Our rules
We're as open as a station can be about using AI. That openness only works if the lines are clear — so here they are, in public, permanently.
The five things that get a track rejected or pulled
1. Voice clones or imitations of real artists
If it's built to sound like a specific, identifiable singer or rapper, it doesn't air. No appeal, no exceptions, no "but it's obviously a tribute". This is the one line that would end the station, and we treat it that way.
2. Anything pretending to be human-made
Every track here is AI. Say so, everywhere. If you're presenting a track as human-recorded somewhere else, don't send it to us.
3. Uncleared samples or stems
If you didn't have the right to put it in, we don't have the right to play it.
4. Anything registered with a collection society, label or publisher
Our whole catalogue sits outside PRS and PPL repertoire, and that's deliberate. A single registered work in rotation breaks it for everyone.
5. Hate speech, harassment, or content aimed at a real private individual
Obvious, but written down anyway.
Explicit content is welcome on Bars (from 22:00) and nowhere else. Daytime is clean edits only. If you've got a clean version, send both.
What we promise you back
- A real answer, every time. Including a reason when it's a no. It costs us time and it's worth it.
- Credit on air, every play. Your artist name, said out loud.
- Your socials on screen wherever we reasonably can.
- No selling you on. We won't licence your track to an advert, a game, a brand station or an in-store stream without asking you first and agreeing terms separately.
- No edits beyond broadcast processing — levels, fades, a clean edit for language — without telling you.
- Out whenever you want. Email us and the track comes off rotation.
What we ask of listeners
- Be decent to the artists in the Discord. Most of them are new at this.
- Criticise the track, not the person.
- If you spot a rule being broken — especially a voice clone — tell us. We'd rather hear it from you than from a lawyer.
When we get it wrong
We will, at some point, play something we shouldn't have. When that happens: it comes off immediately, we say so publicly, and we explain what we changed so it doesn't happen twice. Being open about AI means being open about our mistakes too.