Request Line: (613)533-CFRC (2372)   Main Office Line: (613)533-2121

Want to submit music?  Contact [email protected]! 
Want to set up a live interview on one of our programs?  Contact [email protected] or [email protected]!
Want to advertise with us?  Contact [email protected]!
Want to volunteer as a broadcaster!?  Sign up here!
Want to do a podcast?  Contact [email protected] or visit podcast.cfrc.ca
Want to connect with our studios?  LIVE Studio 613-533-2372  Recording Studio 613 533 2505

PLEASE SUBMIT MUSIC to [email protected] ONLY.  Music submissions are accepted only by [email protected]  Submissions to other emails will be deleted.

Staff Contacts:

• Dinah Jansen Executive Director, [email protected] (613)533-6000 x74860
• Alexandra Fernandes Local Journalism Initiative Broadcast News Reporter, [email protected] (613)533-6000 x74861
• Chancelor Maracle Library and Technical Production Manager, [email protected] (613)533-6000 x74849 
• Christena Lawrie Arts News Coordinator, [email protected]
• Ryan Levy Marketing Assistant, [email protected]
• Events Calendar, To advertise your event on our events calendar contact [email protected]
• Podcast Coordinator, contact [email protected]
• Artist Interviews, contact [email protected]
• Advertising & Sponsorships, contact [email protected] 

Mailing address:

CFRC Radio
Lower Carruthers Hall
62 Fifth Field Company Lane
Queen’s University
Kingston ON K7L 3N6

Office Hours: 10am to 5pm weekdays

Location

CFRC is located in Lower Carruthers Hall, 62 Fifth Field Company Lane, on Queen’s University Campus next to the Campus Bookstore.

Music Submissions

Music Coordinator 613-533-6000 x74849; [email protected] Submissions are received at [email protected] only. All submissions to other cfrc emails will be deleted.

CFRC charts are posted online every Wednesday at !earshot, and always include a Top 30, and usually folk/blues, electronic, hip-hop and jazz Top 10 charts as well.  Mail-outs are also done that week, and the CFRC website frontpage includes a post about the charts every week as well.  Please contact the music coordinator to be added to this mailing list.

CFRC ‘s music library brings together more than 90,000 recordings on vinyl, tape, CD and now, digitally as music files.

Our library is always growing and we welcome promotional copies of independent artists’ material to add to the collection.  Please review the Music Submissions Guidelines below to submit your disc for inclusion in our library.  We accept both physical and digital submissions.  The guidelines for both are very similar, with a few differences outlined below.

CFRC Music Submissions Guidelines:

Medium: We accept submissions as CDs, vinyl, tapes or digital.  Digital submissions must be encoded as MP3's at 320kbps

• We do add singles!

• Any submission containing explicit language must be identified.  That means any track on a full length, EP or 'single' submission that contains explicit language must be identified.

• A one-page bio is appreciated. This can be 2 pages maximum, but not on something thick such as card stock: it must fit folded with the media that it accompanies (i.e., usually inside of a CD jewel case). Please try to keep packaging to a minimum.

Digital: A .pdf or text file with information about the artist, album, label or songs is appreciated.  Metadata tagged to each song is also appreciated and allows for faster processing and onboarding. Album art in .pdf or .jpeg is optimal but not required. 

Once a submission is made, we reserve the right to keep the item in review for a reasonable amount of time, and the right to reject it for reasons of our own determination (including being in violation of human rights legislation, CFRC's guiding prinicipals, or federal broadcast regulations). If something is added, the normal process is to place it in the new releases for 3 to 4 months, although it may be longer in some genres, such as reggae, or if the album remains popular for more than 90 days, where it is available to all programmers. During that time, tracking is available. After this time in new releases, the item will be placed in our library where it remains available to the programmers for the coming years.

We offer no guarantee of airplay. Individual programmers make the final judgment about the content of their programs.

Please send music to:
Music Coordinator
CFRC 101.9fm
Lower Carruthers Hall
Queen’s University
Kingston, ON
K7L 3N6
Canada

Files should be zipped or collected in a single archives rather then sent as individual music files.

Contact our music coordinator, if you have any further questions.