this page

Safe harbor · Freeform radio · HBCU radio station · Music director · One-sheet

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