{"id":27076,"date":"2024-08-20T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-08-20T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/?p=27076"},"modified":"2024-08-20T12:02:32","modified_gmt":"2024-08-20T11:02:32","slug":"how-to-get-radio-airplay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/how-to-get-radio-airplay\/","title":{"rendered":"How to get songs on the radio in 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Image Credit: Dan LeFebvre<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Getting radio airplay isn’t easy, but here are some helpful tips on how to get your songs played on the radio, including pitching your music to stations and building relationships with DJs.<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Getting your music on the radio is a dream for many artists. While streaming continues to dominate the music industry, millions of listeners still tune into the radio every day<\/a> to hear new catchy music. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Radio airplay is something managers <\/a>and labels with good connections can offer, but as more and more artists are going independent, radio remains an import tool to reach a new audience and grow your music online. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Making great music is the most important thing. Unfortunately there’s no simple trick to catch the eye of radio tastemakers, but here are some tips that may come in handy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Choose your best radio friendly song<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

First things first, make sure your music is radio friendly. Regardless of genre<\/a>, it does need to be somewhat commercial in order to fit in. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pick a track that best connected with fans. It should be under 4 minutes, with clean language, no drug references, and no political or religious message.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Next, get the track uploaded to SoundCloud <\/a>so you can share the link with radio curators. SoundCloud allow private uploads, so they don’t appear on the main feed and only those with the link can access it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sharing a SoundCloud link means the contact at the radio station can quickly and easily stream the track without having to download any files or filling up their email inbox. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Get the WAV or FLAC file uploaded to cloud services too. This means if they do want to use the music, they can download the uncompressed track.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Pitching – how songs get on the radio<\/h3>\n\n\n\n