Submit Music

How do we get you to play our stuff?

Mail us your music. You can also email digital submissions (although we haven’t yet fully worked them into our system). Mail us a CD, EP, LP or 7″ to the following address. You may include a 1-page info sheet if you like, with a brief description of the band. Dropping by the station with your album also doesn’t hurt.

music [a] citr.ca

CiTR 101.9 FM
Sarah Cordingley
233-6138 SUB Blvd.
Vancouver, BC
V6T 1Z1

Once we receive your album, we will consider adding it to our library. If it is a recent list, we may add it to ‘playlist’ (300 recently released albums of every genre that sit in the studio). Programmers are encourage to program bands on playlist, to ensure that we remain current.

Follow up. After you mail us your music, feel free to call or email 1-2 weeks later to make sure we received it, and learn whether we’ve added it to playlist or our music library.

Target your music to specific shows. Take a look at our show descriptions, listen to the podcasts, and figure out which CiTR shows play your type of music. Each show has its own mailbox, and you can mail an album directly to the host of a specific show. If shows include an email address on our website, you can contact them directly, or send an email to our music director or station manager to forward on to the programmer.

We love playing the new music we get from all over the world! Still, the final decision of what gets played on-air is entirely up to our individual DJs. If you’ve dropped off a CD, talked to our Music Director, and emailed a genre-friendly DJ, you may just have to become more awesome. Trust us, calling every day does not help. You can say “I told you so” when you’re famous!