Content Bank: free radio content and radio PR distributionGreat radio needs great content. Now it comes to you.
The Mediasite Content Bank is a radio content and audio distribution platform. Broadcast-ready interviews, shows, features and music reach more than 1,200 UK radio stations: free for stations, and one upload for the PR agencies, labels and producers who make it.
UK radio stations on Content Bank include
From big-name brands to the community stations at the heart of their towns, and over 1,200 more across the UK.
Free radio content your station will be proud to air
Finding good material should not take up your whole day. Content Bank brings it to one place, checked, cleared and ready to go, so you spend your time making radio.
Had an email from us? Your account is already waiting. Use the link in it, or "Forgotten password?" with the same address.
Ready-to-air, not raw material
Interviews, shows, celebrity content, music and competitions, cut and ready for your schedule.
Listen before you download
Preview every edit in your browser. Only take what fits your station.
More than the audio
Where supplied: alternative edits, transcripts, presenter intros and website-ready articles, so one item covers air, web and social.
Rights you can see at a glance
Embargo, kill date and usage terms on every item. If it is not cleared yet, you cannot download it yet.
Lands in your inbox
An email the moment something new arrives for your station. Pick the categories you care about.
Bring the whole team
Add presenters, producers and your news desk. Run several stations from one account.
Radio PR distribution: the quickest way onto UK radio
Stop chasing station inboxes one at a time. Upload once, choose where it goes, and Content Bank delivers it to every station you pick, on your embargo, with reporting you can share.
One upload, 1,200+ UK stations
Commercial, community, hospital, student and online stations, all with Content Bank accounts from day one.
Target exactly who you want
All of the UK, one nation, a region, a county, a city or a hand-picked list of stations.
Embargoes the platform enforces
Your content unlocks at the exact minute you set and comes down at the kill date. Nobody gets an early copy.
Send it the way you made it
WAV and MP3, multiple edits, video, images, transcripts and press material. We create the previews; your masters stay untouched.
Reporting you can put in front of a client
Deliveries, downloads, station responses and broadcasts, with what stations tell us kept separate from what we measure.
Start today
Create an account and you can build your first campaign straight away. No waiting for approval.
Radio content distribution for everyone who makes it, and every station that airs it
PR agencies
Audio news releases, broadcast PR and radio interviews for your clients, delivered to the UK radio stations that matter to the brief.
Charities and public bodies
Public information campaigns, appeals and awareness weeks, with the facts, spokespeople and audio stations need to run the story.
Record labels and pluggers
New releases, artist interviews and exclusive sessions, in front of programme controllers and presenters.
Producers and syndicators
Syndicated radio shows, features, documentaries and celebrity interviews, with clear usage terms on every piece.
Radio stations
Commercial, community, hospital, student and online stations: free radio content for breakfast, drive, specialist shows, news and your website.
From upload to on air in three steps
No mailing lists, no WeTransfer links that expire, no chasing. One place for distributing audio to radio stations, with an editorial check in the middle.
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Upload and target
The distributor adds the audio, words and pictures, sets the embargo and kill date, and chooses the stations.
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We check it
Our editorial team reviews every campaign for quality, rights and suitability before anything goes out.
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Stations put it to air
Stations get an email, preview it, download what they want and let the distributor know how they used it.
Something for every show
We are adding new material all the time, from breakfast-friendly celebrity chats to specialist features and documentaries.
Content Bank questions, answered
Does it cost my station anything?
No. Content Bank is free for stations. Distributors pay to reach you, so you get the content at no cost, within the usage terms on each item.
We got an email about Content Bank. Do we need to register?
No. If your station received a sign-in email, your account is already set up: use the link in that email. If it has expired, choose "Forgotten password?" on the sign-in page and enter the same address.
Who checks the content?
Our own editorial team, people who have spent their careers in radio. Every campaign is reviewed before it reaches a single station.
Do we need any software?
No. It all works in a web browser on any computer, tablet or phone. Download the files you want and drop them into your playout system as normal.
I am a PR agency or producer. How quickly can I start?
Straight away. Create your account, upload your first campaign and choose your stations. We review it, then it goes out on your schedule.
What is an audio news release, and can I send one?
An audio news release is a ready-to-air package for radio: usually a short news clip, a longer interview and a script or cue. Upload yours as a campaign and Content Bank distributes it to the UK radio stations you choose.
Can you distribute syndicated radio shows and features?
Yes. Full shows, features, documentaries and short-form segments can all go out as campaigns, with separate edits, cue sheets and usage terms for each.
Which radio stations will receive my content?
The ones you pick. Send to every UK station on Content Bank, or narrow it to England, Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland, a region, a county, a city or a hand-picked list.
Can I see who used my content?
Yes. You see who received it, who downloaded it and what stations told you about broadcasts. Downloads and plans are never counted as proof of broadcast.