Indigenous Music Countdown

Indigenous Music Countdown is NCI FM’s weekly Winnipeg-produced syndicated radio program and Indigenous music chart, with artist interviews and a direct no-fee form for clean radio-edit WAV submissions.

Indigenous Music Countdown is a weekly syndicated radio program and Indigenous music chart produced by NCI FM in Winnipeg. Its official history traces the chart to 1998 and the current program name to 2017, while its stated mandate is to promote Indigenous music and remove historical radio barriers for First Nations, Inuit and Métis musicians. The current first-party homepage lists the chart for July 25 to 31, 2026. The program combines a weekly ranked chart with artist interviews, online listings and a one-week-delayed audio archive; its official pages describe carriage on Canadian partner stations, SiriusXM and SoundCloud. Its genres include pop, hip-hop, country, rock, folk, singer-songwriter and blues, along with submissions that include traditional Indigenous music, vocals or instrumentation. The official submission form is a direct, no-fee route for program and chart consideration. It requires exact artist, track, location, biography, release, affiliation and artwork details plus a durable permission-free link to a clean radio-edit WAV. Every single is scored for radio readiness, including its writing, performance, production, mixing and mastering, and may or may not be added to the playlist. Partner stations are described as family-friendly and community-oriented, so the clean-edit requirement is explicit. MusicList publishes the form only and makes no promise of acceptance, chart placement or airplay. Named hosts and staff, phone numbers, organization inboxes, the fan-vote address, contact-email fields and every submitted identity, residence and community-affiliation value remain excluded.

Editorial profile

Outlet type

Radio program

Editorial languages

English

Editorial formats

Weekly syndicated radio program, weekly Indigenous music chart, artist interviews, online chart listings, one-week-delayed audio program archive

Coverage

Current Indigenous music, weekly charting, artist interviews, radio-ready new singles, North American and international Indigenous music

Genres

Pop, hip-hop, country, rock, folk, singer-songwriter, blues, traditional Indigenous music

Coverage region

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, North America, international Indigenous music

Community focus

First Nations, Inuit and Métis musicians, Indigenous musicians and broadcasters, Indigenous music communities

Parent organization

Native Communications Incorporated / NCI FM ↗

Services

radio program, weekly Indigenous music chart, syndicated radio, artist interviews, online chart listings, audio program archive

Service territory

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, North America, international Indigenous music

Submissions

Open to submissions ↗· Last checked July 26, 2026Official submission form · Direct, no-fee routeRequested materials: Artist name, song title, featured artists and any needed pronunciations, with no typos, genre, home community, current residence and any needed place-name pronunciations, artist biography, release or album information and the specific release date, Indigenous and community affiliation with any needed pronunciation, single or album artwork in JPG, JPEG, PNG or GIF format at a minimum of 150 by 150 pixels, a durable Dropbox, Google Drive or WeTransfer link that does not expire or require permission, a clean radio-edit WAV file; other audio formats are not accepted

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