Earshot Distro Discount

The National Campus and Community Radio Association (NCRA/ANREC) – representing non-profit radio in Canada – has set up the !Earshot Distro system to allow artists and labels to upload their music and submit it directly to 105+ radio stations (Campus/Community/Indigenous and Podcasters) and their programmers. This system eliminates the need to send out CDs or unsolicited emails.

As a member of local 446, you have access to the system from now through July 31, 2024 for a 50% discount. through the MAPL!e Grant program. You are encouraged to upload both your new AND back catalogue releases onto the system.

Coupon Code: regina2023

Step by Step:

  • Follow the upload process, or check out the tutorial 
  • When it is time to pay, apply the Coupon Code: regina2023
  • This will give you a 50% off discount (This discount code will be valid to July 31 2024)
  • Use the outreach button provided in-app to reach out to users who are interested in your genre.
  • If there are any questions you can email support@earshot-distro.ca 

If there any questions you can check out their website: https://earshot-distro.ca/?page_id=945.

About Earshot Distro

This system provides a digital distribution system and reduces the environmental impact of mailing out CDs. !Earshot has teamed up with almost all the national and provincial associations to offer this to all musicians in Canada. The system is still relatively new, so the more artists in the system with their new and back catalogue, the more this will become to the standard distribution method for community radio content in the country.

There is no cost to create an account; the only cost occurs when you have completed uploading your material and wish to push the finished product into the library/catalogue. Those base costs are:

  • $7.00 Canadian +Tax per song
  • $50.00 Canadian +Tax per album (8-20 songs).

Once a release is live in the system, there are no additional costs to keep it in the library! It remains available for access indefinitely unless the artists/label/distro company removes the song. There is no cost for NCRA/ANREC member stations to use the system. Podcasters and for-profit radio may register for access to the system for a fee.

About the NCRA/ANREC: 

The National Campus and Community Radio Association/L’Association nationale des radios étudiantes et communautaires (“NCRA/ANREC”) is a not-for-profit national association working to recognize, support, and encourage volunteer-based, non-profit, public-access campus, community and native radio broadcasters in Canada. We provide advice and advocacy for individual campus and community (“c/c”) stations and conduct lobbying and policy development initiatives with a view to advancing the role and increasing the effectiveness of our sector. Our goals are to ensure stability and support for individual stations and to promote the long-term growth and effectiveness of the sector. The NCRA/ANREC currently has 126 member stations.