Public Radio East News and Ideas 88.5 is still being verified; we haven't confirmed a working submission door yet. It's a community station in New Bern, North Carolina, and it plays freeform / all genres. This page is what we've verified about how WZNB takes music from independent artists; we have not found a submission route WZNB publishes, so there is no contact on your sheet for it yet.
StationPublic Radio East News and Ideas 88.5
Frequency88.5 FM
TypeCommunity
CityNew Bern, North Carolina
PlaysFreeform / all genres
Status (September 2026)Research
How they take musicSee sheet
Posted rules / notesNo music submission route is posted. This is one signal of the Public Radio East operation and it carries the News and Ideas stream, so it is a news service rather than a music door.
What to send WZNB
WZNB 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. WZNB 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.
WZNB 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.
WZNB submission questions
Does WZNB accept music from independent artists?
Not confirmed. We have verified the station but have not found a working submission route for WZNB yet.
How do you submit music to WZNB?
No route is posted. The station's own posted guidance is: No music submission route is posted. This is one signal of the Public Radio East operation and it carries the News and Ideas stream, so it is a news service rather than a music door.. We have not found a route WZNB 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 WZNB play?
WZNB is freeform, so it programmes across genres and routes music to individual shows rather than one central playlist.
Where is WZNB located?
WZNB broadcasts on 88.5 FM from New Bern, North Carolina. 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 → Web form · Submit Music page with an online form. You must name the show or host you are sending to, plus a downloadable audio link, artist name, release title and an optional EPK as a PDF. All volunteer station with no music director or librarian, so they cannot confirm your music was received or aired, and telephone calls are discouraged. Discs can go to Attn: [dj name], WCOM, [address on your sheet], Carrboro,, but the play boxes get only sporadic airplay.
Carrboro, NC
Indie, Folk, Country, Jazz, Blues, R&B, Gospel, Latin
WPVM 103.7 Radio Asheville · Asheville, NC · LPFM
How they take music → Web form · Dedicated music submission page: upload best quality MP3 files to the WPVM Music submission folder on Dropbox, with title, album and artist metadata, and include a vocal intro on 2 to 3 tracks. They say they review and broadcast submissions from local independent artists, though no eligibility limit is stated.