Category: Radio Promotion

Cutting through the static: radio formats

Cutting Through The Static: Radio Formats

What are radio formats? So you’re keen to get on the radio…but you don’t know where to start. That’s totally fair! What in the world is a “radio format”? What does “AAA” and “AC” mean? How can you know where your tune fits into the mix? Luckily for you, it’s a lot simpler than it […]

Play MPE is a Proud Partner of ISC 2024

International Songwriting Competition Announces 2024 Winners

Play MPE is a Proud Prize Partner of ISC Play MPE is honoured to be an ongoing prize partner of the International Songwriting Competition (ISC), which announced their 2024 winners on May 7th. ISC is one of the most respected and influential songwriting competitions in the world. Just check out ISC’s panel of judges. We’re […]

Powering the next wave of artists

Powering the Next Wave of Artists: Play MPE at NXNE 2025

Powering the Next Wave of Artists: Play MPE at NXNE 2025 Play MPE proudly stepped into the spotlight as an official sponsor of NXNE 2025, one of Canada’s most iconic discovery music festivals since 1995. With Toronto vibrating with music from every corner, we joined the city-wide celebration of creativity, connection, and raw talent. Our […]

HRDRV Partner perks

Join HRDRV Now & Enjoy Partner Perks

Play MPE is a Proud Partner of HRDRV We are thrilled to announce our expanded partnership with HRDRV!  HRDRV is a thriving community of indie producers, songwriters, and artists that provides comprehensive tools and guidance for every aspect of music creation. From art direction, mixing/mastering, to global distribution, radio promo tools (like Play MPE) and […]

American Songwriter 2025 Song Contest

Enter Your Song to Win American Songwriter’s 2025 Song Contest

Play MPE is proud to partner with American Songwriter’s 2025 Song Contest If you are a songwriter with a great song who is interested in winning A&R Mentorship, $10,000 USD (which could help fund your next album), International music promotion distribution, radio tracking, a brand-new guitar AND more… Make sure to enter your song into […]

Winners of American Songwriter’s 2024 Song Contest

Play MPE Congratulates the Winners of American Songwriter’s 2024 Song Contest As a proud prize partner, Play MPE is pleased to share that American Songwriter recently announced the overall winners of the 2024 Song Contest! The Grand Prize Winner, as well as the First and Second Place Category Winners were selected by an esteemed panel […]

Tuned In with Katy Krassner – Release an Album Independently

Please release me, let me go So you want to release your album independently. It’s so good that you want to get it out NOW, but how? You’re confident the fan base that you’ve developed will love it, and you don’t want to waste time with a major label dog and pony show. You know […]

Play MPE’s Caster Emerge Announces March Finalists & Wild Card!

Caster Emerge March Finalists and Katy Krassner’s Wild Card Pick Announced Upon Caster Emerge closing submissions this past February 28th, Team Play MPE selected three more finalists and Katy Krassner of Sirius XM’s WHOOOSH! selected her top choice for the Wild Card!  Let’s meet the March finalists who will join the other six in receiving […]

Promote and Track Your Music Like the Pros ~ Special Promotion & Panel Presentation

A special collaboration with the Unsigned Only Music Awards Play MPE is pleased to announce a special collaboration with the Unsigned Only Music Awards which runs until March 26th! Enter your song during the Promote & Track Your Music Like the Pros promotion for a chance to win one of two incredible music promotion + radio […]

Getting a Song Added into Rotation at a Radio Station

What does it mean to get added into rotation at radio ? You promoted your song to radio with Play MPE’s Caster and want to know if it is getting airplay, so you sign up for MTR to track your spins. Now what? Once a spin is detected by MTR your airplay data will show […]