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Genres & sub genres we distribute:

Alternative
  -ALt. General
  -Brit Pop
  -Goth
  -Grunge
  -Indie
  -New Wave
  -Power Pop
  -Punk
  -Ska
  -Expirmental/Post Rock
Metal
Pop & Rock
  -Classics
  -Oldies
  -Pop
  -Rock
World/Folk
  -Folk
  -Regge
  -African
  -Asian
  -Celtic
  -German
  -Polka
  -Scandinavian
  -Russian
Jazz
  -Acid
  -Bebop
  -Bossa Nova
  -General
  -Fusion
  -Vocals
  -Latin
  -Smooth
  -Standards
  -Swing/BigBand
  -Traditional
Blues
Latin
Classical
Country
Gospel
BlueGrass
HipHop
  -Alternative
  -Dirty South
  -East Coast
  -Hardcore Rap
  -Hip Hop
  -New School
  -Old School
  -Rap
  -West Coast
Urban/R&B
Electronic
  -Ambient
  -Dance
  -Experimental
  -House
  -Techno
  -Trance
Easy Listening
  -Lounge
  -Love Songs
  -Mood Music
  -Broadway
  -New Age
  -Spiritual
  -Soft Rock
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This page last Updated: Monday, March  29, 2004
Non-commercial radio stations (more than 2300 of them) CAN be reached by independent artists.
We have the KNOW-HOW to make it happen.

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40-50 compact discs, every week reach many of these stations, joining their music libraries for airplay. We make sure that YOUR music, according to its style and genre (and sub-genre) reaches the right station, and the right individual at that station—through the use of our database, which contains each of these stations’ ‘verified’ programming schedules and point-of-contact personnel (i.e., their program- and music-directors).

With our distribution network, format, and manner in which our center sends out every compact disc, we are confident that what we send out receives serious consideration for FM radio airplay.


Want to know how it works? Yes, you do.

It’s like this…

1. We determine which genre (or genre-package) will be sent out (on any particular compact disc, professionally packaged, and containing a “one sheet”), then we determine the number of stations COUNTRY WIDE that plays that genre, or genre-bundle (thereby cutting off useless mailings, wasted time, and lost money)—coming up with a total number of CD’s that need to be produced.

2. Then, we sell the TIME on each CD at a rate of 16-cents-per-minute.

3. Your three-minute song on say … 1,000 CD’s (again—shipping TO 1,000 Radio Stations!), would run at 3 X .16 X 1000 = $480! OR—you could choose to have your song put on a smaller run (say for a more region-specific area—i.e., western states, Eastern Seaboard, Tornado Alley, Chicago Prime, or Atlanta Prime); the option existing because we can just sell the space on the remaining CD’s to other bands.
 

Only 16 Cents a CD Minute


You could buy space on only 500 of the 1,000 CD run, at a cost of 3 X .16 X 500 = $240!

THIS WORKS!

Because…

You’re presenting the best one or two songs from your band, and placing them with like music (like genre- and sub-genre), and getting it into the hands of the people who make the decisions. This is highly preferable to radio stations because it eliminates them having to sift through a band’s entire CD to find the music they want, when THEY ONLY WANT TO PLAY the top one or two songs from any given group, anyway.

Artists are under no obligation to buy space on every CD, and retain the option of buying MORE space on certain CD groups than others—with each group receiving up to complete BORDER-TO-BORDER U.S. DISTRIBUTION.

Check out the map and the list of station call signs, and think of the numbers of people out there waiting to hear YOUR SOUND!

 
 West Coast   Midwest   East Coast
  Target     Target     Target
State Audience   State Audience   State Audience
AK         218,038   AR      1,048,126   AL      2,380,171
AZ      3,750,768   IA      1,335,949   CT      2,475,722
CA    28,626,470   IL      8,498,618   WaDC      3,944,309
CO      2,678,925   IN      2,596,062   DE         553,587
HI         749,470   KS         764,891   FL    13,253,690
ID         380,347   KY      1,465,074   GA      4,933,290
MT         172,557   MI      6,429,595   LA      2,709,669
NM         730,926   MN         554,270   MA      5,118,827
NV      1,651,294   MO      4,161,957   MD      2,865,048
OK      1,709,074   ND         306,757   ME         575,157
OR      2,300,334   NE         791,048   MS      1,174,909
UT      1,432,573   OH      7,516,664   NC      4,883,318
WA      3,862,130   PA      9,976,672   NH         579,061
WY         124,538   SD           94,282   NJ      3,439,619
 Total     48,387,445   TX    15,136,979   NY    22,655,107
    WI      2,767,155   RI      1,350,101
     Total     63,444,099   SC      2,095,667
          TN      3,800,056
          VA      3,287,168
          VT         301,389
          WV      1,057,594
           Total     83,433,458

See a sales rep for more detail...

2300 plus Non - Commercial Radio Stations

DEMOGRAPHIC SAMPLE MAPS With our Distribution overlayed.

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Genre and Genre Crossovers Cities Pop.Density Age 20-49 Black White Hispanic
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For overseas inquiries contact our European Marketing Director.

  Chris Morales

For North American inquiries contact.

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Current Disks awaiting Distribution

The following disks are awaiting distribution because they are not fully booked or all the bands have not payed their fees.
(Click Disk # for more info)
PRSDistro # 0520
      (Metal)
PRSDistro # 0221
      (Brit/Ireland Alternative)
PRSDistro # 0222
      (Alternative/Rock)
PRSDistro # 0223
      (SKA)
Want AIRTIME on radio stations across America?
Read the articles below.

What type of radio stations can independant artists get airplay with?

College Radio Part 1
College Radio Part 2
 
 

Why independant artists almost never get played on commercial radio.

Payola
Pay for Play
Payola, only different
ABC NEWS
The Evolution of Payola
An end to Payola?
Payola shakedown by the Mafia
Payola Shakedown
Article by Christopher Knab

 

FM Radio Song Play Tracking and Submission...
This is how Song Encoding and Tracking Started:
 
History of BDS
 
This is where you go to submit your music for digital encoding to be tracked (Record Execs. read these reports).
 
Nielson/BDSOnline
BDS Online Submission

 

DEMOGRAPHY

We use demographics when developing your target market.
Here is a peek at some of our sources.
Thematic Map:Census.Gov
 

 

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