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Music Submission

ABOUT SUBMITTING MUSIC FOR AIRPLAY ON BLACK GOSPEL RADIO

We are always looking for GREAT GOSPEL MUSIC for airplay on our station as we like to keep our vast gospel library fresh. A majority of the music we receive each day comes to us from various national radio promoters that deal with sending out music to radio stations.  We do also receive dozens of emails weekly from independent artists and here are a few tips we’ve accumulated for submission.

At Black Gospel Radio, our programming is curated to serve our listeners with music that is both impactful and widely embraced. We feature a blend of charting gospel music (including titles reflected on Mediabase and Billboard Gospel charts) along with select independent artists who demonstrate strong audience engagement and momentum.

When evaluating independent music for airplay, we consider several factors including listener appeal, social engagement, streaming performance, YouTube presence, and the overall quality and professionalism of the music’s presentation and servicing.

LISTEN
We do play only gospel music but specialize only in a few sub-genres — traditional, contemporary and quartet. We do not have holy hip-hop, gospel jazz, instrumental gospel or rap gospel in our regular rotation. Please do not take this personally, but your music may not fit our format.

QUALITY +
Music submitted must be well produced with the highest caliber broadcast quality, fully mixed and mastered. We do not accept demos. We also ask that your radio edit be less than four (4) minutes, thirty (30) seconds in length.

HOW TO SUBMIT
We only we receive independent music submissions through the form below. Most email submissions are ignored and deleted. We do have strict submission guidelines and because of the sheer volume of submissions, we must insure that all of the information we need is gathered. Your single music be registered with Mediabase and must be available on the major digital platforms in order for us to consider your submission. If your song is already in the Billboard/Mediabase Gospel TOP 100 we’ve probably already received it from a radio promoter. If your song is Top 100, but not in the Billboard /Mediabase Gospel TOP 30 yet and you’d like to increase your chance of airplay, you may submit your song below.

AFTER SUBMISSION
We listen to as much of the music we get in as possible, however, because of the large influx of music we receive it takes us a while to get through our queue.

We do not do verbal or email tracking of music (that’s not Top 100) because we are monitored by Mediabase,  Digital Radio Tracker , World Airplay Radio Monitor,  Gospel Station Charts , and  PlayMPE MTR. Please receive your your tracking information from those sources.

Please understand that due to the volume of submissions you will only get a response from Black Gospel Radio if there is interest in or questions regarding your song submission or you request a promotion.

Please submit the information below. Leaving any part this information incomplete will eliminate the possibility of review. Song submission does not guarantee airplay.

SUBMITTER INFO

This will only be used to update you on your song submission. Please subscribe to our newsletter where your song may be featured.
Current city/state of residence. Please provide country if outside of US.

SONG INFORMATION

Please provide all song information for submission to be considered for airplay.
ARTIST NAME music be identical to that registered with Neilson/BDS and Medibase.
SONG TITLE music be identical to that as registered with Neilson/BDS / Mediabase.
We do not accept independent submissions for airplay that are longer than 4 minutes.
Drag & Drop Files, Choose Files to Upload
JPG or PNG; Perfect square; Aspect ratio at least 1000 x 1000 pixels in size;
COVER SHOULD NOT INCLUDE: Email addresses. URLS/websites , contact info (this includes social handles), pricing, animations, something that suggests format of the release (CD, DVD), names of digital stores or their logos, words that express temporality, like “new”, “latest single”, “limited edition” or “exclusive”

ONLINE SONG AVAILABILITY

This is important for us to insure that our listeners have access to your music to download/stream. Songs from unsigned artists unavailable online will not be considered.
Drag & Drop Files, Choose Files to Upload
Song should be a minimum of 128kbps. Music submitted must be of broadcast quality and fully mixed and mastered.
NO DEMOS. *For Mediabase airplay detection, your music must be registered with this agency.

SOCIAL MEDIA

We do check artists social media accounts as part of our review process. Please provide links to all that apply.
This must be a FACEBOOK ARTIST PAGE (no individual pages)

MORE ARTIST/SONG INFO

Just a sentence or 2 about the artist and/or song.
Our station is monitored by Mediabase, Digital Radio Tracker, Gospel Station Charts, Gospel Top 40 and World Airplay Monitor. We typically play those songs already getting traction at radio according to these monitoring platform. If it is not being played elsewhere, please write none.

PROMOTION INFO:

Black Gospel Radio does have promotional opportunities for artists, music and businesses.
Check all that apply.
Checking the box above authorizes Black Gospel Radio to edit the song for airplay for excessive length, excessive intro/outro (talking, ect.), excessive name tags, etc. to air on our station. If you are not in agreement, then we may choose not provide airplay of your song on our station.

 

IMPORTANT: Song submission does not guarantee airplay.  

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